I am not saying that reverse racism is, currently, as terrible as what white people did in the past. I am not saying that racism against all people results in exactly the same problems. White people (well, most white people) have caused a shit-ton of problems and have been very slow to change their opinions. This is…

All I am saying is that you can't say that Africans wouldn't have sold their fellow Africans into slavery if they knew what was going to happen. We can't know that because we actually have no idea what they knew and what they didn't know. There is not a lot, record-wise, written about it. There are not a lot of…

I know what cultural appropriation is. What I don't understand is the specifics - when is it okay and when is it not? I have read several papers and opinions about it, but what I don't understand is whether we're allowed to be diverse and learn from each other. I agree that seeing a white person going to a reservation…

Jeez. I have taken an AA course, and a course on criminal justice focusing on racism in the criminal justice system, courses on African history, courses on American history, courses on women's history, etc. I'm not inexperienced. I don't disagree with you because you know stuff and I haven't studied racism. I will…

I am racist. Everyone I know is racist. I work hard to not be racist, but I make mistakes. I'm human. But blaming me or all white people isn't helping. There are shittier white people than others, but they aren't just white people. They are multiple aspects to their identities, such as high school dropout or college…

See, now here's a problem with oppressed people - they turn against each other and turn it into, "I'm more oppressed than you!" when we should be allies. Asexual people are not attacked and thought to be sinning - after all, many people believe Jesus was celibate. However, people do think I'm weird. Even gay people.…

Historically, that is how children were viewed and why people didn't use birth control. They needed help around the farm, needed kids to take care of them when they got older, etc. They didn't necessarily have them for love, but as an expectation of a life stage. Just like marriage, love wasn't a major concern when…

I think that, generally, when you adopt from a shelter you aren't paying for the dog. You help to subsidize the cost of rescuing dogs in need, caring for them, and finding them new homes. The dog itself costs nothing - it's the care you're paying for. Some dogs you pay more than the dog cost the shelter, but many…

How can you not see that this is a problem?

Honestly, you can't know that. African tribes weren't all hunky-dory with each other and then white people came in and ruined it. Not all Africans were the same (surprise), either. Africans could be vicious and clueless, just like white people could be (and were) very vicious and clueless. If an African tribe wanted…

So your solution to violence is to make other people feel the violence? That makes sense.

Oh, please let me know how white people should feel about Native Americans. I am personally so, so supportive of the genocide of Native Americans that I wish I could go back in time and support it more effectively. I also am totally for sending Native American children to white families and white schools so we can…

I wish we could all admit that we are racist - everyone, regardless of race, is racist against other people. Humans like to group people together and assume that everyone in a group is the same. A lot of America's success is due to slavery. The effects of slavery are still being felt. Some white people are still…

Why can't you appropriate culture from white people? What about white people who aren't American? Can I just dress up as Santa Lucia now, without regard to the cultural aspects of the tradition? Do white people not have a culture? Or did white people lose any claim to culture because white ancestors were probably…

Wow! It's not as if every culture, every group of people ever hasn't been terrible at one point or another. When in power, people like to exert that power. White people were very efficient at overpowering other races. Does that mean that other races wouldn't have done the exact same thing if they had had extensive…

I don't think ArtisticSavant was saying that reverse racism is a problem. White people, in general, do not have to worry about losing their jobs, not getting hired, being pulled over by cops, being harassed, etc. However, it does not mean that white people are not judged based on their skin color. That's obviously…

Why is what her ancestors did important for this discussion? I agree that Native Americans have been oppressed and been oppressors. They have participated in racism and been victims of it, both by black people and white people (though mainly white people). In the past, white people sure did suck, generally. However,…

I think the main problem is not that white women think they're the world's most oppressed ever, but that all people have trouble seeing their own privileges and understanding the point of view of other people.

To be clear, I thought MKE_holla was totally missing the point, but I don't think they were saying that anyone deserves to be killed. In fact, I think they were pointing out that we should extend these benefits to non-Americans that don't look like white people, such as the innocent Iraqis and Afghanis who are still…

Actually, I doubt I will. I was never the kind of person who liked to go out and party. I found partying to get drunk incredibly irresponsible but forgivable when young, and 10x worse by older adults. The reason youth is wasted on the young is not because older people want to party (at least, this is how it has been…