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Mr. Fish Information Blackout (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP
Goes well with Earl G.s quote on main page. n/t dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #1
Great cartoon Gothmog Apr 2015 #2
kick midnight Apr 2015 #3
Haven't we and the populist group been saying this a while? marym625 Apr 2015 #4
You don't minimize a problem by pointing out that there are all sorts of other issues intertwined Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #5
I agree with you marym625 Apr 2015 #6
John Boehner's district, of all places. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #8
Yes marym625 Apr 2015 #9
Oh, heh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #10
Ah! marym625 Apr 2015 #12
Bingo! Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding. n/t 2banon Apr 2015 #14
chum in the water... Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #7
What does that mean? Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #16
So true! Way to go, MR. FISH! Thank you, Ichingcarpenter! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #11
funny how much better it played here vs GD Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #13
Great cartoon Gothmog Apr 2015 #15

marym625

(17,997 posts)
4. Haven't we and the populist group been saying this a while?
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:04 AM
Apr 2015

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)
5. You don't minimize a problem by pointing out that there are all sorts of other issues intertwined
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:22 AM
Apr 2015

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)
6. I agree with you
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:29 AM
Apr 2015

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)
8. John Boehner's district, of all places.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:47 AM
Apr 2015

SW Ohio, north of Cincinnati, south of Dayton if that means anything to you geographically.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
9. Yes
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 07:08 AM
Apr 2015

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)
10. Oh, heh.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 07:10 AM
Apr 2015

Most of my favourite authors are British, so I just picked up spellings and a handful of idioms over time.

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