I refrained from responding yesterday, but I see now how committed you are to the whole thing. I have to imagine you took a turn along the decision tree of life and arrived where you are. Fair enough.
Do you know that a hundred years ago, there was no such thing as "white people"? There were Irish, English, German, Italian, French, etc. Some of them were considered to be almost subhuman by others in Europe and here in the US. They washed upon the shores of this great land and filled the ghettos of the cities, brought crime and degradation and were generally thought to be a blight on society by the Americans who lived in this country and wanted them gone. Today, those deplorables enjoy a status that their ancestors wouldn't have been able to conceive of. Some of them even take it upon themselves to oppress other groups of Americans in what can only be considered tragedy, not irony.
At every point in history there have been those who used some type of reasoning to position themselves as "better". Whether it was for personal gain or ignorance or a personal or cultural need to oppress, it is a story that is repeated over and over with every generation. The lines may shift and change but, it is the same.
So I guess I would ask you, as a thinking person that you seem to be, to consider whether you are committed to division and oppression or will you instead commit yourself to understanding and unity? Choose wisely. History will judge you.
partisan|9 years ago
Do you know that a hundred years ago, there was no such thing as "white people"? There were Irish, English, German, Italian, French, etc. Some of them were considered to be almost subhuman by others in Europe and here in the US. They washed upon the shores of this great land and filled the ghettos of the cities, brought crime and degradation and were generally thought to be a blight on society by the Americans who lived in this country and wanted them gone. Today, those deplorables enjoy a status that their ancestors wouldn't have been able to conceive of. Some of them even take it upon themselves to oppress other groups of Americans in what can only be considered tragedy, not irony.
At every point in history there have been those who used some type of reasoning to position themselves as "better". Whether it was for personal gain or ignorance or a personal or cultural need to oppress, it is a story that is repeated over and over with every generation. The lines may shift and change but, it is the same.
So I guess I would ask you, as a thinking person that you seem to be, to consider whether you are committed to division and oppression or will you instead commit yourself to understanding and unity? Choose wisely. History will judge you.
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https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/30years/Rushton-Jense...