acemuzzy wrote:It was in another thread. Gonz got pwned.
Both are horrible fucking utter drivel.JonB wrote:Loath to click on those, but I did try the second one. Got through the first 4 or 5 paragraphs. It's utter drivel.
Yossarian wrote:Unrelated: I stumbled across this the other day and found it interesting. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/26/17613844/racial-diversity-poll-twitter-white-people
I'm no expert either, but that's was my immediate thinking as well. The statistic about the modern wealth of different states is quite clearly meaningless taken in isolation like that and signifies a bad faith argument right from the start.Tempy wrote:The second article seems to be rife with issues early on. I’m no scholar when it comes to American history but... white people in the North benefited from slavery massively too. They just redirected towards industry whereas the South doubled down on slavery and tried to secede. The inequality of America is built on the backs of those who prospered due to slavery, but were smart enough to channel that capital into industry in a period when it mattered. Not many of the people who were given the opportunity to do that were black, possibly because of the South. Also the whole civil war thing happened, which further separated the former Union slave owners form their former Confederates. By virtue of everything being torn to shit.
JRPC wrote:Actually, I haven't read his Captain America stuff yet so maybe I am being a bit generous there.
Tempy wrote:Coates gets “Brownie Points” for his current run on Captain America instead of his nearly 20 years of award winning journalism and authorship, but you aren’t a fan. But this undergrad kid who supports my beliefs, there’s a horse I can hitch my cart to with no problems. So incredibly transparent. You’re supposed to challenge your beliefs, not acquiesce to them.
Yossarian wrote:Fuck’s sake JR. Pull your head out of this alt-right bullshit-hole you’ve fallen into. Srsly.
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