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@Oberlin4Prez - they had the Latino bad guy in the mech suit so when he turned good (because of course he's good because he's Latino and not white), he can kill all the evil white people.

That's totally how life works and not the least bit racist.

@Variant - ...so when the movie talks nonstop of the struggles of latino people, how they're underprivileged, how the only white character that's actually decent both isn't there and got that way due to his Latina wife, and how the only latino villain got there due to abuse from white people and is therefore redeemed in the end, that's me reaching for racial complaints?

And notice how I never said this about shang chi or black panther. Probably because shang chi just focused on telling a fun story and had the character holding racist views like this as the villain.

@Variant - dude, racism is racism. If it were a bunch of white people being oppressed by latino people with no on screen good latino people, you'd be calling that racist. Don't lie.

@Variant - dude, I said nothing about white people being a minority. And white people are the only group where laws can be made that openly oppress then. Affirmative action ring a bell? That's literally benefits to people if you aren't white.

@Variant - 1) I do understand affirmative action. But guess what? It only accounts for skin color. A black student from a wealthy family would benefit from affirmative action over a white student from a poor family. Because it doesn't account for anything but skin color. And generational wealth implies it's impossible for people to succeed without that assistance. Asians have had a similar situation to black people in America, yet in terms of wealth they're doing better than everyone including white people.

2) I do know what racial discrimination is. Favoring certain races over others. Which is exactly what affirmative action does. Hence why the Supreme Court ruled its unconstitutional. Hell if it's just that you don't care about discrimination against white people (as racist ad that is but whatever), Asians are actually having a worse time because of affirmative action.

3) redlining has been based on poverty, not race. In fact, there were several white families that suffered from red lining. But affirmative action only helps the ones affected based on race.

4) no, it's an attempt to give what they don't deserve. Again, it's impossible to say who's truly being impacted, and all of this was settled centuries ago. There's nothing preventing these people from living happy productive lives outside of their own drive to do so. We even had former slaves managing to die business owners. It's foolish to assume they need this bump now when they have literally nothing going against them.

5) teach a man to fish and they'll be fed a lifetime. Give a man a fish and you make him dependent.

@Variant - 1) they still were enslaved. And on top of that, they were being held in internment camps against their will during ww2. Don't for a second downplay the impact of Asians in this country to pretend our racist past is at all responsible. Especially when you consider the list of races by income and intact homes by race are the same list. There are factors outside of race that are contributing to this. Not to mention the damages to black communities by black rioters.

And any wealthy black family seeking higher education for their child (which is almost certainly all of them) are taking advantage of it. Why wouldn't they? And it's not like they can opt out of affirmative action. You're seriously under the impression wealthy black people are like "don't let me in because of the color of my skin. I wanna be treated fairly" and the colleges are like "sure thing bro"?

2) thanks for proving my point.

3) it doesn't matter the ratio because if it's against other races including white people it isn't because of targeted racism.

4) first link you provided is a law preventing discrimination. Not a law allowing racial discrimination. So this proves my point.

Second article isn't even about legal barriers and is just predisposing that minorities are suffering health wise it must be because of racism.

Third is just pointing out we as a country are celebrating people for their efforts in anti racism. Again, proving my point. If the country itself was systemically racist, why are more and more laws being made to prevent discrimination based on race and why are we celebrating people for fighting racism?

I've never said racism isn't a thing. I'm saying racism is wildly overblown when it comes to the success of an individual because there's nothing our country does that prevents you from succeeding based on skin color (outside of affirmative action).

@Origame - 1. I know and understand the different minority experiences throughout American history. And as bad as it was for Asians, it was MUCH worse for African Americans. This isn't some competition for who had it worse. This is just FACTS. You can't sit here and downplay centuries of slavery and oppression. Don't be willfully ignorant just to try and win an argument.

2. That's called sarcasm. And your point was idiotic.

3. Um, yes it was. Just because a small portion of other races fell into the demographic of redlining incidentally doesn't mean there weren't targets. There is a plethora of knowledge about redlining and its impact directly on black communities. Do your homework, teacher.

Read up:

"Health inequality in the United States persists today as a direct result of the effects of redlining. This is because health in America is synonymous with wealth, both of which minority groups have been denied as a result of discriminatory practices. Wealth affords the privilege of living in a neighborhood or community with clean air, pure water, outdoor spaces and places for recreation and exercise, safe streets during the day and night, infrastructure that supports the growth of intergenerational wealth through access to good schools, healthy food, public transportation, and opportunities to connect, belong, and contribute to the surrounding community. Wealth also provides stability of home as those with capital are not confined to the deteriorating housing stock that minority groups who were redlined were forced to try and rehabilitate without access to loans.

Redlining intentionally excluded black Americans from accumulating intergenerational wealth. The effects of this exclusion on black Americans' health continues to play out daily, generations later, in the same communities. This is evident currently in the disproportionate effects that COVID-19 has had on the same communities which the HOLC redlined in the 1930s. Research published in September 2020 overlaid maps of the highly affected COVID-19 areas with the HOLC maps, showing that those areas marked "risky" to lenders because they contained minority residents were the same neighborhoods most affected by COVID-19."

- Bailey, Zinzi D; Krieger, Nancy; Agénor, Madina; Graves, Jasmine; Linos, Natalia; Bassett, Mary T (April 2017). "Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions"

4. No it's not. Thank you for proving my point again that you don't know what you're talking about.

"Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act (H.R. 3038/S.1408), which would give workers the option of bringing their racial bias claims to court even if they initially agreed to arbitrate such workplace disputes."

