Current Events > "White Americans should be deeply shamed of their skin color"

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white people should be ashamed of (parts of) their history, not their skin color.

there's nothing bad about their (or anyone's) skin color inherently (unlike one's peoples' history)

The claim that "People should be ashamed of the skin color they were born with" is racist af. Anyone who would make such a claim is a racist. It doesn't matter what skin color it is. It's still racist af.

People in general should be ashamed of their racist comments

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Also, and I could be wrong here, but I don't think this is Critical Race Theory, so don't dump this racist nonsense into that.

Youre wrong. This is the exact kind of nonsense that goes hand in hand with CRT. Dont support something just because racist republicans hate it.

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Extremely racist. This would have the opposite of the desired effect....

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If you people actually took classes & read the works on Critical Race Theory then youd have no problem with whats being said. This is why CRT needs to be introduced & taught in public schools.

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get prepared for four more years of Trump, guys v_v

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Why are they propping up and sharing this racists hateful rhetoric?

I really dont understand the retaliatory methodology employed by this minority of fools and why platforms treat them seriously. It feels like a purposeful attempt in creating further division in this country.

Fam_Fam posted...

white people should be ashamed of (parts of) their history, not their skin color.

there's nothing bad about their (or anyone's) skin color inherently (unlike one's peoples' history)

White people, as in anyone with so-called white skin?

You realize thats actually a pretty big group of people with a diverse history, right?

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Fam_Fam posted...

white people should be ashamed of (parts of) their history, not their skin color.

Should Black people and Asian people should be ashamed of the bad parts of their history? If so, why not just say "All people should be ashamed of parts of their history."?

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Why the fuck should I be ashamed of my skin? Did it crawl off my body and stab people or something? Being ashamed of your skin color or tone is super fucking pointless.

That said, humanity is greedy, selfish, and generally awful. If it wasn't white people doing all this awful shit it would've just been whoever the next most expansionist race was at the time.

Whatever else may be said about it, I dont think this sort of rhetoric is likely to advance race relations. Guess well see.


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Bad_Mojo posted...

Exactly

CRT = People need to be aware that being a certain race lets you have an easier life in certain areas. Just by existing you get an upper hand.

Opinion in OP - If you're born a certain race you're a pile of shit and should feel ashamed. I think this is the same reason why Women get so oppressed for so long - got to feel shame for eating that apple.

Ardbert posted...

Yea, there is a huge difference between CRT and what this article is pushing. There's a difference between acknowledging history and the biases in our systems and telling people "you should be ashamed of your existence because of your skin color." That's like, literal racism. You've hit the other end of the horseshoe.

The WaPo believes they are promoting CRT here. It's sectarianism that plagues religions like Christianity and Islam. It's one reason why people consider CRT and other "wokeisms" to be a quasi-religion

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Repubs gonna have a field day with this one

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Dathrowed1 posted...

The WaPo believes they are promoting CRT here. It's sectarianism that plagues religions like Christianity and Islam. It's one reason why people consider CRT and other "wokeisms" to be a quasi-religion

I believe CRT is a good thing to teach, but the people teaching it don't seem to understand it. It's not about white people, it's about a race having a natural head-start in their starting location.

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unnamedsoldier posted...

and the left wonders why they aren't popular.

this one person is the entire left yep mhm

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I believe CRT is a good thing to teach, but the people teaching it don't seem to understand it. It's not about white people, it's about a race having a natural head-start in their starting location.

I'd think they argue otherwise, for instance Ibram X Kendi believes that if ratios in organizations of whites and blacks aren't reflected in reality, then racism is the answer (I'd think the "theory" part would be to research if it is). His ideas are treated as CRT gospel and revelation

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I wish I so dumb that I could feel no shame

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Assuming someone is a descendant of someone being responsible for the ownership of slaves because of their skin color is racist

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1) CRT is a good thing to be knowledgeable about, and the underlying message is a good one for making progress as a society, because ultimately

2) the goal should be to rise everyone up to a level playing field, rather than pushing people down. Ideas like this one from the WP simply make a specific group of people singled out and ostracized rather than make an attempt to unify. That breeds more contempt, hate, and separation.

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I'm ashamed to be a human being.
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the new racism is sounding more and more like the old racism all the time.

Democracy dies in whiteness

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Didn't read anything except the title.

Condemn and move on.

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History shows that this kind of talk radicalizes people.

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Lmaoooooooooooooo


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This is what the regressives want and work towards


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Ashamed of eating pizza crusts.

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This really sounds like a group of people who've talked to no one but each other these last several months.

Like tiny nuggets of truth in this fart sniffing, but I wouldn't trust this lot with a water bill.

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"I give up. Who needs attention this time?"

Bass_X0 posted...

suggests white people segregate themselves into groups

They tried to do that, but then Jim Crow laws got repealed >_>

Bass_X0 posted...

The latest episode of the series, hosted by Nicole Ellis and called the New Normal, was released on Friday and discussed how white people can combat white supremacy.

Nicole Ellis -- "Let's combat white supremacy by enacting white supremacist policies!"

The fact that Nicole Ellis, WaPo, and the KKKpretty clearly demonstrates horseshoe theory because all these nuts wound up in the same place


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Zeus posted...

The fact that Nicole Ellis, WaPo, and the KKKpretty clearly demonstrates horseshoe theory because all these nuts wound up in the same place

It is like they are saying "it's not that racism is wrong; it's that the wrong people were racist"

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why is america so fucking weird

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This shit is hypocritical and doesn't help. It just makes the left as a whole look bad and gives ammo to the right.

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skermac posted...

No one can choose their skin color so no one should be ashamed no matter what color they are

I agree with this take, but I do also agree with educating oneself and another on the ways that minorities were oppressed during slavery and also afterward. Outwardly, subliminally, and institutionally.

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Hop103 posted...

Only racists would say that anyone should be ashamed of their skin color.

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Cpt_Pineapple posted...

Germans should have accountability groups too

*cough*

They uh, actually do now kinda.

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Hop103 posted...

Only racists would say that anyone should be ashamed of their skin color.

This, seriously.

Also, this sort of lunacy is going to weaken the liberal position overall in politics. Right wingers will entrench harder & people in the middle will be turned off.

skermac posted...

No one can choose their skin color so no one should be ashamed no matter what color they are

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LostForest posted...

Should Black people and Asian people should be ashamed of the bad parts of their history? If so, why not just say "All people should be ashamed of parts of their history."?

because I'm responding to the topic title/claim made in the original post?

okay, I get it, Im canceled see you in the next topic <_<

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the left keeps turning more racist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards

tell these people to shut up


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Zikten posted...

Fuck "Sins of the father" bullshit. I've always hated it. I'm mad what people have done in rhe past and that some of them could have been my ancestors. But no, I don't feel shame for it. I am all for making everyone equal though. I'm even open to stuff like the government paying money to certain minorities to make up for what we did

But I am not going to go to therapy sessions and cry about whwt my ancestors did. I'd rather get shit done and actually fix the world

Sins of the father logic was part of how many people justified hating Jewish people over their ancestors "killing Jesus".

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Dathrowed1 posted...

It is like they are saying "it's not that racism is wrong; it's that the wrong people were racist"

That's how Kendi (one of the leaders in CRT) literally defines it.

(Paraphrasing) "You can't be 'not racist', there is only 'racism' and 'anti-racism'" And 'anti-racism' is in effect racism that points in the other direction.

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