@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 1. Here is the post that has a succinct explanation.
2. I had similar confusion re the title... it does not say what it means... Academics! Apparently this is an idea first discussed in the 70s
3. In short, it means there are racial issues that have been in play fr the beginning
2. I had similar confusion re the title... it does not say what it means... Academics! Apparently this is an idea first discussed in the 70s
3. In short, it means there are racial issues that have been in play fr the beginning
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 2/ Why this is controversial eludes me. It is pretty obvious. As such it is uncontroversial that deep racism was embedded into the founding of the country. Not only blacks, but Indians. It is embedded in the constitution. And is manifest throughout American history.
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 3/ That said seems the problem comes when trying to discuss that in terms of today. And conflating the systemic racism that is in the laws, customs and constitution w individuals who do not like being called racist.
That is where it gets complicated. IMO.
That is where it gets complicated. IMO.
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 4/ Anyway.. Your twitter level definition:
America has had an obvious racial hierarchy w Europeans/Whites owning most of the wealth, & controlling much of the resources & making the laws that founded the country. The consequences of those beginnings reverberate to today.
America has had an obvious racial hierarchy w Europeans/Whites owning most of the wealth, & controlling much of the resources & making the laws that founded the country. The consequences of those beginnings reverberate to today.
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 5/ The problem seems to be at least 3fold:
1. the argument over what to do about it. "haven't we don't enough already".. some say.
2. "I am not a racist" which may or may not be true, but is not the point
3. Race relationships are better, in broad terms, than ever But there are
1. the argument over what to do about it. "haven't we don't enough already".. some say.
2. "I am not a racist" which may or may not be true, but is not the point
3. Race relationships are better, in broad terms, than ever But there are
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 6/ still a long ways to go.
Compound and mix any of these core issues with others and the conversation gets fraught pretty quick.
per opening line. I think this short presentation does a reasonable job of surfacing the issues.
Compound and mix any of these core issues with others and the conversation gets fraught pretty quick.
per opening line. I think this short presentation does a reasonable job of surfacing the issues.
https://twitter.com/mhbx/status/1404102339951165441?s=20
@heavyblankey @tommy_pane 7/ coda: Did you know that Hitler/Nazi Germany studied how the Negros were subjugated and used that information as a template for their own policies and suppressions. They found how the Americans, esp the South, kept the blacks down was a perfect analog to their own needs.
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