Originally posted by dadudemon
Feels like we put too much attention on 8% of the world's population when it comes to racism. Feels racist to blame just 8% of the world's population for racism.
It's certainly somewhat too simplistic. But of course historically this 8% of the population, by somewhat of a stroke of luck, has become the dominant economic and cultural power over the last 400 years, and so their conceptions of "race" and who is superior and inferior has had an outsized influence on the world. But you are right of course, it's not just white people that are racist and it's not solely the fault of white people. But it's also not an equal to everyone kinda thing, either.
Originally posted by Artol
It's certainly somewhat too simplistic. But of course historically this 8% of the population, by somewhat of a stroke of luck, has become the dominant economic and cultural power over the last 400 years, and so their conceptions of "race" and who is superior and inferior has had an outsized influence on the world. But you are right of course, it's not just white people that are racist and it's not solely the fault of white people. But it's also not an equal to everyone kinda thing, either.
http://statisticstimes.com/economy/projected-world-gdp-ranking.php
In the top 3: 2 as Asian countries.
In the top 5: 3 are Asian countries.
In the top 10, 5 are "white majority countries." You see something similar in the top 11-20.
Currently, most of the world's racism is concentrated in Asian and Arab countries. It's almost a completely non-existent problem in the 8% countries.
Similar to legit women's issues being in almost none of those 8% countries.
It's what happens when countries modernize too much: the population has too much free time so they invent issues to fight out of boredom and they indulge in all sorts of entertainment.
Originally posted by dadudemonNow try trading blocks.
http://statisticstimes.com/economy/projected-world-gdp-ranking.phpIn the top 3: 2 as Asian countries.
In the top 5: 3 are Asian countries.
In the top 10, 5 are "white majority countries." You see something similar in the top 11-20.
Currently, most of the world's racism is concentrated in Asian and Arab countries. It's almost a completely non-existent problem in the 8% countries.
Similar to legit women's issues being in almost none of those 8% countries.
It's what happens when countries modernize too much: the population has too much free time so they invent issues to fight out of boredom and they indulge in all sorts of entertainment.
Originally posted by dadudemonsure, white nations still have generally the most privileged populations and whilst the safeguards put in place from colonial and post colonial are cracking, not in small part due to would be oligarchs, everything from the commonwealth to the EU and the very nature of the "United States" ensures this.
I tried my best - your point eludes me.Do you want to make a point? 🙂