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[–]Dragonerne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yes, we will probably not agree on wether its a complicated issue or not, because I see it as a simple issue, which might be - or is - because of my pro-white bias.

The only reason I asked for sources for your claims on affirmative action is that I am open to the idea of white people being discriminated against

I think there is not much to be convinced about. A poor white girl is not given any bonus points on her test scores, while a rich black girl is. This is text book racism.

I'm not open, however, to the idea of white people being the ONLY race currently systemically discriminated against. That's just dogmatic and it doesn't interest me.

You're right. But antiwhite racism is so prevalent that once you see it, it's everywhere and literally impossible to unsee. Basically, I was taught to treat everyone equally and colorblind but I had an internalized learned antiwhite bias that I didn't know about. It's what my friend called "bigotry of low expectations". It kind of shook me because I realized that I didn't have the same expectations of whites and non-whites. I tolerated if something benefitted non-whites at the cost of whites, while I would've considered the opposite to be racist.
Since then I've forced myself to ask "Does this benefit whites?" and if it hurts whites, then it's racist.

Our entire society is filled with "bigotry of low expectations" and it creates a lot of double standards and it hurts whites on a massive scale, while benefitting non-whites. And most are blind to it because of their internalized bias. Oh, now I'm just rambling.

Please read the links or parts of them. Try to be objective with regards to discrimination, because they're very good at justifying why the discrimination against whites is acceptable but it would never be accepted if it were reversed. Its socially acceptable for blacks to be victims but its not acceptable for whites to be victims.

[–]zerosis 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Hey, I know it's been a while since this thread happened but I was going through my old comments and I wanted to let you know I'm sorry for going so hard on you over this. I was being an ass, and you made a lot of good points. I've changed my mind about the BLM movement and no longer support it. Apologies again for being a dick.

[–]Dragonerne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Merry christmas and happy new year

[–]zerosis 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same to you man