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Pribnow  ·  3239 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America's struggle

I don't find anything constructive being said in this rant. I do see a lot of issues being boiled down to racism that are a lot more nuanced than, "White people in power specifically target black people."

"Everything in this country is about race. "

No, it isn't. Being outraged doesn't make you right.





Quatrarius  ·  3239 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I don't find anything constructive being said in this rant

The solution to your problem exists already in your sentence: it's a rant. Exaggerated emotional writing coming from a place of anger and frustration. AKA, not an argument intended to be nuanced or used in debate. A rant is intended to provoke emotion in the listener. This rant is intended to show a glimpse of the rage and fear caused by not being white in America. Please do not dismiss it because of an exaggeration.

AfraidofVWoolf  ·  3239 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To piggyback on Quatrarius's comment, I don't think it is meant to be taken as THE argument on racism in America, I think it's mainly just, as you said, a rant. There's a few typos, a lot anecdotal "arguments", and more importantly -- it's posted on Facebook. There are a lot of good things said in here and a lot of things that may not hold any weight outside of an emotional level. I think, at it's most basic form, the post will at least get whoever reads it with an open mind to think.

Think about things they've heard a million times (which needs to happen with such widespread issues), and things they've never thought about.