TheFemalePerspective
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I've completely changed my views on this topic in retrospect.
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Does Your Race Define You?
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African Peasant
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Are you black ?
If you're, do you see yourself as black ?
Do you have some type of racial solidarity ?
Or do you consider yourself just human and don't have a particular attachment to black people and their(s) culture(s) ?
I'm just asking.
If you're, do you see yourself as black ?
Do you have some type of racial solidarity ?
Or do you consider yourself just human and don't have a particular attachment to black people and their(s) culture(s) ?
I'm just asking.
TheFemalePerspective
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Yes
Yes, I'm black.
No, I side with truth and justice. I wouldn't side with a 'race' on an issue simply because we share the same level of melanin. For example, I oppose giving someone a job simply because they're black. I think the person who is most qualified should get the position. Just because some people use race as a leverage, it doesn't mean that's the 'right' thing to do and we should all do it. In fact, we should be working hard to eradicate that sort of mentality, not encouraging it!
Correct. I do not have a particular attachment to any culture. I observe humans as a collective and take on behaviours, skills and morals I deem fit/appropriate. I create my own identity.
To my self no, to others yes.
brick james
John piffington
Why stop at white supremacy? Your race defines you under korean supremacy as well because of the distinct cultural differences between koreans and blacks...
TheFemalePerspective
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African Peasant
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Thank you OP for your answers.
I understand your approach, but I don't think it will ever work and if it works it will be problematic.
The majority of people on this planet have a special connection to their land, their custom, their rituals, their culture. It's a part of the human experience. We come into this world in a family, in a country, in a land, in a culture. And it's something we live with all our life. Personally, I'm interested in different cultures, I listen to difference types of music, but when I listen to music from my country, it's always different; when I hear people speaking my mother tongue, it's always special. We're social animals (Aristotle); we're linked to a specific human community, but it doesn't mean that we should hate other human being or be unfair.
The disparition of racism is a good fight but I don't think that the disparition of all human communities is the best way to do it.
I understand your approach, but I don't think it will ever work and if it works it will be problematic.
The majority of people on this planet have a special connection to their land, their custom, their rituals, their culture. It's a part of the human experience. We come into this world in a family, in a country, in a land, in a culture. And it's something we live with all our life. Personally, I'm interested in different cultures, I listen to difference types of music, but when I listen to music from my country, it's always different; when I hear people speaking my mother tongue, it's always special. We're social animals (Aristotle); we're linked to a specific human community, but it doesn't mean that we should hate other human being or be unfair.
The disparition of racism is a good fight but I don't think that the disparition of all human communities is the best way to do it.
African Peasant
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We always are defined, at least partially, by others : that's the price of living in community, with other human beings.
*L*E*G*A*C*Y*
Done.
I define me.
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
If I didn't grow up in the skin I'm in, around the folks I know and love...and hate, sometimes...I wouldn't be me, and my worldview would be different. I'm not gonna mentally destroy my attachment to my people because other people hate us. That just makes US greater. Yes, US.
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
So your answer to your own question is no. You take this naïve approach but almost every other race and group doesn't follow that at all. There are white people hiring white ex-cons and white high school graduates over black college graduates and you're talking about being the "most qualified".
If you expect other races to follow your "good example" you're going to be disappointed and exploited.
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
So your answer to your own question is no. You take this naïve approach but almost every other race and group doesn't follow that at all. There are white people hiring white ex-cons and white high school graduates over black college graduates and you're talking about being the "most qualified".
If you expect other races to follow your "good example" you're going to be disappointed and exploited.
Shoulda just negged **** and kept it moving