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<v Speaker 1>Bikari Shavanu, a black atheist, humanist and co founder of

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<v Speaker 1>the Black Humanists and non Believers of Sacramento, pens a

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<v Speaker 1>strong criticism of Robert Blumner's editorial Secular Humanism and the

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<v Speaker 1>color Blind Society in the August September twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>issue of Free Inquiry. Blumner argues that humanists should strive

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<v Speaker 1>for a color blind society, claiming that focusing on rage

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<v Speaker 1>perpetuates dicision and reverse racism. However, Shavannu argues that this

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<v Speaker 1>approach ignores the realities of systemic racism and the historical

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<v Speaker 1>context of black empowerment movement. He contends that Blumber's dismissal

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<v Speaker 1>of race as a crucial factor in addressing inequities undermines

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<v Speaker 1>the ongoing struggles against racial injustice. The Stories from the

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<v Speaker 1>Friendly Atheists by Bikari Shavanu and Hemet Metta, published on

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<v Speaker 1>August thirteenth, twenty twenty four. And I'm coming to you, Phil.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a very serious question for you. What the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck is black supremacy?

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<v Speaker 2>That is, if Cynthia, That's the same question I've been

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<v Speaker 2>asking myself since I've read this article. What do they

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<v Speaker 2>mean like black supremacy. I've heard of black power, where

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<v Speaker 2>you are endport black people to be able to fight

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<v Speaker 2>against and overcome systemic racism. But black supremacy this is

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<v Speaker 2>a new term. Coin because even in searching for the definition,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's such a definition online or in any dictionary,

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<v Speaker 2>I have performed none. So I am kind of puzzled

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<v Speaker 2>what they mean by black supremacy, because supremacy will indicate

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<v Speaker 2>someone having power over another group, and right now, as

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<v Speaker 2>far as we know, black people don't have no power

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<v Speaker 2>over another race group, which so I think it's more

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<v Speaker 2>like a straw a straw man created to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a straman created to say, oh, black people have the

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<v Speaker 2>supremacy over white are trying to work for this supremacy

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<v Speaker 2>over white people, But that is not the case. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a straman argument. You know, how systemic racism has marginalized

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<v Speaker 2>people Black people within the American society and in the

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<v Speaker 2>even the European society and other societies where they are minorities.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a very good question. I will I wish

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<v Speaker 2>the person has stated what they meant by black supremacy.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently they didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, maybe just maybe it's up there with the black job.

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<v Speaker 1>So rob critiques from Blumner actually has this idea of

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<v Speaker 1>race conscious policies as a form of reverse racism. How

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<v Speaker 1>might such critiques undermine efforts to actually address systemic in.

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<v Speaker 3>Equation, Well, I think I calling it reverse racism, what

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<v Speaker 3>you're doing is you're shifting the goalpost. I might be

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<v Speaker 3>in the extreme minority here, and I think that there

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<v Speaker 3>is some sentiment of reverse racism that I think people

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<v Speaker 3>want to make sense because you are making a choice

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<v Speaker 3>or doing a thing based on someone's race. But if

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<v Speaker 3>you are doing reverse racism, then you're just doing racism.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know why it's reversed, it's just you're doing

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<v Speaker 3>the thing. But that's my petition, that's my position. So

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<v Speaker 3>when you call things reverse racism, just it just ends up.

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<v Speaker 3>What you're doing is you're creating a false psychotomy because

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<v Speaker 3>it's like, it's not racism, it's reverse racism when we're

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<v Speaker 3>actually trying to talk about the same thing, and you

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<v Speaker 3>can have a much easier discussion when you're both actually

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<v Speaker 3>on the same page. So when you present it is

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<v Speaker 3>reverse racism, what you're doing is you're creating a position

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<v Speaker 3>that is oppositional to the person you're trying to even

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<v Speaker 3>talk to in the first place about the very same topic,

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<v Speaker 3>which is going to get in the way of trying

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<v Speaker 3>to solve anything when you've already put yourself in the

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<v Speaker 3>position of I am against what you're talking about, even

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<v Speaker 3>though I'm talking about the thing you say, because it's

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<v Speaker 3>different somehow it's a bistically problematic.

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<v Speaker 1>Persecution time. Plus you want to go ahead and talk

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more about that, phebe well.

