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Things we won't say about race

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:59 am
by Gob
Interesting documentary from Trevor Phillips.


Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:04 pm
by TPFKA@W
:ok :clap:

Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:42 am
by Scooter
And hey, if we get a black guy to do it, we can't be accused of trying to shade the narrative. (pun intended)

Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:10 am
by TPFKA@W
Scooter wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:42 am
And hey, if we get a black guy to do it, we can't be accused of trying to shade the narrative. (pun intended)
I didn't see a gun held to his head.

Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:08 am
by liberty
Are Black people only allowed to have certain options? Is there such a thing as a black-white person?

Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:36 am
by Gob
Funny how being appointed as chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission by Bliar turned his views on race and discrimination around. I suppose we're entitled to call him a "coconut" now.

Re: Things we won't say about race

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:39 pm
by Scooter
It's the dishonest way he uses to frame his arguments that I took issue with.

For example, when talking about crime, he begins with the politically correct line about higher crime rates in black communities being a function of poverty, lower education levels, lack of opportunity, etc. that are rooted in discrimination. Then comes the big BUT, when he zeroes in on homicides and says that, because 75% of black homicide victims are killed by blacks, none of that can be attributed to discrimination. As if that completely negates all of the factors that just came out of his mouth, and as if anyone has ever argued that all black victims of homicide were being racially targeted by whites.