Re:100 years of whatever this will be
by oivey on Thursday December 02, 2021 @01:45PM
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You lost the word “universal” in “universal healthcare” in the comment you’re replying to. There are many ways racism impedes the push for universal healthcare. One is the classic fact that it is a welfare program, and that spurs the comments and thoughts about welfare queens and “young bucks.”
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Re:100 years of whatever this will be
by mcbishop on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:00PM
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When I hear "welfare queen," I think of a black woman. Because I'm racist (sadly).
From that, the racist idea that free services (e.g. universal healthcare) are unduly exploited by black people (or immigrants).
I’m sorry you are a racist.
How does your racism cause you to equate welfare Queen with black woman? I’d have thought that was more connected to the media using it that way.
Re:100 years of whatever this will be
by sangnoir on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:20PM
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Reagan pretty much popularized the terms ("welfare queen", "strapping young bucks") with racist intent[1]: those were the images he wished to conjure-up in listener's minds, and not a creation of the media. Just as the word "thug" is currently used by certain personalities/networks today.
1. https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/innocent-mistak...
I didn’t say it was a creation of the Media. I said they use it that way. It’s good to trace it back to Reagan.
What is not so clear is why the person I was responding to thinks it’s their racism that causes them to think of those images, and not just that they have been exposed to Reagan’s imagery through the media.
Re:100 years of whatever this will be
by mcbishop on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:45PM
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You write as if one's passive racism and one's past exposure to racist sentiments are entirely separate. I think the former largely reflects the latter.
I don’t think they are entirely separate. I do think that exposure to racist sentiments has a very different effect depending on who you are.
So indeed I think your personal racism is not a simple function of exposure.
I’m sorry you personally have been a victim of racism exposure, and have become a passive racist as a consequence. It is a shame that society has done this to you.