Dolphins players take a knee

[Compost]

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

 

[Correll]

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

So, you just assume that anyone upset that someone disrespects the symbol of the nation as a whole,


is racist,


and you think we are the problem?


Just how stupid are you?

 

[katsteve2012]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Link to blacks committing hate at over twice the rate of white?

As usual, he carefully cherry picks his "statistics" to paint as negative a picture of the black population. Like many in this forum do.

He conveiniently omitted the fact that of the hate crimes reported in 2017, that blacks were the target of hate crimes in nearly 50% of reported incidents, which is more than 3 times their relative population size of 13%.

Of course, he will now insist that those numbers are inaccurate or are related to "anti white bias".

SMGDH
FBI: Hate Crimes Are Up | Colorlines

 

[Tommy Tainant]

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

 

[Compost]

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

What hate is that? The hate that allows a man of any color to become a millonaire by playing football?

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

Who is generalising now ? I could quote multiple sources saying there is a problem.

 

[Compost]

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

Who is generalising now ? I could quote multiple sources saying there is a problem.

I'm generalising over your generalising?! Wrong. I'm pointing out that you are part of the problem.

 

[OldLady]

NFL: Colin Kaepernick thanks Miami Dolphins duo for kneeling during anthem

Colin Kaepernick has thanked Miami Dolphins duo Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson after they kneeled during the US national anthem on Sunday.

It comes after Nike decided to use Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.

Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice.


It seems to be impossible to discuss this protest in a rational way on this board.Clearly there are deep issues here that should be addressed but the reaction of the President and his attack dogs have made this impossible.

I dont know how representative the racist posters on the "race relations" forum are of America as a whole but it looks like the civil rights movement drove the racism underground and that hatred still exists.

Why cant the US leave the hatred in the past ?

Wolf!

While I myself identify as more of a sheep dog or a dark feathered murder of Crows--depending which side of the bed I get out of in the morning (hint: it's always the Right side), there's something to be praised in the snarl and snap of a good guard dog; just ask Cerberus and his old daddy, Typhon. Can't have random folks wandering into Hades, now can we?

See, guys like Kaepernick are wolves in pop culture clothing, and they're out to pick our young sheep from the heard by making them believe they want to leave its safety voluntarily. And that's bad mojo or juju or whatever; it's just no good, no how. Anti-patriotism is a virus, guys like Kaepernick are Typhoid Mary pirated copies. The NFL kneelers? Man, they're just tools whose dangerous naiveté has been weaponized for winning elections, and converting millions to the cult of anti-Americanism.

I don't see it as anti-patriotic to protest peacefully for change, or for righting a wrong that exists. That is how Kaepernick sees it.
Kneeling is not disrespectful in the least. Sitting and picking nose might be, or texting your gf during the anthem, but kneeling is not.

It is actually less American to call a protester "anti-American." We all want America to be the best it can be. There is actually plenty of room for the kind of fairness Kaepernick is protesting for. The economy would not falter and none of us would suffer if the American justice system would be more fair to African Americans. There's room for change without all this kicking, screaming and snarling.

 

[harmonica]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.

the share of racial/ethnic incidents is: anti-black, 52 percent; anti-white, 19 percent; anti-Hispanic, 11 percent; anti-other ethnicity, 8 percent; anti-multiple races, 3 percent; anti-Asian, 3 percent; anti-American Indian, 3 percent.

According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Next time don't tell such a transparent lie, only other racists are stupid enough to believe it.

here it is--dumbass
now you look even more stupid
let's see if you have a 3rd grade education or better--by your reply
everyone will see your reply
here it is:
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
Offenders
...I give a lot of credit to Crepitus for being civil/logical/etc instead of your uncivil/illogical/WRONG reply

 

[harmonica]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.

the share of racial/ethnic incidents is: anti-black, 52 percent; anti-white, 19 percent; anti-Hispanic, 11 percent; anti-other ethnicity, 8 percent; anti-multiple races, 3 percent; anti-Asian, 3 percent; anti-American Indian, 3 percent.

According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Next time don't tell such a transparent lie, only other racists are stupid enough to believe it.

