Why do we make the 'minority' distinction?

[bradly1101]

...Here in this forum I remember a member proudly saying that he confronted brown people speaking Spanish by emphatically telling them to speak English....

 

[bradly1101]

...Here in this forum I remember a member proudly saying that he confronted brown people speaking Spanish by emphatically telling them to speak English...

Sorry, self quote of a quote.

I ran into a situation the other day that I found interesting and possibly related. A woman in a store started talking to me in Spanish, so I kindly said, "English?" but she continued at length in Spanish, so I kindly said, "No habla Español" and she had a disappointed look as she walked away. I'm not sure if her disappointment was in not being able to make me angrily say, "Speak English!" or not, but it kind of seemed that way.

I'll never understand why humans haven't evolved passed tribe. I've had very threatening words a couple of times from another race, once in a train while I was smiling at a dog outside and another time I probably shouldn't talk about.

We are all people, and we need to accept others as we hope to be accepted. I think my skin color makes others assume I'm a racist, yet I believe we can live in harmony if we look away from our instinctual comparisons and fear of differences.

 

[Atreus21]

Sorry, self quote of a quote.

I ran into a situation the other day that I found interesting and possibly related. A woman in a store started talking to me in Spanish, so I kindly said, "English?" but she continued at length in Spanish, so I kindly said, "No habla Español" and she had a disappointed look as she walked away. I'm not sure if her disappointment was in not being able to make me angrily say, "Speak English!" or not, but it kind of seemed that way.

I'll never understand why humans haven't evolved passed tribe. I've had very threatening words a couple of times from another race, once in a train while I was smiling at a dog outside and another time I probably shouldn't talk about.

We are all people, and we need to accept others as we hope to be accepted. I think my skin color makes others assume I'm a racist, yet I believe we can live in harmony if we look away from our instinctual comparisons and fear of differences.

Don't concern yourself with loving humanity. Love thy flesh-and-blood neighbor. Leave the rest to God.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hmm . . This thread goes back to 2017.

I imagine that I have unique insights, and I could go on at length.

Instead, consider. Before Civil Rights, do you think that "black" people were happy with being black? I suggest a Mark Twain novel: "Pudd'n'head Wilson". But a sense of racial pride arose with the Black Panthers and Black Muslims. If you examine the film "Malcolm X", it suggests a population trying to be white, putting stuff in their hair to straighten it, the clothes, etc.

White identity, on the other hand, is a reaction to change, trying to hang on to white privilege.

White supremacists have an obsession with the Great Roman Empire and their European heritage. They point to a coincidence of race and Roman civilization, but that's what it is -- a coincidence. There were many civilizations arising around that time, or before it: The Chinese, the Egyptians -- who were "African", the Persians, The Inca, the Mayans. Considering the short amount of time compared to geologic history, this obsession with European culture and the Roman Empire as testament to white supremacy is like assuming that if one won a 50 yard dash, one should also simply deserve to win the Boston Marathon.

This is a concern about skin color, eyes, noses, lips and hair. Suppose the human race had naturally evolved to be blind? None of it would matter. Nobody would wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and wish that the human race of the future looked the same.

So these minor distinctions -- what Darwin observed as variation among pigeons in their feather markings -- mean nothing.

People with a white identity obsession are more likely found in less populated states with low "minority" populations. They may have an inferiority complex. The largest, greatest cities are located elsewhere. They may imagine that their tax dollars are all being squandered on black welfare recipients in New York and California, when in fact these urbanized states provide more tax dollars than spent in those states, while the other states provide less in tax dollars than is spent in those states. It's a matter of perception, but not reality.

The White Identity obsessives are currently a millstone around the neck of the human race. Look at the asshole they put in the White House!

 

[Commodus]

Hmm . . This thread goes back to 2017.

I imagine that I have unique insights, and I could go on at length.

Instead, consider. Before Civil Rights, do you think that "black" people were happy with being black? I suggest a Mark Twain novel: "Pudd'n'head Wilson". But a sense of racial pride arose with the Black Panthers and Black Muslims. If you examine the film "Malcolm X", it suggests a population trying to be white, putting stuff in their hair to straighten it, the clothes, etc.

White identity, on the other hand, is a reaction to change, trying to hang on to white privilege.

White supremacists have an obsession with the Great Roman Empire and their European heritage. They point to a coincidence of race and Roman civilization, but that's what it is -- a coincidence. There were many civilizations arising around that time, or before it: The Chinese, the Egyptians -- who were "African", the Persians, The Inca, the Mayans. Considering the short amount of time compared to geologic history, this obsession with European culture and the Roman Empire as testament to white supremacy is like assuming that if one won a 50 yard dash, one should also simply deserve to win the Boston Marathon.

This is a concern about skin color, eyes, noses, lips and hair. Suppose the human race had naturally evolved to be blind? None of it would matter. Nobody would wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and wish that the human race of the future looked the same.

So these minor distinctions -- what Darwin observed as variation among pigeons in their feather markings -- mean nothing.

People with a white identity obsession are more likely found in less populated states with low "minority" populations. They may have an inferiority complex. The largest, greatest cities are located elsewhere. They may imagine that their tax dollars are all being squandered on black welfare recipients in New York and California, when in fact these urbanized states provide more tax dollars than spent in those states, while the other states provide less in tax dollars than is spent in those states. It's a matter of perception, but not reality.

The White Identity obsessives are currently a millstone around the neck of the human race. Look at the asshole they put in the White House!

To add to this: it's funny to see the modern right-wing whine about "identity politics" when that's basically all they think about.

They're the ones who argue that whether or not you're a 'real' American (or Brit, or...) depends on how long you've been in the country and how much you've been assimilated into 'their' culture. They're the ones who blame all illegal immigrants for the country's problems, or believe all Muslims are threats, or... you get the idea.

Oh, they may claim to move past identity and seek unity, but they want unity through homogeny, where everyone conforms to the same basic identity. Whatever you think of the left's pursuits, it's at least arguing for real unity, where differences are preserved and celebrated instead of suppressed.