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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Since racism is evident in every society we know of, and since humans are not perfectible, racism will always be alive and well (as will murder, abuse of children, theft, etc.). Progress can only be measured in degrees.
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Racism will always be alive and well and should be at least acknowledged as the norm... interesting...
Yet you believe identity politics, a "siren call to tribalism" (a older, deeper, and more common part of humanity world wide), is folly, should be done away with, and exist simply because of a "backsliding" to a more communal state, defying liberal progress.
It's interesting that you find the inherent negativity of racism more acceptable as part of life than you do the potential positivity of evolutionary tribalism.
Malign and advance past tribalism.
Malign and accept the inevitability of racism.
Interesting.
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Originally Posted by wittynickname
The point is not that the Civil Rights movement wasn't effective, the point is that there is still a monumental amount that needs to be done with regards to race relations in the US, and for people to keep going back to 1968 as some kind of watermark that racism was defeated is BS.
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On another note, just wanted to say: really fantastic, well thought-out posts in this thread. Great to read, thanks.