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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've read through 20 pages, and I have a suggestion.  If all of the people who would support "All Lives Matter" get together and successfully address police brutality for "all lives" -- then black people will no longer have an issue with police brutality and BLM can disband because there will be no more work to do.  Win-Win.  [/quote]

There’s just so much ignorance in the world. Can we please stop with any example that suggests racism is a singular, individualized act? It is an incredibly deep-seeded, socialized, and pervasive element of our society that will never be “fixed” as long as *any* race claims to be color blind, but especially white people as part of the dominant racial group in America. This is bigger than any one person’s experience as an individual (or the tone deaf and entirely unproductive “examples” of white people getting shot by cops).[/quote]

Can you give an example of a place in the world that is multi-racial and multi-cultural where there isn't racism?  People call out America, but that is the one place in the world where we support the continuous evolution of our population into a place that is probably the most diverse in world history.  The dominant racial group (and people who are alive right now) has passed Civil Rights legislation, supported a "Great Society" where trillions have been spent to try to address generational poverty, created affirmative action, gave up spots in universities and companies for POC, passed immigration reform in the 60s that has massively contributed to the "browning" of America, not only looks the other way as millions of undocumented people from around the world come here, but provides them with billions in benefits each year, and watched as the national history has been remade into a story that focuses solely on slavery and the civil rights movement, etc.  If the "dominant racial group" were really so racist, would they have done any of those things willingly?

I think most people are willing to try to do the things that will make a harmonious society, but after doing all of the above, I do think many are perplexed when folks continually talk about systemic oppression.  What exactly, do people expect to see? [/quote]

We want to see a society where everyone enjoys the same privileges, around the world. We want to see that people who are more privileged recognize that privilege, and understand the effects that privilege has for their families, and the effects the lack of privilege has on others. There is no place in the world that does that right now, which is why you are seeing protests worldwide. Enough is enough. It's time for change.

People worldwide look to America because Americans like to talk about "bringing yourself up by your bootstraps" and "if you work hard enough, you too can achieve the American dream." This is not possible in any other country in the world. However, what needs to be said is *this isn't not possible in America either.* Many black people cannot achieve the American dream because of systemic blocks that prevent them from reaching it. We need to stop pretending those blocks don't exist. We need to recognize what those blocks are, and get rid of them, so that all lives have an equal chance to achieve the American dream.[/quote]

*this isn't possible in America either.* [/quote]

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