Fair enough. I'll be the Lenin to your Trotsky. — StreetlightX
I'm not sure it's selfish. I doubt most people know about it — Benkei
the really poor can't afford either the Pixel 3 or the fairphone 3. — Benkei
From what I understand, the poor are so consumed with money problems that they actually don't have time to think about much else. Which is why they are often notoriously bad in making decision that will benefit them in the long run. — Benkei
Your 'race' problem ... "I'm not a victim!" (video)If the racist white person - I don’t mean the person who is examining his consciousness and so on - doesn’t understand that he or she is also a ‘race’: it’s also constructed, it’s also made, and it also has some kind of serviceability; but when you take it away - if I take your ‘race’ away - and there you are, all strung out, and all you’ve got is your little self - and what is that? What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? Still smart? You still like yourself? …
If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is: white people have a very, very serious problem. And they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it … — Toni Morrison, interview (2002)
To the point and funny at the same time. Also why I watch the Daily Show.Black Lives Matter too. — 180 Proof
A life condition where race has been made to matter is itself a form of injustice against the truth of our common nature — fdrake
It's pleasing to hear you say this. However, in the past and now, I have felt that a major issue with you is that you highlight race in a way that makes it matter. How am I to react to someone who favours language that highlights race and then also says that this is an injustice. Is it a necessary evil for you then? — Judaka
I'm sure you do that but I meant that you highlight race in a way that makes it matter and not that you highlight that race matters. You deny this? Calling a spade a spade, isn't that what you call it? — Judaka
I don't really know what you're talking about. — fdrake
No! What made this boil over and explode were the actions of a few - as it is every time it happens. To get it to that point took the actions of damn near all over almost forever. And what weaves them all together into badness is complicity and lies.What brought this whole discussion about was the actions of a few police officers. — Harry Hindu
I never ever heard of the Tulsa and Rosewood massacres until last week. — Benkei
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