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I wasn't trying to imply racism ended in the 60s, to be clear! I intentionally avoided discussing modern politics in order to make a stronger (albeit more limi
by snakeboy 5y ago
I wasn't trying to imply racism ended in the 60s, to be clear!
I intentionally avoided discussing modern politics in order to make a stronger (albeit more limited) argument, by emphasizing explicit legal discrimination. Even if someone doesn't believe in systemic racism, it's not a point of debate that black people alive today were explicitly persecuted under the law based on the color of their skin.
- wolverine876 5y agoAh, that makes more sense. I understand what you are doing now and that used to be my approach. Now, I feel that it just allows the denialist rhetoric to perpetuate. I'm not even going to call it a myth because it's such obvious nonsense, I believe even to the people that say it - it's just push-back, a tactic.