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Usa has never tried to break with their own slavery/racism in the past. They have not admitted that it was wrong what they were doing, and that they will never do it again. Therefore it is still there and it remains strong.
Although there are many who frown on racism today, it is only on the surface, only a show.
It is like a law of nature: when you (as a people) have not learned from history, then you are bound to repeat it.
This is a straight up lie.
This is such a blatant lie, that I don't even know what to say.
I kept waiting for that comment you are replying to take a turn and be a joke, but it never did. They actually believe America never admitted they did anything wrong when it came to slavery?
I too am at a loss for words.
Yo, I have no idea. I'm starting to believe that a lot of these anti-American accounts are Russian trolls. They're so unnecessarily antagonizing and hypocritical. Of all political entities in the world to criticize someone else... Europe? EUROPE? Let's take a look at the hypocrisy.
The US is racist!
The US had slavery!
The US supports the genocide of Palestine!
The US spends too much on military and not enough on social welfare!
The US invaded Iraq!
The US is belligerent!
The US dropped atomic bombs!
The US has terrible healthcare!
The US thinks too highly of itself!
The US is too religious!
As far as I can tell, Europe starts shit and the US is left cleaning up the mess. Then, Europe talks shit about the US for trying to fix the problems it creates while they sit over there basking in the resources they extracted. WTF is that?
Extra: Texas is stupid for wanting to leave the union!
Edit: WHY THE FUCK DOES THE US EVEN EXIST??
I think the left is way too anti-american these days and I think the right needs to recognize that we aren't always so star spangled awesome anymore either.
It's disingenuous to pretend that America has done nothing good and are nothing but a bunch of fat racist losers or whatever they say.
But it's also disingenuous to try and pretend like America is number 1 in everything all the goddamn time.
Since this is Lemmy I pretty much only ever see people taking huge stinking turds all over America and aggressively so. I'm not normally patriotic in any major way but listening to these people just straight up lie about America constantly starts to get to me at some point.
I know that. I don't deny that. But what was the outcome of it? They have reunited with gritted teeth.
Memorials are a good thing to remember people, but not very meaningful for that what I have talked about.
Please reread that amendment slowly, word for word. See if you maybe missed something the first time.
Please reread my comment slowly, word for word. See if you maybe missed something the first time.
I also wonder why so many Americans still casually use the N-Word. It feels kinda surreal to use this considering all the weight and suffering that was connected to that word.
Imagine Jews or Germans with different ethnicity would be casually using the Hakenkreuz and slurs that Nazis used, as a slang in every day conversation in Germany. That would be unthinkable.
I think it is mostly used by AfroAmerican people, and i believe it is relatively common thing to see groups of people calling themselves with a pejorative word used by other groups (i think punk and queer evolved this way too, though the n-word is a much stronger instance, i see the same pattern)
Have you ever asked one of them about the meaning or purpose of that habit?
Nope, i live in France, and here the use of the term is more rare, I do not know anyone using it.
I just don't think it's morally good to use a word that has been used as a racial slur and to radically devalue and enslave people and make it socially accepted for people with a specific ethnicity to say. Imo this is the essence of racism and exactly what went wrong in the past with exactly that word. It doesn't matter if a word is only used by people considered "white" or "black", it's the same thing and just not right.
For example in Germany they have a slang called "Digga" (used instead of "bro" or "dude") which confusingly kinda sounds like the N-Word but it has nothing to do with it and has no racist or negative connotation at all and is used by everyone no matter their ethnicity. If Americans would use a similar slang that also has no racist background let's make one up and call it "Brazz" and not make it exclusive to a skin type I wouldn't see any problem. For example they already have "dude" and "dawg" which are perfectly fine. But the n word is just not okay if you asked me.
That’s why it is primarily used by black people in America—the word was used against them and now they are setting the terms for its future use. Just because it makes some people uncomfortable, that doesn’t mean it is ok for a white person to try to control how it is used, just like it wasn’t ok for a white person to make it a slur against blacks. The word is under new management now.
And it sure does add a ring to rap songs.
That's exactly the point if you continue to separate people as "black" and "white" people and make only certain groups use a racial slur word something isn't right. This is the exact reason why there is racism. No one should be racist independent of their ethnicity. If "black people" would've enslaved "white people" it would've been the exact same thing!
Not saying it’s right, saying it is what it is.