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- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 1 day ago:
At least Trump doesn’t seem to be racist. He said multiple times he wants a leadership that doesn’t see color. Even his wife is foreign so you can tell that he’s better in that regard compared to the previous administration who constantly made a thing about people’s skin color.
Trump seems to just employ people based on their character and won’t praise it for being “the first black person in X position” like it has been done previously which I think is a good step in the right direction of getting rid of these racist stereotypes.
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 1 day ago:
That’s a good point. I just hope that we can let go of the past soon and fix these issues
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 2 days ago:
That’s exactly the point if you continue to separate people as “black” and “white” people and make only certain groups use a racial slur word something isn’t right. This is the exact reason why there is racism. No one should be racist independent of their ethnicity. If “black people” would’ve enslaved “white people” it would’ve been the exact same thing!
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 3 days ago:
I just don’t think it’s morally good to use a word that has been used as a racial slur and to radically devalue and enslave people and make it socially accepted for people with a specific ethnicity to say. Imo this is the essence of racism and exactly what went wrong in the past with exactly that word. It doesn’t matter if a word is only used by people considered “white” or “black”, it’s the same thing and just not right.
For example in Germany they have a slang called “Digga” (used instead of “bro” or “dude”) which kinda sounds like the N-Word but it has no racist or negative connotation at all and is used by everyone no matter their ethnicity. If Americans would use a similar slang let’s make one up and call it “Brazz” and not make it exclusive to a skin type I wouldn’t see any problem.
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 3 days ago:
Yes I agree it’s really weird. And the fact that some people would see a person as “white” and others see the same person as “black” just shows how absurd this concept is and that there isn’t such a thing as distinct human races. All that is is made up racism to artificially help humans deal with hate, self-worth and finding belonging. But the reality is we’re all the same species who naturally look different which should be cherished. The only aspect a human should be judged by is personality.
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 3 days ago:
I also wonder why so many Americans still casually use the N-Word. It feels kinda surreal to use this considering all the weight and suffering that was connected to that word.
Imagine Jews or people with different ethnicity in Germany would be casually using the Hakenkreuz and slurs that Nazis used, as a slang in every day conversation in Germany. That would be unthinkable.
- Comment on Why is there so much separation in the USA between people who identify as "black" or "white" compared to other regions like South America? 3 days ago:
I did a quick Google search and it seems like there are many South American countries with a bigger Caucasian percentage than the USA. As of the 2022 Census, USA is 60.9% . Uruguay having 90.7%, Argentina 97% and Costa Rica has 82%.
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