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<v Speaker 4>The language being used in the original article, it makes

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<v Speaker 4>me roll my eyes. It makes me roll my eyes,

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<v Speaker 4>It makes me want to scream, It makes me want

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<v Speaker 4>to throttle something because some of the language us is

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<v Speaker 4>like one of the phrases in the original articles. But

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<v Speaker 4>today's followers of the identitarian left now the handmaids of

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<v Speaker 4>neo racism. It's like the guy decided they were going

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<v Speaker 4>to cram in every nonsensical word and phrase and sound

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<v Speaker 4>bite that he could. But every time I hear anybody

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<v Speaker 4>use that combination, I have to I reach for a

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<v Speaker 4>dictionary to go what do you actually mean? Because we

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<v Speaker 4>hear the term handmaidens of dot dot dot or rallied around,

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<v Speaker 4>but it has many different meanings and a lot of people, Butcher,

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<v Speaker 4>what the meaning is. The most common meaning that it's

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<v Speaker 4>actually used is actually an illusion to the Margaret Atward novel,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's in the derogatory sense. But the overarching meaning

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<v Speaker 4>is no longer the female attendant or made, which is

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<v Speaker 4>the archaic meaning. And no, it does not refer to

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<v Speaker 4>the moth. That's you know, something for you know, lepidoctory.

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<v Speaker 1>To go kind of like the math, especially the story

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<v Speaker 1>hour that you actually have to tell within five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>or less, list or with south slides, but please continue.

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<v Speaker 4>What they're actually meaning is that it's something that supports

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<v Speaker 4>something else, or in Britain, something that's useful but subordinate,

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<v Speaker 4>or in America something that's useful but in a subordinate capacity.

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<v Speaker 4>So the British term it's for the subordinate purpose, whereas

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<v Speaker 4>in the American subbortinate capacity. And when you start rambling

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<v Speaker 4>on about the use of InVogue phrasing in your articles,

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<v Speaker 4>you create a sense that you don't actually have any

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<v Speaker 4>idea what you're talking about, that you're just somebody that

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<v Speaker 4>is screaming. I feel persecuted. I feel like I'm a victim.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to be a victim.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that's the issue that I got specifically

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<v Speaker 1>from Blumbner, and just to give credence to a previous

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<v Speaker 1>episode that we have done earlier this week, she is

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<v Speaker 1>like the head of like the Richard Dawkin Society, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. Blah blah skippity bobo. So as my daddy

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<v Speaker 1>used to say, when bigots blocked together. Regardless, Phil, yes

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<v Speaker 1>they big it to together. But you know, Phil, I

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<v Speaker 1>know that like to I want to come back to

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<v Speaker 1>this whole notion of colored barns and how she uses

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<v Speaker 1>this phrase, in my opinion, in a very disingenuous way.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you feel when you were reading her article

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<v Speaker 1>compared to Bakari's reaction to it, especially when she is

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<v Speaker 1>throwing out that particular phrase about we should be color blind.

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<v Speaker 1>But the reason that we're not being color blind is

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<v Speaker 1>because the blacks one let us colorline. I maybe being

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit hyperbolic, but that's how I.

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<v Speaker 2>Took Actually I took it in the same way because

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was also right hearing using trying to

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<v Speaker 2>use color blinding blindness. Yes, some people we realize, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone is a human being, but then you and in

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<v Speaker 2>that case we talk about equal rights for all human

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<v Speaker 2>beings that will come on the color blindness very look

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<v Speaker 2>for human rights for a human beings, but to use

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<v Speaker 2>it to dismiss the actual realities of marginalized groups like

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<v Speaker 2>the black community. Right, it is it is basically a

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<v Speaker 2>slap in the face because we still have problems within

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<v Speaker 2>the society, systemic racism, problems ongoing. What I realized they

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<v Speaker 2>tried to do was to as support for their right

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<v Speaker 2>Heron made claims about certain groups, were certain groups in

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<v Speaker 2>the that were formed to empower black people, like the

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<v Speaker 2>Black Panthers and and the Nation of Islam. And I

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<v Speaker 2>made some faults claims about them and what they were

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<v Speaker 2>really about. And this is where they pushed this thing

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<v Speaker 2>about black supremacy, this thing black supremacy. Yeah, and and

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<v Speaker 2>so so the thing is is that a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>what you saw there was this red heron. And the

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<v Speaker 2>evidence is to the contrary, we have still have the

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<v Speaker 2>problem of red lining occurring. You have the and the

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<v Speaker 2>black community. It's hard difficult for them to get housing

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<v Speaker 2>in certain areas, especially it's an area, let's say, where

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<v Speaker 2>they want what we call the one percent result. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>There are also the parties in education, you and and

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<v Speaker 2>then you look at the wealth of black families in

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<v Speaker 2>comparison to white white te what we call white te families,

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<v Speaker 2>by the income difference is so large.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it's big.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's so large.

