So I see Twitter, YouTube, and various companies are now again requesting that we "have a conversation about race". And all college coaches in America apparently are being forced to weigh in on this, and support a particular agenda. Ok, well let's do that. Let's have a conversation. But if we're going to do it, then we need to have a REAL conversation about it. Not one that only fits the Leftist agenda, and won't allow a genuine discussion in which all views/arguments can be presented.
There is only one systemic, institutionalized, and even codified by law system of racial discrimination in the United States. It's called "affirmative action" -- whereby it is mandated by law to discriminate against (primarily) people of white/European and asian ethnicity in education (admission to universities), hiring/employment, awarding of contracts to companies, etc....and to discriminate in favor of and aid other ethnic groups such as African-Americans and hispanics.
You want to talk about "privilege" based on race? It's not white privilege. How about having an institutionalized/codified system of laws that discriminate in your favor -- giving you an advantage in scholarships and admission to universities, hiring and employment, etc. What racial groups really and truly have racial privilege at these universities? Which racial groups are given preferential treatment in scholarship and admissions? Which racial groups have dozens of organizations on campus which openly promote the collective interests of their racial groups? Then, in contrast, which racial groups are discriminated against by law? There are now even entire courses being taught (eg, "white privilege" courses) which openly villify whites/Europeans as a race -- blaming them for virtually all of the world's injustices and providing "justification" for continued discrimination against them.
And, of course, I hear the arguments now saying that affirmative action is "justified" because it supposedly is "rectifying past discrimination" or "promoting equality". Well, two wrongs don't make a right. If racial discrimination against black Americans was wrong, you don't "fix" the problem by now discriminating against white/European Americans. And "equality" is not a valid excuse. Some racial groups, by "nature" or genetics, just happen to have various skills that they excel at disproportionately better than other groups. Look at the NBA, for example. Black Americans are apparently disproportionately better at basketball than whites. Do we then need "affirmative action" for whites in basketball so that we can achieve "equality" and have whites make up around 65% of players in the NBA and blacks only 13%, in order to more closely align with the racial make-up of the general population?
And if you want to look at the issue of interracial violence and crime in the overall population, you are also going to find that the statistics do not support the Leftist agenda. The statistics actually demonstrate that white/European Americans are the disproportionate victims of violent crime (robberies, rapes, murders, etc) from other racial groups --- and NOT the perpetrators of violent crime against other racial groups. Blacks commit violent crimes (rapes, robberies, murder) against whites at a rate 10+ times that of the reverse situation.
Now, if you just want to focus in on the issue of violence against black Americans by police departments...
Number one, I don't think you will find that black Americans are, across-the-country, facing some kind of coordinated injustice from the police. May there be a few police departments in the nation where this is the case? Sure, maybe a few. But it's not a nationwide problem. Actually, more white Americans are killed by police than black Americans. And the number of black Americans killed by police as a percentage of all racial groups killed by police may be higher than the percentage of blacks in the general population, but it closely aligns with the percentage of blacks convicted of serious crimes -- meaning that there is no disproportionate killing of black Americans by police.
Number two, unjustified deaths by police (including victims ALL racial groups) is just not that big of an issue. It is a relatively rare occurrence. I don't have the stats in front of me, but how many black Americans in the entire United States die in an unjustified homicide from a police officer in an entire year? Maybe 25-50? Then compare that to how many African Americans are murdered per year by other African Americans -- probably around 7,000. Around 97-98% of black Americans being murdered are being killed by other African Americans. And probably only ~0.5% of black Americans being murdered are killed by a police officer. So what is the biggest problem?
There is only one systemic, institutionalized, and even codified by law system of racial discrimination in the United States. It's called "affirmative action" -- whereby it is mandated by law to discriminate against (primarily) people of white/European and asian ethnicity in education (admission to universities), hiring/employment, awarding of contracts to companies, etc....and to discriminate in favor of and aid other ethnic groups such as African-Americans and hispanics.
You want to talk about "privilege" based on race? It's not white privilege. How about having an institutionalized/codified system of laws that discriminate in your favor -- giving you an advantage in scholarships and admission to universities, hiring and employment, etc. What racial groups really and truly have racial privilege at these universities? Which racial groups are given preferential treatment in scholarship and admissions? Which racial groups have dozens of organizations on campus which openly promote the collective interests of their racial groups? Then, in contrast, which racial groups are discriminated against by law? There are now even entire courses being taught (eg, "white privilege" courses) which openly villify whites/Europeans as a race -- blaming them for virtually all of the world's injustices and providing "justification" for continued discrimination against them.
And, of course, I hear the arguments now saying that affirmative action is "justified" because it supposedly is "rectifying past discrimination" or "promoting equality". Well, two wrongs don't make a right. If racial discrimination against black Americans was wrong, you don't "fix" the problem by now discriminating against white/European Americans. And "equality" is not a valid excuse. Some racial groups, by "nature" or genetics, just happen to have various skills that they excel at disproportionately better than other groups. Look at the NBA, for example. Black Americans are apparently disproportionately better at basketball than whites. Do we then need "affirmative action" for whites in basketball so that we can achieve "equality" and have whites make up around 65% of players in the NBA and blacks only 13%, in order to more closely align with the racial make-up of the general population?
And if you want to look at the issue of interracial violence and crime in the overall population, you are also going to find that the statistics do not support the Leftist agenda. The statistics actually demonstrate that white/European Americans are the disproportionate victims of violent crime (robberies, rapes, murders, etc) from other racial groups --- and NOT the perpetrators of violent crime against other racial groups. Blacks commit violent crimes (rapes, robberies, murder) against whites at a rate 10+ times that of the reverse situation.
Now, if you just want to focus in on the issue of violence against black Americans by police departments...
Number one, I don't think you will find that black Americans are, across-the-country, facing some kind of coordinated injustice from the police. May there be a few police departments in the nation where this is the case? Sure, maybe a few. But it's not a nationwide problem. Actually, more white Americans are killed by police than black Americans. And the number of black Americans killed by police as a percentage of all racial groups killed by police may be higher than the percentage of blacks in the general population, but it closely aligns with the percentage of blacks convicted of serious crimes -- meaning that there is no disproportionate killing of black Americans by police.
Number two, unjustified deaths by police (including victims ALL racial groups) is just not that big of an issue. It is a relatively rare occurrence. I don't have the stats in front of me, but how many black Americans in the entire United States die in an unjustified homicide from a police officer in an entire year? Maybe 25-50? Then compare that to how many African Americans are murdered per year by other African Americans -- probably around 7,000. Around 97-98% of black Americans being murdered are being killed by other African Americans. And probably only ~0.5% of black Americans being murdered are killed by a police officer. So what is the biggest problem?
"Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." - John 15:19