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White people claiming to be the victims of racism are like rich people complaining they are being discriminated against because they don't get food stamps
White people have never experienced racism, maybe that's why they are confused about it
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White people claiming to be the victims of racism are like rich people complaining they are being discriminated against because they don't get food stamps
White people have never experienced racism, maybe that's why they are confused about it
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Can black people make laws that remove the American revolution from the history books?
Can gays propose bills that make it illegal to say straight in schools?
Can we carry guns without being stopped or worse shot?
Can black people make laws that remove the American revolution from the history books?
Can gays propose bills that make it illegal to say straight in schools?
Can we carry guns without being stopped or worse shot?
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The reason we had to create Black Colleges, Black Magazines, Black awards, Black History Month; wasn't to exclude whites, it was because blacks were not represented or their achievements recognized in white institutions.
The reason we had to create Black Colleges, Black Magazines, Black awards, Black History Month; wasn't to exclude whites, it was because blacks were not represented or their achievements recognized in white institutions.
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Same goes for Affirmative Action, it's because without that law, black students and workers who were qualified and even overqualified were passed over for whites, meaning without these laws you would not do the right thing. Exhibit A.. Civil rights act.
Same goes for Affirmative Action, it's because without that law, black students and workers who were qualified and even overqualified were passed over for whites, meaning without these laws you would not do the right thing. Exhibit A.. Civil rights act.
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Once the clause that elections laws needed to be submitted for approval by the senate was removed, conservatives started ramming over 300 restrictive laws in their states, targeting anything that facilitated access for minorities.
Once the clause that elections laws needed to be submitted for approval by the senate was removed, conservatives started ramming over 300 restrictive laws in their states, targeting anything that facilitated access for minorities.
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Being made aware of your shortcomings isn't racism, being made uncomfortable by the past isn't racism, learning how racism affected your laws isn't racism, being made aware of racism in your culture isn't racism.
Using "reverse racism" to keep the status quo, that's racism.
Being made aware of your shortcomings isn't racism, being made uncomfortable by the past isn't racism, learning how racism affected your laws isn't racism, being made aware of racism in your culture isn't racism.
Using "reverse racism" to keep the status quo, that's racism.
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