JustAnotherNut
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Only if you mention "per capita".
Per capita is inaccurate. You cannot blame an entire population for a specific act done. You can only blame the those committing the act and if that incudes race, the number of people specifically by that race committing the act.
You do realize those statements works both ways, right?
You do realize I said that because whites commit the most crimes but per capita is used to deny that? Also the only reason why you make this claim is to use it to deny anything that shows whites continue committing acts of racism and that some of the crimes whites get away with is because of this belief based on per capita claims.
wtf are you talking about?
My comment was to address the fact that as you were claiming 'You cannot blame an entire population for a specific act done. You can only blame those committing the act and if that includes race, the number of people specifically by that race committing the act' also meant blacks that claim all whites are racists, are white supremacists, whites are privileged and whites discriminate against blacks is just as unfair.
IOW, don't blame all your troubles on all whites, only blame the few whites that actually did something to you. and not to others...….just like you said and I responded, it works both ways
"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
So it's ok if people of color do this but not whites???