The only attacks on minorities that I’ve observed on here are attacks on those who think Gazans should not experience genocide.

Plenty of people on here who simp for the American ruling class though

It’s not conservatives. Conservatives aren’t on Lemmy.

It’s the majority of Democrats who now believe Israel is committing genocide. And who can’t afford housing or groceries

The UK is one of the most xenophobic western countries. And left the EU largely because your white boomers are so terrified of brown migrants that they destroyed their own economic future to get away from them. Similar to Americans voting for trump out of fear of Mexicans and migrant caravans.

The UK does not have a good history on race. Or on welcoming immigrants. Hence Brexit. And, also, the entirety of the British Empire.

The human brain has an ability to understand implicit narratives without a thing needing to be explicitly stated. If you ask a person to imagine a dangerous and strange man, I very much doubt that most Western people are honestly going to imagine a man that is white. Which is what this question is actually all about

Because white tears cause black scars. As Emmitt Till found out

When men are seen as threats, this translates into the murder of men, particularly those who are in national minority groups. Black, brown, immigrant, Muslim, etc men are threatened by this type of discourse, at least within the United States

Which is kind of what BLM was all about - that black men are just people and are not dangerous super predators like many white people, including white women, seem to think

Women’s safety is more important than your feelings, period.

Which is how Emmitt Till was murdered

Because this logic is mainly used to target and murder black and brown men, and always has been in the United States

If Christians don’t feel comfortable getting on a plane because Muslims can be terrorists, Muslims in general should listen.

I imagine that black men view the question as particularly insulting

Because we live in a country that already perceives black men as animals.

So seeing so many women recently affirm that perception likely is extremely isolating. Because this is the sort of ideology that gets black men murdered

Watched 6 episodes and I think I’m done. It’s boring and very contrived and simply written. I’m not enjoying any of the characters or performances either

The prop and costume design is well done. That’s about it

Also, they erased the New California Republic despite setting the show in California. Not sure why Bethesda hates ideas that they didn’t personally create, but it’s very off-putting

There’s also murder and significant gore as well

Most NYT articles do not permit comments anymore.

Cobain literally says “that’s a David Bowie song” after they play it. It’s on the recording. Anyone who is a nirvana fan would then know that because he spoonfeeds it to you

What’s wrong with lemm.ee?

I’ve never lived in a blue county

Treating someone differently on the basis of sex is sexism. Treating someone differently on the basis of race is racism. This isn’t hard

It doesn’t account for socioeconomic disparities, which is a far greater indicator and predictor of crime than race.

It doesn’t acknowledge systemic bias and racism in policing practices, again well documented.

It doesn’t take into account disparities in reporting and data collection.

Ultimately the fbi statistics are in fact questionable for a multitude of reasons, the least of which being that they are direct statistics that don’t take into account underlying causes.

Right and all of these clearly disadvantage black Americans, and specifically black men, for obviously racist reasons.

Why do these not also disfavor men generally for equally bigoted reasons? Are there not fallacious biases regarding the innate criminality of men just as there are fallacious biases regarding the innate criminality of black people?

You know you’re wrong.

Your arguments are the arguments of the white supremacist and the segregationist. It is hate speech. And it is dangerous and is unprotected by the First Amendment and by the Terms of Service

You’re saying that the FBI crime statistics demonstrating that more crimes per capita are committed by black Americans than any other race are fabricated?

If so, then shouldn’t we similarly disbelieve all similar demographic data?

If not, then shouldn’t we segregate black Americans away from the rest of us?

The point is that you are making the arguments of a white supremacist and a segregationist

Empirical data, and the experiences of Whites everyday, makes the caution reasonable. It is not bigotry for Whites to be cautious around Blacks, especially strange Blacks but even with Blacks that Whites know (80% of rapes are perpetuated by someone the victim knows). Trust is earned and the default should always be caution, especially when the person you’re dealing with holds any sort of power over you (physical strength, etc.).

Literally you rn

When there’s a preponderance of empirical evidence that a certain group of people poses a larger risk to another group of people, it validates the decision to approach them with caution.

Literally Nazi rationale for 1930s Germany. Or White Americans justification for segregation. Or Israeli justification for genocide against Palestinians

People are people. Immutable traits have no influence on how anyone should ever be treated