So, I am new to the forums and have been reading through most of the race/racism threads. I keep seeing both sides pointing out how racist the other is.
My question for the black people on the board is this. What would you like whites to do that would satisfy you?
Is just acknowledging the fact that racism specifically systemic racism is a real thing enough?
Most of the race discussions I have read so far on here have a couple of people claiming race superiority etc. and pointing out racial injustices/ telling white people to be ashamed of things that happened hundreds of years ago.
What do you want white people to do? What would help end this issue? None of you offer any solutions you just like to trash white people. It makes me wonder if you are really trying to solve the issues our country has or just like having a reason/excuse to complain.
First, I am not speaking as the microcosm of black thought. This is "one black mans opinion" and I am not speaking for all blacks or making any claims against "all whites" when I say "whites".
Secondly, I would like whites to acknowledge that every action creates a reaction. Then I would like whites to use that formula and calculate the reactions of over 300 years of legalized racial oppression (actions) upon black economics, culture, geography, psychology, sociology, politics, etc.
Thirdly, I would also like whites to understand what a binary option is. If blacks argue that the light is off, you rejecting that argument is by default a claim that the light is on. You cannot argue that you are not an "on-ist", when you reject every argument that states or implies that something is "off". Ergo, when talking about the black condition of socioeconomic inequality in America, the causation of that inequality is either internal to blacks or external to blacks. In other words, its the result of blacks being treated unequally or its the result of blacks being inherently unequal. To reject/discredit the former is a claim of the latter without having to make the claim.
Finally, I would like whites to understand what racism really is and use the official definition instead of creating their own definitions for the purpose of exonerating themselves or to indict other groups to normalize it as something EVERY group is guilty of in degree and kind. I find that whites make up sh!t when a definition works against them....they seek to redefine it to serve them.
So what I want from whites is the demonstration of integrity, the demonstration of intellectual honesty, the demonstration of intelligence, the demonstration of historical understanding, the demonstration of the present being the creation of the past, the demonstration of an open mind.....when it comes to issues of black and white. Hence, my solution is to first DO THOSE THINGS and then maybe you can help being part of the solution or come out in the open and accept that you are a racist and are THE PROBLEM.