I voted for Obama, only because he is black. => this is racism
One should never argue on the basis of external characteristics such as skin color.
You should never say that you trust one person more than the other just because they are white or black. #racism@BarackObama
For many, however, that is exactly the reasoning, or was the reasoning in the election of Obama.
They said they would vote for him because if enough people vote, he will be the first black president.
They should have thought about what he's going to do and what his goals are, rather than just focusing on the color of his skin and raving about the fact that the first black President will be Obama.
Here a person, Obama, was judged by the color of his skin and that as a black person he was per se better than a wise man. That you have to set a symbol and elect the first black president.
I say, completely irrelevant whether woman, man, black and white, or what I know, when you judge a person, based on external characteristics, and not based on character, then that is when it concerns the skin color, as in the example here, racism.
I think it's a shame that those who talk so much against racism still haven't understood what racism or another type of discrimination is, namely not to judge people by their goals and election program, but by color.
Today the open rivalry between the great powers prevents independent investigations.
For the first time, politicians and the military could no longer hide their crimes behind abstract "acts of state", but were made individually responsible for their actions.
Companies such as H&M, Adidas and Nike no longer want to process cotton from Xinjiang because of forced labor allegations. Therefore, the Chinese media are now calling for a boycott of the brands.
According to estimates by the United Nations and human rights organizations, China is holding up to one million Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
According to studies by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the regime uses Uighur slave labor on a large scale in cotton production. China's government vehemently denies the allegations. Around 20% of the cotton produced worldwide comes from Xinjiang.
In the ranking of those countries from which China imports the most oil, five still come from the region. Saudi Arabia leads the ranking ahead of Russia.
The main oil suppliers of China
Import in 2020, in millions of tons
In the elections they won 57 of the 120 seats in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. Netanyahu, on the other hand, has just 52 seats with his bloc, although his Likud party won by far the most votes.
This means that both blocs missed an absolute majority.
Modernizing America's nuclear weapons will devour huge sums of money. nzz.ch/international/…
Against this background, there is a radical demand to completely dispense with ground-based ICBMs in the future. President Biden has a difficult decision to make.
For decades America had a dogma about nuclear deterrence: it could only be credible if it stood on three legs: land, sea, air. This principle is currently being questioned.
#Thread about #Brazil#Bolsonaro#Military#democracy :
With a surprise cabinet reshuffle, the Brazilian president wants to increase control over Congress and the security forces in the face of growing resistance in politics, society and the economy. nzz.ch/international/…
But the price his allies charge for their support is rising.
First it was the foreign minister, then the defense minister, and finally there were a total of six cabinet members who President Jair Bolsonaro replaced in one fell swoop on Monday.