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I completely agree on that point. I find it quite insulting and also the term 'white' is totally unacceptable to me. Which is why I use and encourage people to
by generic_user 11y ago
I completely agree on that point. I find it quite insulting and also the term 'white' is totally unacceptable to me. Which is why I use and encourage people to use European American. That term at least has a definitive connection with our home countries and the cultures of European diaspora.
The homogenization of all Europeans into on mass of culture-less 'white people' serves a political purpose. It polarizes the entire electorate into easily manipulated identity blocks based on race. They create a narrative that the amorphous 'white people' has this or that evil intentions and serves as a bogyman to scare other groups. Polarization keeps people voting in very narrow dependable voter blocks based on a dependable list of identity block issues.
The way forward is to assert European American policy issues into national policy debates. And take the magic wand of 'white people' away from the progressives and the republicans. Neither of which have any intention of advocating policy on the behalf of European diaspora.
That is what the media and the establishment fear most of all. European Americans asserting there rights as a coalition demanding political representation. Once that happens they can no longer hide behind 'white people' while simultaneously demonizeing us as a scapegoat. There will be a clear demarcation line between the policy objectives of the super wealth who control the economy and Political parties and the 99% of European diaspora who have legitimate political, economic and social demands that have to be taken into account.
- mc32 11y agoMy fear is that these politics will lead to the sorts of issues we see in other places where there are large demographics but no one is a majority. Think about the politics of India and how disastrous that would be for us as a country. One way forward would be to disengage in divide and conquer politics and engage instead in actually addressing pressing issues. Poverty, violence, injustice, without tingeing it with race or class but rather as societal problems that we as a whole society must address rather than it's a [some group's] problem. For example the unequal gender pay issue is not best addressed as a problem caused by males but rather as a social problem which must be addressed by all to get to a place on average where all get equivalent pay. That is addition rather than subtraction.
- generic_user 11y agoIts a nice thought but the problem is that divide and conquer works. Political parties are not going to give up there biggest tool in the quest for power and influence. I agree that it will be disastrous for the united states but I see no will to change course in politics or social trends. In fact it seems the mainstream media is desperate to instigate some large scale social conflicts in the uS.