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> The Diversity agenda of the past 20+ years has created more racism and division than I witnessed in my entire life before then I am forced to wonder if this

> The Diversity agenda of the past 20+ years has created more racism and division than I witnessed in my entire life before then I am forced to wonder if this isn't precisely because the "diversity agenda" has simply called attention to something already lurking in the background. In other words, it's not that there is more racism and division than there used to be, only that you're more aware of it now.

kenjackson 5y ago
This. There is way less racism now than their used to be. At the same time we have more awareness of the issues. The only people I know who are really bothered by this are those who liked the old world where people knew their place.
stickyricky 5y ago
I don't think the "diversity agenda" has contributed to awareness. Awareness of the problem probably comes from the internet and the democratization of media. People couldn't watch Rodney King on YouTube. Now they can and thousands of other similar incidents. No amount of racial sensitivity trainings could ever amount to watching a single YouTube video of an unarmed black man being shot by the police.
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- horrified 5y ago
  Somehow there is little reaction when white people are being shot, though (or killed in general, like the white guy who died in the same way as Georg Floyd sometime before). I think there is more to it than just accessibility.
horrified 5y ago
I don't think that is the case, unless you want to claim black people have always been this racist. I can say that for me it makes dealing with black people more difficult, because I have to be more on guard. I have to assume they have an increased probability of having been indoctrinated by BLM or CRT and are therefore resentful against me. No doubt this will give me downvotes (and spare me the "after zillions of years of slavery, they are in their rights to feel that way yadda yadda"), but I am just telling it honestly as it is. There is a push to prefer "black owned businesses", for example, so how should I not feel that a black person is less likely to want to do business with me than before? I assume other white people feel the same - which in turn might lead to more actual discrimination when white people prefer to not deal with black people because of the aforementioned issue.

kenjackson 5y ago

This. There is way less racism now than their used to be. At the same time we have more awareness of the issues. The only people I know who are really bothered by this are those who liked the old world where people knew their place.

stickyricky 5y ago

I don't think the "diversity agenda" has contributed to awareness. Awareness of the problem probably comes from the internet and the democratization of media. People couldn't watch Rodney King on YouTube. Now they can and thousands of other similar incidents. No amount of racial sensitivity trainings could ever amount to watching a single YouTube video of an unarmed black man being shot by the police.

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horrified 5y ago
Somehow there is little reaction when white people are being shot, though (or killed in general, like the white guy who died in the same way as Georg Floyd sometime before). I think there is more to it than just accessibility.

horrified 5y ago

I don't think that is the case, unless you want to claim black people have always been this racist. I can say that for me it makes dealing with black people more difficult, because I have to be more on guard. I have to assume they have an increased probability of having been indoctrinated by BLM or CRT and are therefore resentful against me. No doubt this will give me downvotes (and spare me the "after zillions of years of slavery, they are in their rights to feel that way yadda yadda"), but I am just telling it honestly as it is. There is a push to prefer "black owned businesses", for example, so how should I not feel that a black person is less likely to want to do business with me than before? I assume other white people feel the same - which in turn might lead to more actual discrimination when white people prefer to not deal with black people because of the aforementioned issue.