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I fully agree with bilby on this. There are no "evil" or good people. There are only good and bad acts. I also agree that to reduce this to a mere semantic distinction is detrimental to society as a whole. It gravely misinforms public policy. A very enlightening book i read was called " the...

Well dismissing it as myth is an interesting response. It is indeed difficult to support this myth claim without some rearranging of what we mean by racism. Simply considering your people to be the chosen ones doesn't amount to racism. But like I said we may just be arguing semantics at this point.

If this were accurate then racism would've been evident long before chattel slavery, which it is not. It's is a very recent social phenomena. It's easy to assume to much casual correlation without a comprehensive study of the history of chattel slavery and the history of racism as a whole, which...

OK that first part is clear now. I think what is seen as problematic is what the " interests of the white race " are commonly assumed to be. I mean if those interests were for a more egalitarian inclusion into societies functions, I doubt that any one would have qualms. But since this would be a...

I'm not sure why you think "whites" need to defend their race from "being oppressed and all"? And also can you show some examples of movements in opposition to a " white identity "

I think there is a subtle yet important difference between prejudices and racism. Prejudices are hardwired into our minds as a mental short cut to help us navigate a very fast moving and uncertain environment. Racism on the other hand is ultimately rooted in this phenomena but it's not useful or...

Short answer is that racism has its roots in economics and cognitive dissonance

Um... Can we back up for a moment? Is everyone here in agreement that there is a genetic basis for race?

It's funny how some people speak with authority on the subject yet have never been there. In reality it depends on the state you're in and whether it's just county jail, state prison or the feds. Some states like pa you can easily survive just by keeping your head down and minding your own. Only...

Yeah! How dare he denigrate the pristine and noble America!?[emoji79] And I like your analogy... 'Murica is like the god Thor... I like it! Like the mythical gods, we like to meddle in the lives of others for our own benefit or sometimes, just cause we can. [emoji48]

I think it was figured that if Walmart paid a living wage and passed the cost directly and completely to the consumer, who are also the employees, the price increase is pennies. To reply to the op, a high unemployment rate or rather a small pool of unemployed would raise the price of labor. It...

None of these countries were actually communist. Most weren't even socialist and the ones that were were only so at the very beginning. The aforementioned states were merely state run capitalist countries. Calling themselves communist was kinda like how some countries call themselves...

The effects of most cognitive biases can be significantly mitigated with a comparatively small amount of the right information. Usually it has to do with informing the subject of the bias they're being observed on. With illusory superiority and specifically w the dunning study, if my memory...

You may be right about teaching self knowledge and ethics. To a point. It all depends on what you mean by kids. I know my 12 year old can handle certain treatments of both subjects but my 6 year old would completely miss it. I shouldn't have suggested that I know what exactly we should be...

Half right. If schools were about teaching self-discipline then they would be teaching psychology and sociology. Which you find inappropriate. I mean how do you learn self-discipline effectively without self-knowledge? But they do just cram random shit into your head, well not really random but...

Capitalism is the only system that works at creating wealth and jobs.... Hmmm The function of an economy isn't to create wealth, so I would say that it doesn't work. And capitalism doesn't create jobs at all. This is only an illusion. It restricts access to and allocate jobs. Mature capitalism...

At the bare bones of capitalism there are inherent traits that will always create productive, economic and social tensions between institutions and the individual. There there is a balance by it is a very tedious and precarious one. But this all depends on what it is you think an economy's...

The current education system and it's purpose hasn't evolved much from its original intent, when compulsory education was first proposed. At the risk of over simplifying the goal was to prepare the citizens for industrialization and as a side note to engender in the common people less political...

Also further exacerbated in the years following this period by the practice called redlining.