The racist white people.
“ Many of the major Founding Fathers owned numerous slaves, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison . Others owned only a few slaves, such as Benjamin Franklin. And still others married into large slave-owning families, such as Alexander Hamilton “
That’s not how CRT works yet you defended it.
CRT and anti racism says the word racist as a qualifier is redundant.
Agree to disagree
Why would I when I’m correct?
This discussion is over, good night Zecarlo.
Eh…I live in South Dakota. The second biggest city in the state is Rapid City, near the Black Hills. Rapid has long been called “Racist City” by many of the state’s Indian (and some white) population. For whatever reason, it’s just been a bad place to be if you’re Native American. Back in the 90s, there were a string of murders that occurred along the creek that runs through part of the town, where many of the city’s homeless population lived. Most of these homeless people were Indians. Every few murders, there’d be “We’re cleaning up” spray painted under a bridge or somewhere. For the most part, the local P.D. was…not extremely motivated to solve the murders. Due to racism? I can’t say, but it felt that way to many people.
A couple of years ago, my (Native) cousin was walking through that town, on his way home from work one night, and he was chased by several, coincidentally, white men who were exiting a bar. They caught him, beat him up a bit, then held him down and cut his braids that he’d been growing since childhood off with a knife. They left after that, and nothing ever came of the “investigation.” He never felt safe there again, and moved to a more “Indian-friendly” part of the state.
Earlier this summer, I was in a restaurant, in that town, and heard a group of, coincidentally, white people at a table near me complaining about the local Indians. They didn’t seem to have really any valid complaints, but were throwing around pretty, uh, antiquated language. Prairie n*gger and stuff like that. No concern for who was around, who could hear, if people would agree, anything like that. I was with some members from the white side of my family and they said that’s pretty common.
I could name many more instances, but you get the point. I don’t believe that more than a small percentage of whites are truly racist, and I know all races have plenty of racist people among them, but I just wouldn’t be so quick to say “white people are careful not to be racist.” On the coasts, in left-leaning urban areas, and in corporate settings? Absolutely. In the other parts of white America? Well, maybe not so much.
Of course there are racist areas. And it’s not just blacks and Indians who need to avoid them. I would avoid Elvis country because they wouldn’t like me either.
The more blue collar/no collar the worse it is. Everybody scapegoats each other and acts like its the other guys fault that they’re all in a shitty situation.
That being said, it really sucks that you have to deal with that kind of bullshit.
I don’t know how things are in the UK, but that could be unrelated to those peoples’ feelings about race-where affirmative action policies exist, it’s totally reasonable to lack trust in those whom have benefited from those policies.
It’s really not if they went to medical school, did a residency, and passed their medical boards (which is necessary if you want to practice medicine).
It could be because she’s a woman. It could be she rubs people the wrong way because of her personality. It could be because she comes off as incompetent. It’s easy for people, when they receive negative feedback, to blame it on the things they have no control over like race or sex.
Yet, there are terrible and incompetent MDs out there. I had a doctor tell me, even after I told him what I had and how I got it (cauliflower ear), that it was an infection. He prescribed antibiotics, which obviously did nothing and I ended up going to the hospital where a doctor, who was from Indiana, knew exactly what it was. Another doctor at the hospital thought it was from an insect bite and he explained to her what it was and how she needed to listen to patients as I explained how I got it.
There are incompetent lawyers who managed to pass the Bar. I would say that in my experience taking dogs to the vet, that half of them are clueless. This last time the vet diagnosed my dog incorrectly and prescribed meds he didn’t need. I had to tell the vet what it was and what meds he needed.
I agree there are terrible doctors out there but that judgement shouldn’t be made simply based off the melatonin content of their skin. If one meets the doctor and decides then they are incompetent then it’s acceptable to get another doctor. Just like it’s acceptable to hire any attorney you please.
Prematurely assuming the competency of a doctor before speaking with them says more about that patient than the doctor.
I would argue a patient should have the right to request a different doctor for whatever reason they want. If a black person wanted a black doctor, no one would question it. In fact, some believe black people should request black doctors whenever possible. If a woman wanted a female doctor, no one would question it either. Some white people might be uncomfortable with a black person being that intimate with them, for a variety of reasons that though related to race, are not racist.
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Again, if a black person was not comfortable with a white doctor or a woman was not comfortable with a man, no one would question it. I wouldn’t question it.
And the majority of people who cry racism don’t know what it means.
Free speech doesnt protect you from getting fired. Or public backlashm it just means the state cant lock you up for unpopular speech.
Not exactly true.
I agree, it can get you fired or public backlash. I still prefer the option of discussing things with people I disagree with vs reporting them to HR.