K2e2vin
Senior Member
then again, i dont really need to go to black owned stores. around here its only things like clothing that i would never wear.
Those are usually owned by Arabs or Koreans.
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then again, i dont really need to go to black owned stores. around here its only things like clothing that i would never wear.
I think what people don't understand is that racism is still alive because BOTH white and black separate one another in their heads whether you want to recognize it or not. Its not like civil rights suddenly made everyone equal in their minds, that takes time and shit like this doesn't help the situation.
When people understand that time will blur racial lines and stop all this BS then we'll all be truly equal.
The fact that we talk about race creates a divide. Look at the Surpreme Court selection, a lot of people want to see a Black Asain Lesbian Transgender justice to be appointed. Why? Because only then will there be equilty. Never mind Rice and Powell, who both held posts that in some ways permiate the world than the presidency.
Posting this from home, and now I'm not going to open this thread anymore at work (other threads say who I work for if you're curious, and don't mention them in this thread plsthx)... But we're pressured to do business with vendors who are minority owned (of any kind... race, gender, etc). Unofficially, even if they're more expensive or less qualified. It's not technically a quota; we won't kick out a current vendor, but it's a definite pressure when looking for new vendors to deal with.
I believe in merit-based EVERYTHING. Affirmative action sucks, especially weird stuff like this. As a minority though, I applaud their efforts- I just think that it's a step in the wrong direction. Race should NOT matter.
Fuck it. I'm starting a "buy yellow" movement. Oh right, there still aren't enough of us here... but we do own quite a few Walgreens.
Maybe if they just focused on the most qualified person then we would have equality..., I dunno that's just me...
oh sorry, they all look the same anyways
Cause you don't see race right?
Well that comment was meant as humorous, but no I do not.
Regardless of the situation, assigning value to people based on the level of melatonin in their skin is ridiculous. It doesn't matter if it's light skinned people discriminating against dark skinned people or dark skinned people only doing business with other dark skinned people; that sort of conduct is racism by definition.
In the case of the couple who are the subject of the article, saying you are doing it based on the past history of race relations is nothing more than an admission that you a perpetuating the cycle of racism.
If you want to be proud of something, be proud of something that you have accomplished. Being proud of something you were born as is one of the higher forms of ignorance.