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One Brow said:
A paper from the ACLU, on how marijuana use is fairly even across social groups, but it's persecution is not.

https://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/war-marijuana-black-and-white-report
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I guess I should read it, but do they normalize the data for things like other behaviors that might cause increased attention from authorities and lead up to prosecution for marijuana use? In other words, are we sure one group isn't getting high and then trying to do stuff out in public and the other group isn't just using it in their mom's basement and never going outside? Seems that is a hard variable to account for.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I guess I should read it, but do they normalize the data for things like other behaviors that might cause increased attention from authorities and lead up to prosecution for marijuana use?
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It's a summary paper, that is pulling in not only from studies, but also official government statistics. So, basically no.
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/this-comic-perfectly-explains-what-white-privilege-is


enjoy... or not...

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there's a few more at the link for anyone who's interested...

:-)

oh well, I am what I am...
 
One Brow said:
A post comparing racism in the Muslim culture to the depiction of racism here.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/blacks...ook-is-relevant-to-an-angry-romani-ex-muslim/
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I think "Muslim culture" is a very inaccurate way of denoting that article.

'Arab' culture is much more accurate. I read the woman's post-- and most of her complaints were much more characteristic of Arab culture than Muslim culture-- particularly the concept of a racial hierarchy. That thought-process is strictly, and succinctly prohibited in the Islamic faith.

She should have been attacking Arab culture more than Muslim culture-- at least, IMO.
 
dalamon said:
I think "Muslim culture" is a very inaccurate way of denoting that article.

'Arab' culture is much more accurate. I read the woman's post-- and most of her complaints were much more characteristic of Arab culture than Muslim culture-- particularly the concept of a racial hierarchy. That thought-process is strictly, and succinctly prohibited in the Islamic faith.

She should have been attacking Arab culture more than Muslim culture-- at least, IMO.
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She is not Arabian, and her direct experience is with Turks more than Arabians. The Roma are from south-eastern Europe and Turkey.

I realized that Turkish and to some degree Persian people had managed to bend the ideology to acquire a privileged position in the same way white Europeans have adapted Christianity to their needs. It was this racial hierarchy, which works to the detriment of my people,
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However, I think your main point was that Islam can be divorced from a racist hierarchy, and in your particular sub-culture in Canada, it is. I have no reason to doubt you in that.
 
franklin said:
I have plenty of coworkers still up in arms that they changed it from Christmas party to awards function 12 long years ago. They preach that "we are no longer a Christian nation", while I think "they left Europe to get away from your catholic plague".

I can't wait for this god forsaken holiday to be over.
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well, it's over now, as it St. Valentine's Day, and soon enough St. Patrick's Day will be behind us, and we'll be done with major Christian holidays for the year


at any rate, I'm kinda bummed about the US speedskaters @ Sochi, I <3 Shani Davis.
 
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