Tuesday, October 23, 2018

racism is about more than just institutional power

This how the dictionary defines "racism"

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/racism


noun

  1. belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine culturalor individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right todominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
  2. policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
  3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

and for the word "racist" 

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/racist



noun

  1. person who believes in racismthe doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particularracial group is inferior to the others.


All that has been common sense for decades.


However, in the Twitter age, many angry people with Non-European ancestries express hatred of "white people" and then scream "non-whites can't be racist because racism is about institutional power".

That is one of the most stupidest crap that's ever been said.

Those angry folks (for whom I refer to as the "woke" SJW pansies) only want us to look at the 2nd listed definition of racism, and act as if the 1st and 3rd definitions don't exist!

And about this crap about institutional power?

Comedian DL Hughley says in an interview with DJ Vlad that African-Americans can't be racists because they're not in a position to deny you a loan.

Really? As if there are no African-Americans in the financial industry?

And do you think Reginald Denny (European-American male attacked by African-American rioters in the LA riots) should be satisfied that his attackers couldn't deny him a loan?

Some will say that the Reginald Denny incident is "old news from the previous century".

Let's talk about this year then!

In July of this year, Rodolfo Rodriguez, a 92-year old man of Mexican ancestry was brutally attacked and needed reconstructive surgeries! During the attacked, he was told "go back to Mexico"

When this was first announced, the identity of the attacker wasn't mentioned in the article titles nor in the first paragraphs where readers are most likely to pay attention! 

This gives people the perception that this hate crime was committed by a white supremacist! It was seen as something inspired by Donald Trump's election, empowering racist white people to do harm to people of non-European ancestries. 

But you can't hide important facts forever!

The person who committed the hate crime against Rodolfo Rodriguez was Laquisha Jones, an African-American woman!

Whether Laquisha Jones was in a position to deny Rodolfo Rodriguez a loan is 100% pure irrelevant!

Whether Laquisha Jones was in a position of institutional power is 100% pure irrelevant!

What is relevant was that Laquisha Jones had the power of size, age and aggression to brutally attack a 92-year old man just because he was of Mexican ancestry!


Photo by Daily Beast
screenshot and annotations by Jing



Elisha Brown, “Woman Arrested After Allegedly Beating Elderly Man, Telling Him ‘go Back to Mexico’,” Daily Beast, July 11, 2018, 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/woman-arrested-after-allegedly-beating-elderly-man-telling-him-go-back-to-mexico



Also, the only time most "woke" SJW pansies even acknowledge wrong-doing by a woman is whenever a European-American woman does something wrong (or even have a minor disagreement) with a woman of non-European ancestries!

OK, some might be quick to scream "Emmett Till" when a woman accuses an African-American male of sexual assault!

But they are silent about Laquisha Jones committed a brutal attack on a Mexican man!


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Most of this talk about "institutional power" is irrelevant to most people anyways.

I work in the schools, so I have institutional power over my students at the school. 

But once I leave the campus, NOBODY CARES about what power I do have on campus! 

That's the same for most people! 

I remember back in 2003 when an insurance executive of European ancestry was attacked by three Native Hawaiian males at a beach park in Waimanalo! 

"Woke" SJW pansies would be quick to point out that the European-American man was an insurance executive and therefore has institutional power. Yes, when he was at his workplace, the other workers have to answer to him. Yes, when he has to deal with unsatisfied customers angry that the insurance didn't cover this or that!

But once he steps outside of his workplace, his position as an insurance executive means 100% pure nothing to nearly everyone he walks by!   If you didn't use his insurance services, never worked at his company,  he has ZERO power over you! 

So at that moment at the beach park, ABSOLUTELY NOBODY cares if he's an insurance executive. At that point, he was just another "haole" to be confronted and attacked! 

learn more at
Debra Barayuga, “3 Men Convicted in Beach Assault,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 6, 2004
 http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/03/06/news/story4.html