It means it prevents employers from preventing racial bias issue to go to court despite any signed contracts stating otherwise.

5. No it's not...it literally provides statistics that provides direct correlation. You seem to just not want to be wrong. But that's not a argumentative strategy, sorry. You're just wrong despite how much white fragility you have.

6. This doesn't prove anything right about any argument you've ever made. You have to be high as a kite. Something has to exist in order to still be fighting it. And if you're really sitting here trying to claim that systemic racism doesn't exist, you'd have to either be incredibly dumb or a neo-nazi in denial. To make such a claim is just flat out fvcking wrong. Embarrassingly wrong.

7. Still wrong. Calling racism overblown is a narrow minded white perspective devoid of any cultural insight. Again, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T EXIST.

8. Cherrypicking one black man's OPINION is not valid. Sorry. And as intelligent as he is, he doesn't speak for the entire black community of this country. So maybe try using facts instead of cherrypicking opinions of others.



At the end of the day, I've proven you wrong with cited sources. Meanwhile, you have NOTHING.

@Origame - You're SEVERELY uneducated on this topic. I'm honestly embarrassed you work in the education system. (So you've said.)

Systemic racism doesn't mean there are LAWS preventing minorities from getting anywhere. This is further proof just how ignorant you are on the subject. Systemic racism means it's embedded in a system. It means it's NOT blatant or overt. That it exists and functions indirectly. Jesus fvcking christ, do some unbiased reading. You don't even know what systemic racism means...

Here's a short article from Stanford University.

https://news.stanford.edu/2022/02/01/examining-systemic-racism-advancing-racial-equity/

But let me guess...somehow this isn't valid...because you don't want it to be.

Oh, and an academic article from the National Library of Medicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8688641/

"Systemic racism is a scientifically tractable phenomenon, urgent for cognitive scientists to address. This tutorial reviews the built-in systems that undermine life opportunities and outcomes by racial category, with a focus on challenges to Black Americans. From American colonial history, explicit practices and policies reinforced disadvantage across all domains of life, beginning with slavery, and continuing with vastly subordinated status."

And your argument to redlining is still absolutely wrong. There is a ton of information on the matter. Your fragile white perspective doesn't somehow have any merit whatsoever in the face of scientifically examined statistics. You have NOTHING that provides any sort of academic counterargument. So drop it and understand you're just flat out wrong and uneducated.

With all this said... you are WRONG. Again. And it's simply because you are uneducated on the subject and trying to inject your own shallow perspective. Sorry. I've schooled you repeatedly and you're just too stuck in your own uneducated outlooks to learn anything. Stay willfully ignorant forever I guess.

@Variant - also, tons of information on red lining, yet you can't provide any evidence it was made to target black people.

@Origame - Oh and as for this: "tons of information on red lining, yet you can't provide any evidence it was made to target black people.

You have to completely ignore what I provided to even say that. I literally posted an academic excerpt explaining how it targeted black communities. And beyond this, just search redlining! I can't sit here and give you an hour long lecture on the topic. I can tell you what I know and give you some information. At some point tho YOU have to stop playing dumb and do your own homework and provide evidential counterarguments if you truly believe this is some fictitious concept.

@Variant - except it doesn't by definition because it's made by social epidemiologists.

@Origame - Let me start with the most obvious. The "color blind" concept is all the way stupid. It implies we should IGNORE each other's race. And that's NOT the solution. We should instead ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT different races for being different. Not pretend they're all the same. Because they're not. Being "color blind" is just being blind. NOBODY with cultural understanding thinks this way.

Being "color blind" denies people of their cultural and racial differences. And what tends to happen is -- with the majority race -- they just want all other races to be like them and have no difference. Hence being color blind. Blind to uniqueness. I mean, this concept has been proven very bad a long time ago. It's a very discrepant ideology.

Now on to your other ignornat bullshit.

1. I'm not concerned with cherrypicked instances. It happens on both sides of the spectrum.

2. Back when? No. That was blatant AND systemic. Now systemic racism lingers because of old policies and infrastructure built back then but still remains constructed. Again DO SOME FVCKING HOMEWORK.

3. WRONG again. Bias is a product of lack of perspective. Which is the case with you.

4. Black on black violence is absolutely discussed. Wtf are you talking about?!

5. I lived in Chicago and volunteered with black families. I ASSURE you I know more about racial discrimination and rate of success than you. I've studied it. You merely look at it from a narrow minded and limited perspective. And I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT because of the way you talk about it. You are once again IGNORANT on the subject.

6. This is entirely backwards and dumb. My expressed situation would've actually benefited from affirmative action. In fact, it wasn't there when I needed it. So please, take your stupid ass off the internet and do some homework. Go get cultured. Get some black friends. Talk with girls and get their perspective. Until then, please stop talking. Because everything you're saying is purely UNEDUCATED.

Also it finally got my gf interested in Supes as a character lol, which feels like a miracle considering she didn’t even like Reeve’s take

@GhostDog - Tbf the shows pretty low-key and isn’t being aired outside of the US. There isn’t even a way for me to watch it here in the UK

@Oberlin4Prez - it’s a shame. It’s some of the best stuff DC is doing right now.

@MarvelZombie616 - have you seen the flash? If so would you say this is better or worse?

Saw the flash last night and was not a fan so wondering if this would be a better watch.

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