Despite what some may think or spout. My initial question was asked from the heart. What separates us? Can we decide? It's clear that we can decide our sex and the law seems to back that up. At least in some countries. Why not race? We all have African DNA. All of us. So why not? This was interesting. A snippet I found intriguing which seems to back up my argument. There are S. Africans here. What do you think?In the post-apartheid era, the Constitution of South Africa has declared the country to be a "Non-racial democracy". In an effort to redress past injustices, the ANC government has introduced laws in support of affirmative action policies for Blacks; under these they define "Black" people to include "Africans", "Coloureds" and "Asians". In 2008, the High Court in South Africa ruled that Chinese South Africans who were residents during the apartheid era (and their descendants) are to be reclassified as "Black people," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_peopleMy only other question is, is it possible to have a discussion here without the children starting tangential arguments or childish attacks?
I identify as dumb.
I wonder how ignorant as phuck black Americans who spout this nonsense identify as (widespread problem)?https://www.foxnews.com/sports/kevin-love-us-olympic-team-tokenism-espn-jalen-rose
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My problem with tokenism is that it seems to run 1 way. About 13% of the population of the USA identifies as black, about 73% as white. A vocal group says the management roles in the NBA and NFL are under-represented by blacks. That's true. More blacks should be hired. That's fine. But this begs the flip side. The players on the field and court are equally under-represented. Where are all the whites, Asians and Hispanics? Who is talking about this?The best, most qualified get the job. What's wrong with that?
Despite what some may think or spout. My initial question was asked from the heart. What separates us? Can we decide? It's clear that we can decide our sex and the law seems to back that up. At least in some countries. Why not race? We all have African DNA. All of us. So why not?
In the winter of 2006, the Canadian government recognized the damage inflicted by the IRS and established a $1.9 billion compensation package for all former IRS students...Importan tly, it is not enough to simply identify as someone who was enrolled in the IRS—in order for someone to claim reparations from the government through the IRSSA, that person must have been enrolled in the Canadian Indian residential school system. We hope you share our intuition that this is the right classification rule: self-identification should not be sufficient for claiming these reparations, because the goal of the program is to concretely assist those who were harmed by a historical injustice.Now return to race. Being Black in the United States is similar to being a person who qualifies for IRSSA reparations in at least one important respect: being Black isn’t simply a matter of internal identification; it is also a matter of how your community and ancestors have been treated by other people, institutions, and governments. Given this, we think that race classification should (continue to) track—as accurately as possible—intergenerationally inherited inequalities.Central to this argument, then, is the observation that in the case of Blackness, inequality accumulates intergenerationally . For example, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women born in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women...In addition to gaps in health outcomes, wealth gaps between Black and white households also widen intergenerationally ...While many white families accumulate wealth across generations, Black families often have little to no wealth for intrafamily transfer. This gap is not decreasing: in fact, gaps in median wealth (wealth at the middle of a distribution) between Black and white households are larger today than thirty years ago.Notice that this argument does not apply in the case of gender and gender inequality. Gender inequality, unlike racial inequality, does not primarily accumulate intergenerationally, if only for the obvious reason that the vast majority of households are multi-gendered. While parents often are responsible for ingraining patriarchal ideas and rigid gender norms in their children (it is extremely difficult to avoid!), this is not a “passing down” of socioeconomic inequality itself but, rather, of a socialization that perpetuates gender inequality.
blah blah blahI've decided I don't want to be African. I want to be Martian. You may call me Marty. I also want horns like an ibex and a tail like a Golden Retriever.