AND you don't even have a link!!
your stats are worthless crap

 

[harmonica]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Link to blacks committing hate at over twice the rate of white?

I've put this out many times on USMB
Offenders

 

[harmonica]

blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
this blows your liberal/black minds--doesn't it??????!!!!!
who would've thought that???!!
with the anti-white MSM with an anti-white story everyday/365
PROOF that the MSM IS fake news

rape at twice the rate
crime/murder/etc
FACTS

 

[harmonica]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Link to blacks committing hate at over twice the rate of white?

now this is a civil/logical/etc post
this helps discussion/etc
even if we don't agree

instead of mouthing off like reconmark

 

[reconmark]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.

the share of racial/ethnic incidents is: anti-black, 52 percent; anti-white, 19 percent; anti-Hispanic, 11 percent; anti-other ethnicity, 8 percent; anti-multiple races, 3 percent; anti-Asian, 3 percent; anti-American Indian, 3 percent.

According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Next time don't tell such a transparent lie, only other racists are stupid enough to believe it.

here it is--dumbass
now you look even more stupid
let's see if you have a 3rd grade education or better--by your reply
everyone will see your reply
here it is:
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
Offenders
...I give a lot of credit to Crepitus for being civil/logical/etc instead of your uncivil/illogical/WRONG reply

Calling you stupid would be punching down...lol.
From YOUR LINK:

By race, ethnicity, and age (Based on Table 9.)
Race
In 2016, race was reported for 5,770 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:

• 46.3 percent were White.

• 26.1 percent were Black or African American.

• 7.7 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (group of multiple races).

• 0.8 percent (46 offenders) were Asian.

• 0.8 percent (45 offenders) were American Indian or Alaska Native.

• 0.1 percent (7 offenders) were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

• 18.1 percent were unknown.

Reading is fundamental, dumb ass...lol.

 

[reconmark]

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.
According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Hate Crime in America, by the Numbers

Case closed, nothing left to say; you were just exposed as the village idiot!!!

 

[IM2]

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

You are deflecting. Why not treat the subject in an adult way ?

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

I live in this country and am black. The standard racist retort or excuse of how what he says is based on a lone anonymous poster is not going to cut it. Tom is spot on.

 

[harmonica]

yes--the blacks keep hating/etc
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
yes, I agree...why can't they leave slavery in the past?

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.

the share of racial/ethnic incidents is: anti-black, 52 percent; anti-white, 19 percent; anti-Hispanic, 11 percent; anti-other ethnicity, 8 percent; anti-multiple races, 3 percent; anti-Asian, 3 percent; anti-American Indian, 3 percent.

According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Next time don't tell such a transparent lie, only other racists are stupid enough to believe it.

here it is--dumbass
now you look even more stupid
let's see if you have a 3rd grade education or better--by your reply
everyone will see your reply
here it is:
blacks commit hate crimes at over TWICE the rate of whites
Offenders
...I give a lot of credit to Crepitus for being civil/logical/etc instead of your uncivil/illogical/WRONG reply

Calling you stupid would be punching down...lol.
From YOUR LINK:

By race, ethnicity, and age (Based on Table 9.)
Race
In 2016, race was reported for 5,770 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:

• 46.3 percent were White.

• 26.1 percent were Black or African American.

• 7.7 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (group of multiple races).

• 0.8 percent (46 offenders) were Asian.

• 0.8 percent (45 offenders) were American Indian or Alaska Native.

• 0.1 percent (7 offenders) were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

• 18.1 percent were unknown.

Reading is fundamental, dumb ass...lol.

you/blacks/libs are afraid of the truth
this is not the 4th grade forum
....you are a rookie/bootcamper/etc when it comes to debating
blacks 13% of the population--26% offenders
whites around 67%---46% offenders
....fact--blacks commit hate crimes at over twice the rate--it's right there---everyone who has a 4th grade education level or higher can do that math
-- you obviously can't do the simple math and/or are too racist to do so
..this is very simple math

...IM2 and other blacks are hurt by the truth that the greater percentage of the black population commit hate crimes/crimes than the white population
PER CAPITA monster

 

[harmonica]

Hate crimes against blacks remain far more numerous than hate crimes against the far larger population of whites.
According to the FBI statistics, 66.4 percent of the 3,407 reported single-bias hate crimes that were racially motivated in 2013 targeted blacks.

