Racism in UK, US, and elsewhere

The Brits just hate everyone equally :sweat_smile:

Who said racists can’t have generous hearts?

What we’ll see now is people orchestrating similar situations.

That wasn’t the whole story , the other child stole her child’s toy. And refused to return , thereafter a trade of insults. She used the N word in that exchange.

The child allegedly is autistic. There was no mention of not returning something taken from her bag. It’s never appropriate to use the slur, especially towards a child. White people are more bold with their bigotry emboldened by the current administration

I’m with @juma on this one. Starting with a qualifier such as “Some” or “Already racist” would have been better.

I could have been more careful with my wording, I agree

I’m new here, considering going back to where I came from so I joined this forum to learn about how things are back in the mother land. Pretty surprised at where some align. In the past, I had republican friends and family members, but the GOP now is different and there is no excuse for supporting the white nationalist agenda whose values are unconstitutional

Someone of another viewpoint could just as easily posit there is no excuse for supporting the Marxist agenda of the progressive left whose values are unconstitutional. They would also be wrong, but that’s the way it is these days.

I’m somewhere in the middle by the way, so everyone hates me.

Regardless of what the child did, there is no excuse for calling a 5 year old a racial slur. Ever.

Or send them money, now 700k :woozy_face: Then again, not like we couldn’t see this coming.

There is no excuse for bad logic:

Summary of Logical Flaws

The statement suffers from:

• Ambiguity in undefined terms (“white nationalist agenda,” “values”).

• Hasty generalization in assuming all values are unconstitutional.

• Black-and-white fallacy in claiming “no excuse” without nuance.

• Argument from authority in relying on unconstitutionality without justification.

• Potential strawman in oversimplifying the agenda.

I heard AA men in particular call their little guys, like kindergarten age kids the n word. But that’s cultural right? Totally acceptable?

What do you think? :thinking:

I think the rule is if it’s your own people, you get a pass, fellow redneck white trash cracker peckerwood. Try throwing that word around in a New Orleans bar on your Mardis Gras holiday if you’re brave and have good insurance.

It’s an idiotic rule.

You do understand the difference between joking self-deprecation and hurtful mocking of others, yes? Have you ever tried out using the word around black people as a pasty white person yourself? Trust me, they won’t see you as a homey joshing around. They tend to get offended for some odd reason.

hahahaha why does this “logic” not surprise me.

A microcosm - truly - of why we are veering toward a (courtesy of Trump and his ignorant masses) dystopian hellhole faster than ever.

The MAGA view, to those outside the bubble:

“You can’t abort a baby because when that baby is born we need to call it racial slurs.” :skull_and_crossbones:

Cool story, but it’s also wrong. The point is that the racial slur is wrong regardless of who utters it white, black, yellow, brown, purple martian, etc.

I know you have the bandwidth to understand the nuance you are seeming to miss here:
https://tw.forumosa.com/t/from-racism/250861/12?u=bingobango

Hardly an original blindspot though, you’re in plenty of company. :laughing:

The question is, can you assimilate this new knowledge into your framework? That’s the real test.