Neo-segregation has started

[Failzero]

VE/VJ day

 

[Jarlaxle]

VE/VJ day

Only one state still celebrates VJ Day as a holiday.

 

[Failzero]

Only one state still celebrates VJ Day as a holiday.

Hawaii ? California ??

 

[Jarlaxle]

Hawaii ? California ??

Rhode Island.

 

[LibertyKid]

Black influencer tells white people to not see Black Panther on opening weekend.


More neo-segregation

 

[LibertyKid]

Here is another example of neo-segregation:

The article below speaks nothing of race... at all:
However, if the roles were reversed, this would have been a racially motivated attack and a hate crime.

Mom who told daughter to hit opponent during basketball game is ordered to pay $9,000 and apologize

Latira Shonty Hunt, of California, was ordered to pay $9,000 and apologize after telling her daughter to punch a rival during a basketball game, officials said.

www.yahoo.com

 

[AZrailwhale]

Well said!
That is how the people are kept convinced of the American way is the only way forward. While in truth it upholds racial discrimination and the huge income inequality. No breadthrough appears to be possible.
But at least letting the racists know that they incriminate themselves when they tar all those of a particular skin colour with the same brush. If they are embarrassed enough to stop then there's something gained.

And something gained even if they do persist.

Hold your head high! They can't.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. "
In Canada, campaigns to segregate First Nations onto reserves, followed by a formal policy of assimilation created a separate class of citizen, and for them, a level of poverty that remains unparalleled. Every indicator of social well-being – from educational attainment rates far below national averages to rates of unemployment, imprisonment and suicide vastly above – tells the same story of what colonial policies toward Indigenous peoples have achieved.

The numbers tell us that earned incomes for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people are 70% that of other Canadians and will continue to trail well behind for the foreseeable future. At current growth rates, it would take 63 years for the income inequality faced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis citizens to match that faced by other Canadians. In other words, the gap between rich and poor Canadians – about which people are rightly concerned – is so much larger for Indigenous people it would be three generations before the level of inequality is even comparable."

You're quick to criticize US but your country is no better AND has no legacy of slavery to excuse its actions.
The notorious Indian Schools operated until at least 1969 destroying Inidan culture and language among other atrocities like rape and murder of students that authorities turned a blind eye to.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Truth and Reconciliation

Since the beginning of its work in 2010, the commission has been collecting information about what was done to survivors in the residential schools and has worked to make this information public. From this process, the survivors receive public, communal acknowledgement and support for years of...

www.facinghistory.org

You might notice that your quote says the Canadian government was FORCED to establish the commission by massive lawsuits. It's a PR move and nothing will come of it.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Interesting. Britain had slaves back then but ended slavery before America did. So your opinion makes sense.

Britain only finally abolished slavery all over its empire in 1843. It took a monarchy only twenty-two years less than it took a badly divided representative democracy to do so. The slave states totally controlled the Federal Government until shortly before the ACW to a great extent because they could count three fifths of every slave in the census giving the slave states inordinate power. It was only the massive immigration leading up to the ACW that allowed the anti-slavery northern states to seize control and take effective action against slavery. The northern states were against slavery as far back as the constitutional convention. With the slave state's coordinated political muscle, the anti-slavery states had two unpalatable options. 1) refuse to join the new nation resulting in three hostile states occupying North America instead of two (the British empire's Canada), North USA and South USA. 2) Accept the inferior position and work within the system to reduce the slave state's power and eventually end slavery. If they had accepted option 1, and IF the two USAs had managed to survive a hostile British Empire AND Spain/Mexico you would be a slave, or at best a third-class citizen of the South USA today. Which option do you think the anti-slavery states should have taken IM2?

 

[AZrailwhale]

Your mention of coalition building is quite interesting. I've never considered that distinction between the two systems of government.
A quick glance would suggest the same is possible in the US system, but that may not be so true?

The US system USED to work that way. That was the intent of the filibuster. It forced compromise and encouraged senators to work with the moderates of both parties. The senate was always intended to be like the House of Lords and be insulated from passing political fads since its members didn't stand for popular election, but were appointed by the states to represent them.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Britain only finally abolished slavery all over its empire in 1843. It took a monarchy only twenty-two years less than it took a badly divided representative democracy to do so. The slave states totally controlled the Federal Government until shortly before the ACW to a great extent because they could count three fifths of every slave in the census giving the slave states inordinate power. It was only the massive immigration leading up to the ACW that allowed the anti-slavery northern states to seize control and take effective action against slavery. The northern states were against slavery as far back as the constitutional convention. With the slave state's coordinated political muscle, the anti-slavery states had two unpalatable options. 1) refuse to join the new nation resulting in three hostile states occupying North America instead of two (the British empire's Canada), North USA and South USA. 2) Accept the inferior position and work within the system to reduce the slave state's power and eventually end slavery. If they had accepted option 1, and IF the two USAs had managed to survive a hostile British Empire AND Spain/Mexico you would be a slave, or at best a third-class citizen of the South USA today. Which option do you think the anti-slavery states should have taken IM2?

I thought of a third option just now. The militarily weak South USA could have been conquered by Spain/Mexico and you could be a peasant in a very corrupt Mexico today instead of posting here.

 

[TheParser]

Well, since the OP started this topic ...

I think that a lot of people (whether they admit it or not) like voluntary segregation.

They feel that the harmonious integration portrayed in TV commercials will never be realized in real life. Never!!!

In fact, most people do their best to segregate themselves.

For example, most people know what kind of neighborhood they will live in and what one they will do anything (even drive two or three hours to and from work) to avoid.

And when it comes to public accommodations (restaurants, movie theaters, hotels, etc.). some people will avoid certain ones.

I got a chuckle when I read that some Caucasian singer stopped wearing a certain hair style because he was accused of cultural appropriation. And that Caucasians cannot use certain expressions for the same reason.

I am NOT being sarcastic, but I tend to think that very few Asians or Caucasians or Hispanics are interested in those hair styles or expressions.

 

[Failzero]

I thought of a third option just now. The militarily weak South USA could have been conquered by Spain/Mexico and you could be a peasant in a very corrupt Mexico today instead of posting here.

And speaking French

 

[AZrailwhale]

And speaking French

Well the agrarian South certainly couldn’t provide many weapons to the Mexicans fighting Emperor Maximilian. The North wouldn’t have any reason to with the entire South as a buffer.

 

[LibertyKid]

Another example Neo-Segregation:

Denver school gets unwanted attention over 'Families of Color Playground Night'​

Denver school gets unwanted attention over 'Families of Color Playground Night'

It started with a sign in front of Centennial Elementary School in Denver's Berkeley neighborhood: “Families of Color Playground Night Wed 12/8 4:10 pm.”

denvergazette.com

 

[LibertyKid]

From another thread:

A Latina attending an HBCU was crowned queen of her college. The online backlash was swift.

 

[LibertyKid]

Michigan College Set to Host Graduation Services Segregated by Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Identity​

\Michigan College Set to Host Graduation Services Segregated by Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Identity