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<v Speaker 1>It's over ninety percent in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So it had me kind of taking back and

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<v Speaker 2>how they are making these claims, Oh you if you,

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<v Speaker 2>if you, if you are speaking out right, or we

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten this far and so we don't need to

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<v Speaker 2>look at it anymore. So we need to have this

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<v Speaker 2>colored blindness. Yeah, ignorant, it's a bait. It's a whitey

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<v Speaker 2>supremacist talking point. This is the talking point we hear

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<v Speaker 2>from white tea supremacist color blindness, Like the same black

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<v Speaker 2>lives matter the whole day came all lives matter to

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<v Speaker 2>minimize the the things that black people are going to,

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<v Speaker 2>marginalized groups are going to in the United States. So

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<v Speaker 2>I found it very dishonest, and I am very disappointed

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<v Speaker 2>as far as a humanist supposed to a humanist that's

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to champion because of marginalized groups making statements like this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, I'm rob I see itching, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to let you go ahead and speak. But I

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<v Speaker 1>just have to say this really quick. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>start saying instead of white supremacy, white tea supremacy because

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<v Speaker 1>I just like it. But Rob, go ahead, what were

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<v Speaker 1>you going to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, resident white guy here. I've I've never thought of

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<v Speaker 3>that actually as the colorblind society or I don't see

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<v Speaker 3>color in the same line as oh, what did you

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<v Speaker 3>say all lives matter? I've never thought of it that

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<v Speaker 3>and that is compelling. But what I was going to

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<v Speaker 3>say is that Bloomer's original article, the way that it

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<v Speaker 3>read to me as a person who just is very

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<v Speaker 3>frustrated in that race is continuing to be talked about,

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<v Speaker 3>and I legitimately thought of it in the same way

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<v Speaker 3>as like companies try to push the responsibility of recycling

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<v Speaker 3>onto the individual, where it's like, oh, we're not going

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<v Speaker 3>to look at the systems and the things and the

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<v Speaker 3>constructs of power such that are going to actually affect

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<v Speaker 3>how different people of different races interact with each other.

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<v Speaker 3>It's actually your job to not see the color and

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<v Speaker 3>just that's your problem. And on one hand, because philosophically

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<v Speaker 3>this is my second point, I kind of get it,

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<v Speaker 3>at least in the very naive sort of sense, in

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<v Speaker 3>that it shouldn't matter because in the same way that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not responsible for eighty percent of pollution five companies,

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<v Speaker 3>is like, it's not a thing that registers to me,

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<v Speaker 3>and therefore I think it's not a thing that registers

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<v Speaker 3>to most people. So it's very easy. It's very easy,

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<v Speaker 3>I think, to fall into color blind color blindness, which

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<v Speaker 3>in some ways is fair, but it's not because then

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<v Speaker 3>it's literally delusional, because you're just not recognizing the world

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<v Speaker 3>that you live in. So the thing that I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to bring up is called the original position or the

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<v Speaker 3>veil of ignorance, where it is the It is the

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<v Speaker 3>idea of imagine, no one lives on earth yet, and

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<v Speaker 3>now you, as an unknown entity, gets to make all

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<v Speaker 3>the rules of society for everyone that could ever possibly exist.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't it obvious that you should make rules of society

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<v Speaker 3>such that no matter how anyone is born, everyone has

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<v Speaker 3>a fairly equal chance. And that's an idea that came

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<v Speaker 3>up fairly recently. I think the people who said it,

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<v Speaker 3>I could look it up. But the veil of ignorance

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<v Speaker 3>is fantastic, and it's a wonderful idea of just like,

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<v Speaker 3>as a truly literally it's called the original position in

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<v Speaker 3>like an ethical idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the structured itself.

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<v Speaker 4>The progressive tax system based itself on the veil of ignorance.

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<v Speaker 4>It doesn't take into account worth the society or anything.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just if you can pay.

