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[–]APDSmithKiA Old Guard 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

OK, I'll admit, I'm not entirely sure how to address this, then. Your request appears to be to discuss society without discussing people.

Are we just lining up stereotypes, then? I can't see that being particularly productive, but I can't see where else one would be able to take this.

I'm also somewhat confused by "blacks" as a group ... are you of the opinion that white people are equally interchangeable? That there's no difference between, say, an American and a Canadian? Between the Scottish and the English? Between the English and the French? Or is this sort of faceless anonymity something you reserve for black people?

[–]GizortnikKiA Old Guard 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a huge problem authoritarians and intellectuals have. They want to control the system, but don't accept that the system is emergent from individual chaos. They never talk about all people because talking about what Sowell calls "inter-temporal abstractions" allows them to make the sweeping generalizations they need to paint a narrative.

Racism is an intellectual pursuit.