posted by like_thatS&L really has gone full retard. Sad to see.
posted by SportsAndLadyFacts are racist when they are outside of my comfort zone.
If anyone wants to save themselves the time and from potentially being dumber after reading S&L's post, here is the translated tl;dr version.
posted by gut
And which singular country would you claim that African Americans descend from?
Uhhhhhh. America.
posted by SportsAndLadyFacts are facts, yes. But they can also be biased. And if you have a bias against a specific race, you can use facts to hurt that race.
An example would be a media outlet only reports facts that are negative against a certain race. That media outlet ONLY says things like African Americans have the highest % of any race in prison, theres a high % of crime in AA communities, highest % of any race on welfare, etc. Those are all facts, but if they only report the negatives about a race, to me that’s a form of racism.
Or on a smaller example, a white guy gets in a fender bender, sees the other driver is black and says “learn how to drive you black son of a bitch”
The facts in your media example are not racist. The media company may possibly be by showing off their bias by only presenting facts they like.
So again, the facts aren’t racist, in your hypothetical the media outlet would be.
In your asinine car wreck example, the fact that the other driver was black is not racist, the driver calling him a black bastard or whatever was racist.
Hope this helps, but facts aren’t racist.
posted by like_thatS&L really has gone full retard. Sad to see.
Happened when he came back to the site months ago. Not really a new phenomenon for him.
posted by Laley23Uhhhhhh. America.
Did none of their ancestors bring any culture from their homelands that maybe got passed down through the generations?
posted by like_thatYou just described the delivery and selection of facts as racist, which is done by both sides all of the time. That does not make a fact itself, racist.
Logic and reason will not work on SnL as proven by his reply to this comment.
You are 100% right in your analysis of his example.
posted by justincredibleDid none of their ancestors bring any culture from their homelands that maybe got passed down through the generations?
Right. Is there not more than one country in Africa? Or the Caribbean? Is he saying they don't have diversity of thought?
posted by justincredibleDid none of their ancestors bring any culture from their homelands that maybe got passed down through the generations?
That wasn’t the question and has nothing to do with someone being an African-American. An African-American is someone who is born in America of African descent, it’s inherently different than Latino, in that aspect.
posted by Laley23That wasn’t the question and has nothing to do with someone being an African-American. An African-American is someone who is born in America of African descent, it’s inherently different than Latino, in that aspect.
This is true, but he was also referring to latinos that live in the US as being more diverse. A lot of those latinos are also born in the US.
posted by jmogLogic and reason will not work on SnL as proven by his reply to this comment.
You are 100% right in your analysis of his example.
Would you say it’s a mute point, moot point, or moo point?
Oh lol and just to clarify. A black guy bumps into your car, you get out and call him a black son of a bitch. You don’t think that’s racist jmog?
posted by SportsAndLadyWould you say it’s a mute point, moot point, or moo point?
posted by SportsAndLadyOh lol and just to clarify. A black guy bumps into your car, you get out and call him a black son of a bitch. You don’t think that’s racist jmog?
He literally said it was.
In your asinine car wreck example, the fact that the other driver was black is not racist, the driver calling him a black bastard or whatever was racist.
But calling him a black sob isn't a fact.
posted by justincredibleHe literally said it was.
In your asinine car wreck example, the fact that the other driver was black is not racist, the driver calling him a black bastard or whatever was racist.But calling him a black sob isn't a fact.
In S&L's defense, jmog's post was more than one line.
posted by justincredibleHe literally said it was.
In your asinine car wreck example, the fact that the other driver was black is not racist, the driver calling him a black bastard or whatever was racist.But calling him a black sob isn't a fact.
Adding the word “black” in there is a) a fact and b) racist
Hence why facts can be racist
posted by like_thatIn S&L's defense, jmog's post was more than one line.
Sick burn bro, gotta text your Miami brah’s about that one!
LOL, this thread really went off the rails with Laley and S&L struggling to fake their wokeness.
posted by gutLOL, this thread really went off the rails with Laley and S&L struggling to fake their wokeness.
Is that just your reply to everything that goes against what you believe? That they’re just “fake woke”
Are you Clay Travis?
posted by SportsAndLadySick burn bro, gotta text your Miami brah’s about that one!
Brahs'*