Ok , honest question for feminists

[Ari]

Originally Posted by ZEZOZE

i'm just questioning why people here are so obsessed with racism.

Cause it's a serious issue with real consequences when ignored.
'post-racial' America has a slave class due to people treating racism as if it's some rare occurrence that happens in far away lands.

Originally Posted by ZEZOZE

i understand the need to get rid of bigotry, but how is that happening here? most of the people here think the same in regard to racism.

Not every mention of racism is an attempt to fix that racism, sometimes it's important to acknowledge said racism as a reminder that it exists so that perhaps when we can actually do something about it it will more quickly bubble to the surface as something that needs to be fixed. Modern racism has built itself around the idea that it's not really racism, hiding in code words and wars on things that aren't immediately seen as race and it's important to say and he doesn't buy it.

Just look at the War on Drugs, tons of people who don't see themselves as racist support the war on drugs, even more think crack is an extremely dangerous substance that causes weak or malformed babies and those who take it should be jailed but you should know by now it's actually a war on race and crack is code for 'black', but saying 'danger drugs' instead of 'danger blacks' makes it more appealing to the masses and easier for the real racists to operate freely under their noses.

Repeating something over and over makes people more aware of it, the media has learned this technique well as it drums up fear of rare events with 24-7 news coverage that make it appear these events are all too common. Racism isn't rare and it's important to give it the coverage it deserves.