alt Hacker NewsI can't help but laugh when people make broad racial statements as they attempt to transcend racism. To wit, "white folk are very fragile"
How much do you think "white privilege" rhetoric resonates with, say, French-speaking Mainers? Who also had the experience of "your name got you scorned from jobs or spit on in school" https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/us/longscorned-in-maine-f...
Humans are racist because humans are tribal. Yes, we should work on improving as a society, but don't be surprised that making broad pejorative racial statements doesn't do it.
This is a far better argument:
> The zip code I was born in, the schools I went to, and the overall landscape of modern America have an incalculable influence in my success.
I would also add to that, "the values, attention, nutrition, and opportunities provided by my parents in my formative years"
> This is a far better argument:
> > The zip code I was born in, the schools I went to, and the overall landscape of modern America have an incalculable influence in my success.
Right, this is a very good argument. That's the argument behind CRT, lol.
What you're missing is that what I described is tangibly and undeniably intertwined with race. Most of the US is still segregated. Why do you think I mentioned zip codes? For fun? Do you truly believe that has nothing to do with race or demographics? Even you could not be so ignorant.
While it's easy and fun to believe race is just something that exists outside of our world, it's just not true. It's linked with crime, with homelessness, with drug use, with school funding, with opportunities, with healthcare outcomes, with pedestrian deaths, with access to medicine, with access to DMVs, with access to voting, and on and on. And those are all tangible.
You can say that I got where I was based not on my race, but rather on my zipcode. Sure. But my zipcode is directly associated with race, so in reality, you agree with me.