Hate Crime in America, by the Numbers

Case closed, nothing left to say; you were just exposed as the village idiot!!!

thanks for proving my point
INCIDENTS ---not OFFENDERS !!!!!!
hahahah
my facts are who COMMITS the hate crimes
yours is not

 

[Compost]

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Answer the question. What hate are you talking about?

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

I live in this country and am black. The standard racist retort or excuse of how what he says is based on a lone anonymous poster is not going to cut it. Tom is spot on.

I live in this country and am white. I do not to brand an entire group of people with the racist label based on the comments of one person.

 

[IM2]

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Black Fake History Being Institutionalized

This sort of thing.

Instead of responding to me in an adult way you show me someone else's post.

If this is about civil rights then why is remarking that skin color is no barrier to playing pro football a deflection?

Here's the thing. It sounds like you are claiming that because not everyone agrees with these football players taking a knee that they are full of hate. It is not hate to disagree with someone. Is that indeed what you are claiming? If you feel strongly about this, then you can explain it in your own words.

Well you asked for an example of hate and I gave you one from this forum. I pretty much delivered on that.

On your main point, I was not really referring to the reaction to the kneeling. That seems to be totally predictable and to be expected.

My point is that this deep seated hatred/racism in American society has led all the way to
the problems faced by the country today. Evidence of that can easily be found right here on this forum.

And so the reaction, BLM/NFL, is shouted down without any effort to examine the causes. When people protest about something it is generally because there is something.

Trump is too dumb to realise that and his supporters on here are even thicker than he is. You should be listening to these guys not demonising them.

You have a way of sweeping people together as a group based on a small sample. Your direct knowledge of the "deep seated hatred/racism" in a country in which you do not live is based on an anonymous online poster.

Thank you for your response.

I live in this country and am black. The standard racist retort or excuse of how what he says is based on a lone anonymous poster is not going to cut it. Tom is spot on.

I live in this country and am white. I do not to brand an entire group of people with the racist label based on the comments of one person.

"White insistence on Individualism in regards to racism in particular prevents crossracial understanding, denies the salience of race and racism in our lives, and serves to reinforce and maintain racist relations."

8 dynamics of Individualism as it pertains to racism:

Dynamic One: Denies the Significance of Race and the Advantages of Being White
Dynamic Two: Hides the Accumulation of Wealth over Generations
Dynamic Three: Denies Social and Historical Context
Dynamic Four: Prevents a Macro Analysis of the Institutional and Structural Dimensions of Social Life
Dynamic Five: Denies Collective Socialization and the Power of Dominant Culture (Media, Education, Religion, etc.) to Shape our Perspectives and Ideology
Dynamic Six: Functions as Neo-Colorblindness and Reproduces the Myth of Meritocracy
Dynamic Seven: Individualism, as Well as Universalism, is Only Culturally Available to the Dominant Group
Dynamic Eight: Makes Collective Action Difficult

"Given the ideology of Individualism, we see ourselves as different from one another and expect others to see us as different too. Not having a group consciousness, whites often respond defensively when associated with other whites, feeling unfairly generalized and “accused” of benefiting from racism (Picower, 2009).

Individualism prevents us from seeing ourselves as responsible for or accountable to other whites as members of a shared racial group who collectively profit from racism. Individualism allows whites to distance themselves from the actions of their racial group and demand to be granted the benefit of the doubt, as individuals, in all cases (DiAngelo, 2006a).

As individuals, we are not each other’s problems and we leave people of color in the position to challenge other white people. Challenging white people is much more difficult for people of color to do, for when people of color challenge whites they are often dismissed with a variety of accusations including: playing the race card, having a chip on their shoulder, seeing race in everything, or being oversensitive or angry (Applebaum, 2003; Bonilla-Silva, 2006)."

DiAngelo, Robin J, 'Why Can’t We All Just Be Individuals?": Countering the Discourse of Individualism in Antiracist Education