Racism and privilege

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And you have refused to answer. So really what has been accomplished? Nothing. If anything you have hardened stances against yours.

Since I've answered two different people in this thread, and linked one of those answers and discussed it further with a third person, what does it say that you seem to have missed all that in a thread where you are responding to better than 25% of my posts?

I don't think your stance has hardened, because you can't get much harder than diamond.

 

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Appreciate the response

I encountered that word earlier.

I do not know the history of the word, but it's unfortunate that something as trivial as race can lead to the extinction of an otherwise unique, English word

I agree, but of all the unfortunate things we've lost to something as trivial as race, the word "niggard" is way down on the list.

 

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Since I've answered two different people in this thread, and linked one of those answers and discussed it further with a third person, what does it say that you seem to have missed all that in a thread where you are responding to better than 25% of my posts?

I don't think your stance has hardened, because you can't get much harder than diamond.

You specifically said you would not answer. You got asked repeatedly by Heyhey and Lograd. If I missed it then my apologies. If that is the case though why not just say "I already answered that"?

Right back at ya buddy.

 

[Deleted member 848]

I'm not trying to get people to dispel misconceptions; I'm trying to get them to acknowledge that, as humans, they share in the human inability to make quick, accurate decisions.

And I'm hypothetically trying to get people to acknowledge that, as humans, they share the responsibility for wrongfully putting several different cultural groups as societal-scapegoats.

To me, the difference between your initiative and mine are not far-apart. That is what I'm trying to elucidate here. The least I can do is try to "open your eyes", eh?

If you feel that my point isn't true, that's your prerogative, and you are entitled to it. I suppose not much more can be said to this conversation. Thanks for taking the time to read-- and thoroughly (and promptly) responding to my inquisitions.

Cheers.

 

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You specifically said you would not answer. You got asked repeatedly by Heyhey and Lograd. If I missed it then my apologies.

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?19058-Racism-and-privilege&p=689508&viewfull=1#post689508

Also, the last paragraph of:

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?19058-Racism-and-privilege&p=690527&viewfull=1#post690527

If that is the case though why not just say "I already answered that"?

Right back at ya buddy.

Why not just ask, "Did you ever answer LogGrad98 and hey hey?" instead of declaring that I did not answer them, twice within the last hour, the second driectly after I said I did answer them? Who are you trying to kid, here?

 

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If you feel that my point isn't true, that's your prerogative, and you are entitled to it. I suppose not much more can be said to this conversation. Thanks for taking the time to read-- and thoroughly (and promptly) responding to my inquisitions.

Cheers.

I'd be more persuaded if you could offer more examples of people who were talked into the acknowledgment they had privilege via the sort of reasoned discourse you propose. What convinced you that a great deal of your personal success was due to the privileges offered you as a white male?

 

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When spoken aloud, it's a near-homophone to a word that has a very racist context in many situations. So, while I have no objection to the word "niggard", I'd probably just go with "cheap" or "miserly" out of politeness.

Yeah I don't like "niggard".

I do like "queer" however. It is a word that I think (when not referring to homosexuals) defines a certain situation, feeling, etc concisely.

 

[moevillini]

OK, so I think we're all human, but is anyone on here willing to admit that they're not human?

If so, and you're not human, what are you?



(Are you a god?....
BEST. MOVIE. LINE. EVER)
(except, perhaps, for: This chick is toast!)

 

[Stoked]

OK, so I think we're all human, but is anyone on here willing to admit that they're not human?

If so, and you're not human, what are you?



(Are you a god?....
BEST. MOVIE. LINE. EVER)
(except, perhaps, for: This chick is toast!)

That movie was on TV a week ago. I watched the whole thing. Good stuff.

 

[LogGrad98]

OK, so I think we're all human, but is anyone on here willing to admit that they're not human?

If so, and you're not human, what are you?



(Are you a god?....
BEST. MOVIE. LINE. EVER)
(except, perhaps, for: This chick is toast!)

Remember if someone asks you if you are a god you say YES!

 

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Remember if someone asks you if you are a god you say YES!

Since I live better than the leaders of Jerusalem back in the BC era, it would even be true.

 

[LogGrad98]

Since I live better than the leaders of Jerusalem back in the BC era, it would even be true.

I have a smart phone so to them I would automatically be a god.