Confronting Racial Stereotypes
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NPR ran this story a couple of years ago:
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/16/814960315/what-10-students-learned-from-h...
In today's news feed, an insurance company in Maine is getting cancelled for a racist Juneteenth sign it posted in it's window.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106492968/maine-racist-juneteenth-sign
Is it better to cancel groups and individuals who make racist statements, or to confront them with their gross generalizations and help them develop a more balanced understanding?
Because when I think about it, other than vegetarians and vegans (who are not limited to one racial group), who doesn't enjoy fried chicken and greens?
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
>>>Is it better to cancel
>>>Is it better to cancel groups and individuals who make racist statements, or to confront them with their gross generalizations and help them develop a more balanced understanding? <<<
see, this is sort of the problem.
racism isn't a discussion to be had, or a topic to be debated.
the correct answer is for the community to boycott the business, and also for someone to cover up that sign with a large cinder block.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cultivate kindness
> confront them with their
> confront them with their gross generalizations and help them develop a more balanced understanding?
You'd probably get better results if you try to teach a pig how to sing.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
That's pretty much the crux
That's pretty much the crux of my post, is the method of confrontation more effective than erasing or suppressing, if we're all looking to understand each other and evolve?
From the first link:
"I would say way back then, like most people, I really tried to avoid confrontation at all costs. I was such a mouse," remembers Benson.
But there was no place in the class for politeness. The class was inspired by a program developed by two black psychiatrists, Price M. Cobbs and William H. Grier, authors of the 1968 book Black Rage. The idea of the book was that black people were enraged by all of it — racism, slavery, the everyday slights — and the resulting rage was suppressed and eating them away.
The solution they proposed involved putting black people and white people together in a room and making them speak directly and honestly about their feelings about one another.
"Confrontation was the method, and real understanding, by the participants, of the real problems between Blacks and Whites was the goal," writes Terence Clarke in his book An Arena of Truth, which recounts the story of Kranz's class and the ideology behind it. "It would be rough ... and the one restriction was that actual physical violence would not be permitted."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
I truly hope the vegetarians
I truly hope the vegetarians/vegans aren't offended. If they get their own holiday, it's not cool to post signs encouraging them to enjoy their fried seitan and fresh greens.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
>>>if we're all looking to
>>>if we're all looking to understand each other and evolve?
I for one got the message of the last four years loud and clear, and they don't want to understand.
Quit looking for a way out
Start looking for a way through
Well a shot's been fired but the war ain't won
These white boys with money make the whole world run
Let the wall hit your back
The blood hit your tongue
You and me baby we're the dangerous ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIWep6uevro&list=RDgIWep6uevro&start_rad...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB
You mean the ones featured in
You mean the ones featured in rap, some pop culture BS, etc that chatter N*****az, extreme sexism, and street violence but then demand that we pretend that is not foul and disgusting but are are merely out of touch and "too white"?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
No private business is forced
No private business is forced to close on federal holidays so any business using the opportunity to spread hate is deplorable and should be avoided permanently
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
So that insurance agency was
So that insurance agency was forced to close?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Maine, nuff said.
Maine, nuff said.
But I'll say more, Maine is loaded with white supremacist militia wing nuts getting ready for the big jump off. That was probably the least offensive sign from the middle of the state to the Canadian border, and that business,( looks like a restaurant receipt ), will be crammed with new business up there.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
Tucker Carlson lives there
Tucker Carlson lives there for a reason
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maine is candyland for the
maine is candyland for the wealthy
hell for the unwealthy
#oldmoney