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Re:Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded by legodt on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:41AM (#12879311)
I was replying to specifically the last 200 years in America. As you right as you are it has nothing to do with what the comment was about. Also how is pointing out that the ruling class/race is responsible for violence "singling" them out? White people aren't some specific out-group here. Who fought to keep slaves? White people. Who only wanted to free the slaves to put moral pressure on other countries during they eqyptian cotton crisis? White people. Who roamed the country side after slaves were free to Lynch free men for the color of their skin. White people. Who imported crack to the inner cities? Who started the devastating war on drugs? Who defunded public welfare and health programs for the poor? Us every time.

This goes on too. Concentration camps for asian-americans, constant abuses of Native American populations, the constant harassment of immigrant cultures- none of this was imported with immigrants, it's the product of a society they desperately wants to remain homogenous

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Re:Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded by humanrebar on Saturday November 05, 2016 @09:17AM (#12879644)
> how is pointing out that the ruling class/race is responsible for violence "singling" them out

It's not just because it stereotypes individuals, groups them, and judges them based on involuntary criteria (skin color). There is a rich history of American white culture absolutely opposed to racism. For example, white Quakers fought slavery since the 17th century, often at personal cost [1]. Countless white people died in the Civil War over the issue of slavery.

So I reject the entire idea of a 'ruling race'. I guess 'ruling class' is technically more fluid, but people often have notions of class foisted on them, including here, so it's not necessarily any better.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers_in_the_Abolition_Movem...

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