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Spinozasgalt wrote:

SpeedOfSound wrote:

Spinozasgalt wrote:

SpeedOfSound wrote:On topic, it's interesting that I do not belong to any clear group. I love my Russian blood but it's not defined into a culture like for black people. One could say that the black community maintaining these clear boundaries has resulted in the very racial issues we would do away with. But just as I say that out loud I become drenched in the racism that I posit, and it has nothing to do with the black community. If Russian programmers formed a community I doubt the five o'clock news would mention the that community every time one of us became victim or perpetrator.

I kinda got a whiff of the "racism is black people's fault / stop being divisive" in the OP's "Why is saying that being black is VERY fucking important repped and loved all the time? Does it not just encourage and facilitate in group/out group/racist culture?"

My secret inner wish is for all this shit to go away. Given that, I once agreed with the OP here. There is a fragment of truth in it. If we all woke up and forgot that there was ever a race problem all would be fluffy and pink bunnies would abound. I have a 'belief' that tv sitcoms and the news media are more responsible for building the cultural groups we have in the US than any actual heritage.

I actually disagree there. I don't even think that would work. If it's seeped into social, cultural, corporate and other systems, objects, and apparatuses, it won't disappear with our awareness of it. It'll just become harder to state what it is and what it's doing.