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<v Speaker 2>More, you are graduated tax rate. That's where it.

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<v Speaker 3>But the problem, last last point, The problem is that

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<v Speaker 3>that's great for a world that doesn't exist yet. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>And and and and to your point on that part

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<v Speaker 1>is my frustration with this. Yeah, because if we're especially

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<v Speaker 1>like if we're talking about America, I mean, like I understand,

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<v Speaker 1>like racism is an issue all over the world, but

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<v Speaker 1>race specifically was invented here. Race. Race wasn't meant to here.

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<v Speaker 1>The ideas that actually came to racism came elsewhere. But

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<v Speaker 1>the actual creating laws on how to govern people based

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<v Speaker 1>on their skin color was invented right here in the

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<v Speaker 1>good old US of A before it was the US

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<v Speaker 1>of A. Yes, it's is as America as apple pie.

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<v Speaker 2>God I love.

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<v Speaker 4>Jeffrey Dalles Jeffrey Dawes was great at doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>Nathaniel Bacon. But the issue is America's never been a

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<v Speaker 1>far as like you know, activists, activists have you know, come,

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<v Speaker 1>especially like when you're talking about the abolition movement, abolitionist movement,

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<v Speaker 1>in order for us to get to a place where

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<v Speaker 1>color does not matter. But the only time that color

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<v Speaker 1>mattering or not mattering should matter, specifically in how we

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<v Speaker 1>govern people. And that is what she's missing, because the

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<v Speaker 1>standards on how government is set up and how it

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<v Speaker 4>Long just look at the costal system the America has created.

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<v Speaker 4>The cost seral system that America has created has disproportionate

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<v Speaker 4>numbers of non white people locked up, So Hispanics, African Americans,

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<v Speaker 4>more people than anyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>On Earth, Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>America kills more people from ethnic minorities than any other

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<v Speaker 4>country on Earth. It doesn't quite kill as many people

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<v Speaker 4>as other countries, But if you're a methan minority, you

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<v Speaker 4>are more likely to get to death mienal than if

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and you're two to three times likely to have

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<v Speaker 1>an adverse interaction with police if you happen to be

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<v Speaker 1>black or Hispanic versus being Right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Two point two five million prison places the UK has

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<v Speaker 4>eighty seven thousand. America over polices communities that each views

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<v Speaker 4>as problematic, So lower socio economic communities, which are not

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<v Speaker 4>usually going to be the ethnic minority, so higher socioeconomic

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<v Speaker 4>communities are policed less. Crimes of poverty are prosecuted more so,

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<v Speaker 4>white collar crime is prosecuted far less than blue collar

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<v Speaker 4>crime is. And this is the problem because it results

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<v Speaker 4>in those individuals who generally go towards those jobs, who

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<v Speaker 4>are usually of lower.

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<v Speaker 1>Ethnic minority areas.

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<v Speaker 4>And lower socioeconomic classes, to be locked up more because

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<v Speaker 4>go and police it more so. Therefore, look inspired the

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<v Speaker 4>what was the original reasons behind the LA riots? It

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't the Rodney King beating. That was a symptom of

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<v Speaker 4>la being chronically over policed in the black community in

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<v Speaker 4>Los Angeles. And when you went outside of the black

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<v Speaker 4>community as a black person in Los Angeles, you were

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<v Speaker 4>targeted by the police. You were over police sing.

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<v Speaker 1>Fun faust fun fact. That's the reason why there was

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<v Speaker 1>a Black Panther Party specifically started in Los Angeles. It

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<v Speaker 1>was because of the over police scene in black and

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<v Speaker 1>black communities, in black and brown communities and black the

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<v Speaker 1>Black Panthers formed and decided to take up their Second

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<v Speaker 1>Amendment rights in order for them to protect themselves. It

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<v Speaker 1>was never about them going out and you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>offing police officers. No, it was always about them actually

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<v Speaker 1>protecting community against police officers that would incarcerate them and

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<v Speaker 1>kill them at a higher rate. But Rob, I see

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<v Speaker 1>you itching again because you are our resident white guy

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<v Speaker 1>who was talking. So I'm going to go ahead you

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<v Speaker 1>another another.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, that's.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Rob the resident. Yeah, exactly, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just straight up stealing a TikTok joke from somewhere.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just it was so funny. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>who was what they said that the greatest moment of

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<v Speaker 3>white privilege they ever had was that while they were

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<v Speaker 3>driving around in a neighborhood, they got pulled over and

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<v Speaker 3>they said, oh good, now I can ask for directions.

