U.S. RACISM

MALCOLM | 07.08.2003 02:08 | Anti-racism | World

RACISM IN THE U.S.

THERE IS ALOT OF RACISM IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE U.S. THERE HAS BEEN A MURDER AND MANY STREET ATTACKS . I HAVE WITNESSED AN ATTACK ON A NATIVE FROM ONE OF THE TRIBES. A BLACK MAN WAS RUN OVER BY ACAR BY WHITE YOUTH SHOUTING RACIAL SLUR.THIS TOOK PLACE IN BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON.(STATE) THE GOVERNMENT NONSENSE ABOUT "TERRORISM" IS ASHAM THAT TRIES TO COVER UP THE BRUTAL REPRESSION IN THE U.S. THIS IS FIRST TIME I HAVE POSTED SOMETHING INTERNATIONALLY> I REALLY WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW OF THIS AND MANY OTER HORRIBLE TYPES OF REPRESSION HERE> DONT BE FOOLED BY THE MEDIA FROM THIS COUNTRY, IT IS VERY UNAWARE AND SUPERFICIL AND SPREADS JINGOISTIC MESSAGES THAT ONLY PROMOTE VIOLENCE AND CULTURAL AND EVIRONMENTAL IGNORANCE. THANK YOU, I REALLY NEED TO EXPRESS THIS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION AND GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED VIOLENCE AGAINST SO CALLED "DISSENTERS"

MALCOLM

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BUT...

07.08.2003 08:37

.of course white citizens of the US are all stinking rich..absolutely *no* white people in the US are in crappy jobs, in poverty, live in trailer parks, in prison, homeless or killed..no siree

John Brown

Logic 101

07.08.2003 14:43

Identify the logical fallacy in this argument:
- Some white people are poor
- Therefore racism does not exist
QED

Prof

Logic 102

07.08.2003 15:25

identify the logical fallacy in this:

poster draws attention to the poverty of many white as well in usa

therefore he is accused of being,,wait for it,, a 'racist'!

QED

Prof

with all due respect

07.08.2003 15:58

With all due respect to my academic colleague, I think you may need to develop your ability to follow an argument!

The original article reported on and protested at incidents of racism against Black people and other ethnic minorities in the US. John posted a comment pointing out (in rather sarcastic fashion) that many white people in the US are poor. Why?

Either it was meant to be a completely separate news report (which I doubt) or the point can only have been to portray the original article as one-sided.

I felt this was unfair, as the original poster had said nothing derogatory about white people or dismissive of poverty, but had simply reported their own experience of racism.

Hence I pointed out the logical nonsense of rebutting every report on racism with the (true but surely irrelevant) observation that some white people are poor.

Prof (the first one)

racism

12.08.2003 18:05

I live in Bellingham. The people out here seem racist to me. Im one of the (less than one percent) of black people who live here. I havn't been able to keep a good job yet. The people seem kind, but racism exists on many superficial and deeper levels.