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kleinbl00  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Crime in NY: Bird Watching While Black. WTF?

Speaking as a white male I am eager and enthusiastic for my minority future.





b_b  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Depends. If becoming a minority is enough to level the paying field, that would be great. However, I suspect based on, well a lot of history, that "we" will do whatever is necessary to make sure that we still wield majority powers. That I do not look forward to, since we've seen that trailer enough times already ("Jews will not replace us" and the like).

kleinbl00  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think there's an accepted definition of "enough" and I doubt there ever will be. Every little bit helps, though.

b_b  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It helps as long as we're moving in the direction of more equal opportunity. Just want to avoid becoming South Africa 2.0. Seems like there's a small but increasingly vocal set of people who think that would be just fine by them.

kleinbl00  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·  

South Africa exists in a world with centralized diffusion of media. I don't think it stands a chance when the overwhelming majority of people under 30 don't read newspapers, don't watch television, don't listen to the radio but have logins on at least three social media platforms. I mean yeah, obviously - rich gonna keep right on richin' but entrenched power structures aren't impervious to floods.

goobster  ·  1649 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Preach.