Of course racism exists, it is simply a function of human nature.
I can't ever begin to tell you how many times I was called "Larry Bird" (and not in a good way) playing basketball for decades...threatened as well.
Try dating black women as a white looking man in South Carolina in 1975. You probably have an idea.
But to think that there is a corporate policy anywhere in the US where swooshing minorities out of their corporate retail establishments, targeting them, is simply ridiculous.
Get over human nature.
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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Well that certainly does not mean there is no racism in this country, Zero, none, less than none.
As much as people want to deny, think, believe that it's not a rampant issue the reality is, it is a huge problem in this country.
That it's not highly organized makes it worse, not better.
Note I clarified organized.
Because organized racism most certainly exists.
They tend to march around with Tiki torches or wearing robes.
But I'm sure some of them are fine people.
Oh, and the Feds have been aware of efforts to institutionalize it as well.
To assume they have not had some level of success is burying one's head in the sand.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement
So, it's a bit more than zero. |