• rabber
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    2 hours ago

    Why are Americans so obsessed with skin colour

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      It’s a nation founded on rascism and the back of race based slavery. That shit doesn’t disappear overnight, unfortunately.

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        Buying something because it goes to a certain skin colour promotes racism CMV

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          it is still much more difficult for people of color to become professionally successful than it is for white people. That’s a fact. There are still laws in place (and not nearly enough protections), which disproportionately harm POC.

          Do they not deserve to be just as successful? To follow their dreams? To be able to support themselves and their families?

          Knowing this, why wouldn’t you seek out black-owned business to help counter systemic racism? Those in power in the US, at least, aren’t going to do it. This is by their design.

          I care about the well-being of everyone (well, minus the 1% and Nazis), but those who continue to be harmed by a system—that I directly benefit from as a white person—simply require more attention if we’re ever going to have an equitable society.

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          The most impactful racism, that is also the hardest to fix, is systemic racism. I think the idea behind buying from black owned businesses is the individuals attempt to offset the systemic racism that they, individually, can do very little about.

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          Don’t cut yourself on all that edge before you graduate highschool kid.