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Re:Media Can’t Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as ‘Uplift... by geofft on Sunday August 18, 2019 @11:40AM (#20730840)
It's fascinating that HN downvotes comments pointing to America's historic struggles with race (which did, beyond a doubt, exist and leave a fingerprint on the political reality of our current country) when people ask questions for which race is a potential answer. It's happened to me before too, IIRC also with a cited claim.

I mean, I totally understand avoiding the subject because it leads to flamewars, because some people respond very poorly to the suggestion that racism exists and has practical effects today. But then you're better off not having a discussion about the topic at all than a skewed, censored one where one plausible answer is just too politically incorrect to be debated.

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Re:Media Can’t Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as ‘Uplift... by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:06PM (#20731410)
-Yes, racism existed in the United States. Virulently so.

-Yes, racism still exists and, yes, it is a huge problem. We should work together to support all minorities.

-No, racism is not the primary or even a significant cause of every single bad thing that happens.

It's like the people in the story of the boy who cried wolf; hearing "racism" being trotted out by one-note progressives as a response to any question about the United States' woes (particularly when it's not even very plausible) is viewed as tiresome and unconstructive. And I say this as a minority who has experienced racism!

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