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I agree with the general point that the US is less racist than European nations, but ignoring the larger point that the situation of the black American communit

I agree with the general point that the US is less racist than European nations, but ignoring the larger point that the situation of the black American community is very much a product of decades long racist policies to systematically deny them the opportunity to build wealth seems very disingenuous to me.

nickpsecurity 10y ago
Im not ignoring it. Other commenters are focusing on it to the exclusion of massive impact on whites caused by rural or lower-class discrimination. They also never bring up systematic discrimination against whites in black-run cities or companies. They focus on one talking point to promote a specific narrative. Im calling that out.
- tacomonstrous 10y ago
  Maybe the fact that the overwhelming majority of cities and companies in the US are run by whites has something to do with that.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    I doubt it. That America, with all its strengths and wesknesses, is mostly white is a weird thing that always comes up in Singapore threads. Someone always does an America comparison, ususlly dismissal, by bringing up white-on-black racism. It's like people are indoctrinated on specific talking points or something. That and the idea all Americans are set to bd wiped away with violent crime. I havent seen it here yet but it's another that showed up dozens of times when Singaporeans counterpoint on blogs. Who knows what your background is but Im calling the oversimplification when I see it. I suggest Singapore drop those talking points to compare cost of capitalism in US with law benefitting mostly owners to their "give some get some model" benefiting their people in general. That would be more fair given America is a plutonomy.
    - tacomonstrous 10y ago
      White-on-black racism is not so much a talking point as a fact of American life. There is no oversimplification there. I have no idea what kind of rhetoric is involved in Singaporean dialogue, but that is entirely irrelevant to what I'm saying. Capitalism isn't inherently racist, but it also has no intrinsic qualities that help it repair the ill-effects of past racist policies.
      - nickpsecurity 10y ago
        The sub-thread is on white-on-black racism in USA in a thread about Singapore. That's why I called it a talking point or something barely relevant. Im done with it on this one.

nickpsecurity 10y ago

Im not ignoring it. Other commenters are focusing on it to the exclusion of massive impact on whites caused by rural or lower-class discrimination. They also never bring up systematic discrimination against whites in black-run cities or companies. They focus on one talking point to promote a specific narrative. Im calling that out.

tacomonstrous 10y ago
Maybe the fact that the overwhelming majority of cities and companies in the US are run by whites has something to do with that.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  I doubt it. That America, with all its strengths and wesknesses, is mostly white is a weird thing that always comes up in Singapore threads. Someone always does an America comparison, ususlly dismissal, by bringing up white-on-black racism. It's like people are indoctrinated on specific talking points or something. That and the idea all Americans are set to bd wiped away with violent crime. I havent seen it here yet but it's another that showed up dozens of times when Singaporeans counterpoint on blogs. Who knows what your background is but Im calling the oversimplification when I see it. I suggest Singapore drop those talking points to compare cost of capitalism in US with law benefitting mostly owners to their "give some get some model" benefiting their people in general. That would be more fair given America is a plutonomy.
  - tacomonstrous 10y ago
    White-on-black racism is not so much a talking point as a fact of American life. There is no oversimplification there. I have no idea what kind of rhetoric is involved in Singaporean dialogue, but that is entirely irrelevant to what I'm saying. Capitalism isn't inherently racist, but it also has no intrinsic qualities that help it repair the ill-effects of past racist policies.
    - nickpsecurity 10y ago
      The sub-thread is on white-on-black racism in USA in a thread about Singapore. That's why I called it a talking point or something barely relevant. Im done with it on this one.