Posted on Jul 22, 2019

Opinion | Denying Racism Supports It

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When did we arrive at the point where applying the words racist and racism were more radioactive than actually doing and saying racist things and demonstrating oneself to be a racist?
How is it that America insists on knowledge of the unknowable — what lurks in the heart — in order to assign the appellation?
Why are so many Americans insisting that racism requires conscious, malicious intent in order for the title to be earned?
Last week, much of America wrestled with whether to label the president racist after he published racist tweets about four congresswomen of color, demonstrating once again in the most overt terms that he is indeed a racist.

Opinion | Denying Racism Supports It

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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And this is how you work to claim victim status. I have seen and heard racist statements and actions and I disagree that what the President said was racist. They could have been from Italy for all he cared about it and the districts they come from are also in bad shape. He didn't say "countries" he just said "back where you came from" and the media wrote in countries...

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MAJ Byron Oyler

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I read into it as being REP Omar from Somalia, a country that has been a mess and cost us 18 lives trying to feed back in 1993. His message was very clear to me and not a bit racist.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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MAJ Byron Oyler I don't see it as racist either.

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MAJ Byron Oyler

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The writing is on the wall...Katie Porter is not part of 'The Squad" because it would destroy the Democrats narrativehttps://http://www.cnn.com/2019/07/21/politics/katie-porter-freshman-democrat-trump-wall-street/index.html

Katie Porter isn't part of 'The Squad.' But the freshman House Democrat is stirring up trouble...

When Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, a California law professor named Katie Porter -- who had been expecting to join Clinton's transition team to advise on housing policy -- thought she would sit the next four years out of government.

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Col Joseph Lenertz

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A1C Chris Pointer - To the crappy districts they represent, possibly.

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SSgt Ray Stone

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For the Trump supporters who say " go back" isnt racist. The Federal EEOC guidelines states those words are discriminatory ,so your opinion doesn't matter. His racist rhetoric isn't directed at those that look like you so of course you dont think its racist

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SSG (Join to see)

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I'm gonna need you to "go back" to your room and think about what you just said.

The guideline your referencing specifically states that it must be "because of nationality." Which means the context of said statement matters and that your "opinion doesn't matter."

https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/immigrants-facts.cfm

Facts About Employment Rights of Immigrants Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws

Immigrants are protected from employment discrimination by laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This pamphlet answers questions often asked by people who think that they have suffered discrimination in employment.It describes what the law covers, how to file a complaint, and typical examples of employment discrimination.

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Col Joseph Lenertz

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I just discriminated (distinguished, differentiated) between chicken and beef for lunch. I chose chicken. Words have meanings and "discriminatory" even in the sense you used it does not equal racism in its awfulness. Just stop saying racism when you mean rudeness or bigotry or slander.

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SSgt Ray Stone

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Col Joseph Lenertz Again Trump's racist rhetoric isn't directed towards you and those that looks like you, for you to get on your high horse and dismiss racism when its evident that it has occured is racist . STOP? I'm not your child,I'm a grown ass man . You stop

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Col Joseph Lenertz

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Calling everything racism makes the word meaningless. Look up the definition in Meriam-Webster and study it. It is a unique word; different than mere bigotry or stereotyping or crassness or rudeness to a person of a different skin tone.

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MAJ Byron Oyler

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SSgt Ray Stone - "The Squad" should be five but it would interrupt a narrative the left so badly needs.https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/21/politics/katie-porter-freshman-democrat-trump-wall-street/index.html

Katie Porter isn't part of 'The Squad.' But the freshman House Democrat is stirring up trouble...

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Col Joseph Lenertz

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SSgt Ray Stone -
Definition of racism: 1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2a : a doctrine or political program based on the assumption of racism and designed to execute its principles b : a political or social system founded on racism

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