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News: Black woman fired from zoo for racist(?) fb post
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Originally posted by Javan
I don't think you understand what is meant by privilege  |
Being a citizen of a the richest country in the world, where you can get any kind of education you want, get student loans, apply for any kind of scholarships you want, take the kind of lucrative/employable degree you want and achieve the kind of success you want ..... Is a privilege
NOT having to do military service if you don't want, unlike in 50% the world .. Is a privilege
A passport where you can visit anywhere in the world without needing a visa ... Is a privilege
Having the priority among international applicants for a job or a scholarship somewhere around the world... Is a privilege
It's just your choice, either sit at home like "I'm black  I'm black " ..... Or take advantage of what you have, which billions of humanbeings like yourself dream of having....
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Originally posted by Doc
Just about the stupidest thing I've read on this site.
I'm not even going to engage with such levels of ignorance
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Except he was right?
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Originally posted by NX127
Yes I do,
Being a citizen of a the richest country in the world, where you can get any kind of education you want, get student loans, apply for any kind of scholarships you want, take the kind of lucrative:employable degree you want and achieve the kind of success you want ..... Is a privilege
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So what you are describing is American privilege?? Still I don't think you understand the complexity of the issue.
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#notallwhitepeople
Edit: omg this thread  all these oppressed white people and russians
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Originally posted by hairofglory
Except he was right? |
Except he wasn't
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Originally posted by Sazare
#notallwhitepeople
Edit: omg this thread all these oppressed white people and russians |
A foolish MESS.
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Originally posted by AHemsworth
If a white person would have said "At work, serving these rude ass black people" we ALL know there would be marches and protests against the zoo and the police force. Al Sharpton's sloth bear looking ass would be down there right now.
I really just don't like the double standards when it comes to racially offensive language and undertones.
Anywho, she's dumb as hell and for tagging her job she deserved to be fired. How stupid does one have to be in this day and age?
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White victimization!
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Shana Poohpooh didn't deserve to be fired! What happened to freedom of speech 
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Originally posted by musicfan09
Shana Poohpooh didn't deserve to be fired! What happened to freedom of speech |
She is now free to say whatever she wants about the zoo.
Oh you think you have freedom of speech while you work for a company lol. No.
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She deserved to be fired, not for racism, but for being unprofessional and stupid.
Social media will be the death of some people.
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Fire that bitch. 
If a white person would've posted this, it would've been racism!1!!!1!!
And of course it is racist. Like...
What does race has to do with anything. Why would you call them 'white people'.
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Coming from a mixed-race background, I do believe there was more than just a tinge of racism in her statement. Why was the race of the people even relevant to begin with? Does it matter that the rude people were white? What if the employee were white and the statement were directed at black people, asian people, indian people, etc.? It's exactly this mindset that fuels the continued presence of racism in America. Being part of a minority does not disqualify you from being racist or from being held accountable for making racially-tinged comments.
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Originally posted by Chucko
She is now free to say whatever she wants about the zoo.
Oh you think you have freedom of speech while you work for a company lol. No.
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Exactly. Freedom of Speech is a constitutional right, but it doesn't protect you from being fired for unprofessional conduct. She wasn't arrested, so she's still free to do whatever she likes (as long as she is ready to face the consequences of her actions). 
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It is racist because she said that it was white people that were rude. It would be fine if she just have said rude people, without mentioning race.
If it was the opposite - rude black people - y'all would be jumping and swearing now.
Anyway, her firing was an overkill.
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Originally posted by Sazare
#notallwhitepeople
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Racism =/=oppression
Jesus people.
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It was rude but not really racist
EDIT: Actually, the person above has a good point
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Originally posted by Doc
Who cares what linguists think about sociological concepts? You don't ask a biologist for his opinion on a history topic, and then credit his opinion higher than a historian's. 
Systematic racism is one of the forms that racism takes. Why do you guys refuse to educate yourselves? Extended Definition
It is important to recognize that racism manifests in a variety of forms and styles in today’s world. Forms of racism include the following:- Representational: depictions of essentialized racial stereotypes are common in popular culture and media, like the tendency to cast people of color as criminals and as victims of crime, or as background characters rather than leads, in film and television; also common are racial caricatures that are racist in their representations, like “mascots” for the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, and the Washington R******* (name redacted because it is a racial slur).
- Ideological: racism is manifest in world views, beliefs and common sense ways of thinking that are premised on essentialist notions of racial categories, and the idea that white or light skinned people are superior, in a variety of ways, to dark skinned people. Historically, ideological racism supported and justified the building of European colonial empires and U.S. imperialism through unjust acquisition of land, people, and resources around the world. Today, some common ideological forms of racism include the belief that black women are sexually promiscuous, that Latina women are “fiery” or “hot tempered,” and that black men and boys are criminally oriented.
- Discursive: racism is often expressed linguistically, in the discourse we use to talk about the world and people in it, and manifests in racial slurs and hate speech, and in code words that have racialized meanings embedded in them, like “ghetto,” “thug,” or “gansta.”
- Interactional: racism takes an interactional form such as a white woman crossing a street to avoid walking past a black or Latino man, a person of color being verbally or physically assaulted because of their race, or when, someone assumes a person of color working at an establishment to be a low-level employee, though they might be a manager, executive, or owner.
- Institutional: racism can take institutional form in the way policies and laws are crafted and put into practice, such as the decades-long set of policing and legal policies known as “The War on Drugs,” which has disproportionately targeted neighborhoods and communities that are composed predominantly of people of color, New York City’s Stop-N-Frisk policy that overwhelmingly targets black and Latino males, and educational tracking policies that funnel children of color into remedial classes and trades programs.
- Structural: racism takes structural form in the ongoing, historical, and longterm reproduction of the racialized structure of our society through a combination of all of the above forms. Structural racism manifests in widespread racial segregation and stratification, recurrent displacement of people of color from neighborhoods that go through processes of gentrification, and the overwhelming burden of environmental pollution born by people of color given its proximity to their communities.
- Systemic: racism within the U.S. can be described as systemic because the country was founded on racist beliefs with racist policies and practices, and because that legacy lives today in the racism that courses throughout the entirety of our social system.
http://sociology.about.com/od/R_Index/fl/Racism.htm
Due to historical racism, all White people have White privilege. Those who choose to ignore their privilege and actively perpetuate racism are racists. That doesn't mean that there aren't White people who acknowledge their privilege and refrain from perpetuating racism. Those White people are not racist.
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This does not explain if the roles were reversed (white worker, black customer) why would the white worker be considered racist?
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Originally posted by BGKC
Racism began when white people felt superior enough to treat non-whites like animals and steal their lands and resources. Since then a resentment against whites spread like wildfire. You can be hateful and prejudice against whites but it's mostly because non-whites through history were dubbed inferior by whites.
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How are we ever going to put a stop to the conflict and prejudice unless we put these sorts of vengeful attitudes behind us?
The civil rights movement was about fighting for a colour blind society... that is what is fair. White and black people are no different, and should be treated equally. Unfortunately historical grudges will need to be discarded or racism against either side will never die. I understand that in America race is a lot more complex than that, and there are enormous cultural differences between black and white, and very fervid emotions, however that doesn't change the principal of colour-blindness which should be fundamental and will never be achieved unless we take steps in the right direction, such as condemning this woman's words.
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