Socialist Progressives
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)Gothmog
(154,050 posts)midnight
(26,624 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)I don't want to minimize the racism though. Yes, that is a control tactic. But there is no doubt that it is also due to racism. A deep seeded, centuries old, plain old racism. Young black men are targeted for killing and long term incarceration because they've been able to consistently and constantly get away with it by using racism.
After all, who cares if another thug, gangsta, n*g*er is gone?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)with it. After all, racism (and slavery) didn't exist simply because white Europeans and Americans wanted somebody to 'look down on'. They wanted to, and did, make enormous amounts of money off of treating humans as property. And we still see how racial injustice and social injustice intertwine every single day, with people of colour stuck in poor neighbourhoods near power plants, manufacturing facilities, garbage dumps, toxic waste sites. Economic injustice compounds racial injustice.
Yes, there are (mostly well-off) people on DU who will tell you that talking about economic injustice 'minimizes' racism, but that is a narrow, binary viewpoint of a complex real world. It's not a 'one or the other', and some folks will address one facet of the problem, others another, and some will address as many of the facets as they can.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I am just trying to point that out so the people who are saying that we're minimizing racism don't say it again
Completely off subject, may I ask where you are from?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)SW Ohio, north of Cincinnati, south of Dayton if that means anything to you geographically.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I am so sorry to hear that. Must be hard.
I just asked because of how you spelled colour and neighbourhood
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Most of my favourite authors are British, so I just picked up spellings and a handful of idioms over time.
marym625
(17,997 posts)That's interesting. Cool. And interesting.
2banon
(7,321 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)... for aspiring socialists.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)as far as the noms went....