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If I’m a descendant of enslaved people, then sharecroppers, then parents living in the shadow of industrial complexes, it is possible and unlikely that I’ll be

If I’m a descendant of enslaved people, then sharecroppers, then parents living in the shadow of industrial complexes, it is possible and unlikely that I’ll be competitive for a FAANG position. Likewise if I’m the descendants of people sent to re-education camps (North American boarding schools). What are some other ways to help those who have been pushed down over the years by Eurocolonialism?

joemazerino 5y ago
The racist undertones in your statement is abhorrent. There are many people who hold various illustrious positions in FAANG companies and acquired them through hard work. Progressive statements like yours not only discredit hard working minorities but Europeans as well. You would probably be surprised to learn about how many people are descendants of enslaved people or existed in boarding schools as Europeans. The Irish comes to mind amongst others.
- duggan 5y ago
  I don’t think the “Irish as slaves” idea is historically accurate[1]. Even without the Wikipedia article, as an Irish person, it’s never come up in my education or in public discourse. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth
  - bluefirebrand 5y ago
    Slavery for Irish people looked like Indentured Servitude and may not have been as dehumanizing as chattel slavery but make absolutely no mistake it's still slavery. Calling it a myth is an absolute joke.
    - duggan 5y ago
      Calling something that isn’t slavery slavery is simply incorrect, and the equivalence has been broadly dismissed by historians.
      - joemazerino 5y ago
        Without citations outside of the far-left dominated Wikipedia [1] your statements hold no merit. Coming in to this conversation to downplay the hardships and cruelty imposed on various Europeans throughout the centuries is exactly the level of racism that your original posts presents. 1: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wikipedia-bias-socialism-pages-whitewashed https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wikipedia-bias-socialism-pa...
- 8note 5y ago
  You can recognize that racism has and continues to impact people without being racist. I'd define Success as a dot product of hard work and luck. The less white society likes you, the more luck you need. A bit of extra luck doesn't discount the hard work.
yucky 5y ago
How about programs that are based on income, instead of skin color? That way you aren't giving the children of millionaires undue benefits if they happen to have more melanin, and you're not racially discriminating against people in generational poverty if they happen to have white skin.
- skyde 5y ago
  I 100% agree with this. It would be much better and less racist than affirmative action :-)
skyde 5y ago
I come from a a very very poor family ( both parents working minimum wage job) in a small city in canada that doesn’t have an university… and where no one speak english. I now work at microsoft in Seattle and everyone I met at work have a similar story. So I don’t think what you said is very accurate
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joemazerino 5y ago

The racist undertones in your statement is abhorrent. There are many people who hold various illustrious positions in FAANG companies and acquired them through hard work. Progressive statements like yours not only discredit hard working minorities but Europeans as well. You would probably be surprised to learn about how many people are descendants of enslaved people or existed in boarding schools as Europeans. The Irish comes to mind amongst others.

duggan 5y ago
I don’t think the “Irish as slaves” idea is historically accurate[1]. Even without the Wikipedia article, as an Irish person, it’s never come up in my education or in public discourse. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth
- bluefirebrand 5y ago
  Slavery for Irish people looked like Indentured Servitude and may not have been as dehumanizing as chattel slavery but make absolutely no mistake it's still slavery. Calling it a myth is an absolute joke.
  - duggan 5y ago
    Calling something that isn’t slavery slavery is simply incorrect, and the equivalence has been broadly dismissed by historians.
    - joemazerino 5y ago
      Without citations outside of the far-left dominated Wikipedia [1] your statements hold no merit. Coming in to this conversation to downplay the hardships and cruelty imposed on various Europeans throughout the centuries is exactly the level of racism that your original posts presents. 1: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wikipedia-bias-socialism-pages-whitewashed https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wikipedia-bias-socialism-pa...
8note 5y ago
You can recognize that racism has and continues to impact people without being racist. I'd define Success as a dot product of hard work and luck. The less white society likes you, the more luck you need. A bit of extra luck doesn't discount the hard work.

yucky 5y ago

How about programs that are based on income, instead of skin color? That way you aren't giving the children of millionaires undue benefits if they happen to have more melanin, and you're not racially discriminating against people in generational poverty if they happen to have white skin.

skyde 5y ago
I 100% agree with this. It would be much better and less racist than affirmative action :-)

skyde 5y ago

I come from a a very very poor family ( both parents working minimum wage job) in a small city in canada that doesn’t have an university… and where no one speak english. I now work at microsoft in Seattle and everyone I met at work have a similar story. So I don’t think what you said is very accurate

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