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<v Speaker 3>All the white people can have that kind of interaction

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<v Speaker 3>with a cab because I mean, I doubt Bloomer would.

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<v Speaker 2>Think that way privilege exists.

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<v Speaker 3>But just like as a side note, if you acknowledge

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<v Speaker 3>that white privileges is that can only exist due to racism.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, here's the thing to understand when it comes to

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<v Speaker 4>affirmative action, which is in the sights in the article originally,

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<v Speaker 4>So affirmative action is not actually the argument that people

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<v Speaker 4>think it is that the reason that it works, it's

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<v Speaker 4>not a The argument that goes off the rails is

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<v Speaker 4>that it's correcting a history of inequality.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 4>Affirmative action admits have a higher predisposition to contribute positively

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<v Speaker 4>to society. And the way how you get communities which

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<v Speaker 4>have been traditionally underserved to do that is to encourage

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<v Speaker 4>a predisposition to positive contribution to society moving forwards. And

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<v Speaker 4>that's what affirmative action does, and that is why it

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<v Speaker 4>is pushed back against because it allows the ethnic minorities

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<v Speaker 4>that are benefiting from those programs to be in control

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<v Speaker 4>of their own lives and to benefit not just themselves

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<v Speaker 4>but the communities that they come from, and give opportunities

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<v Speaker 4>to others to see people in those positions. I will

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<v Speaker 4>always and forever in a day, hold two women, two

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<v Speaker 4>white women, one Jewish woman to be on my wall

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<v Speaker 4>as people I look up to. One of them is

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<v Speaker 4>Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the other one is Sandra Day O'Connor.

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<v Speaker 4>First two women ever to sit on the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 4>of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Indeed, and Phil, I'm going to give you our beijein brother,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to go ahead and give you the last

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<v Speaker 1>panel word disc go ahead and say what you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So AAA think that in terms of affirmative action,

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<v Speaker 2>those as you correctly said, the pantry group, those groups

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<v Speaker 2>were set up for that purpose. They know that systemic

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<v Speaker 2>racism is still a fact. It's still happening. It is

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<v Speaker 2>not And even when surveys were done among black group

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<v Speaker 2>right the the black groups, black persons douce this still

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<v Speaker 2>they said that systemic racism is still a problem. So I,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, it's still have me baffled how this

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to down play that and the for example,

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<v Speaker 2>black people don't want affirmative action or they don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to have race and ethnicity used for admission process process

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<v Speaker 2>for selective colleges. However, a Pew research twenty three phone

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<v Speaker 2>that for seven percent Black Americans supported use of race

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<v Speaker 2>and ethnicity and admission process for selective colleges, twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>percent opposed, and twenty four percent was not sure. But

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<v Speaker 2>the Bloomers give some statistics which actually did not give

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<v Speaker 2>black people did not support race and ethnicity as being

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<v Speaker 2>should be used in our admissions to selective colleges. The

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<v Speaker 2>thing to notice is that it's not just using race

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<v Speaker 2>and ethnicity. There are other factors that are in place,

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<v Speaker 2>Other factors like in terms of the college scores, the

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<v Speaker 2>API scores scores better or not those persons have this score.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's not just that factor that is used to

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<v Speaker 2>put or to say they're being black people put in

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<v Speaker 2>just because they're black or because they below this ethnic group. No,

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<v Speaker 2>there are other consideration, and we have persons in the

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<v Speaker 2>black community who are just as intelligent or even more

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<v Speaker 2>intelligent than persons in the white the community. And they

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<v Speaker 2>is because of the lack of opportunities that have been

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<v Speaker 2>the lack of opportunities in the past that this statement,

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<v Speaker 2>this clause is put into I think the laws where yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to have a certain quarter of of of

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<v Speaker 2>of minorities in your university outset into colleges, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>not just acseting because they're black. They still have to

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<v Speaker 2>meet certain other criteria.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly there there there's other criteria that has been set

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<v Speaker 1>up in order for you to actually admit a person.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just because they came in and said that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm black or what have you. But I just I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to tell everybody, and I do apologize guys,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm about to get on my soapbox. So here

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<v Speaker 1>Govens editorial. I warned you, I warned you. But Lovener's

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<v Speaker 1>editorial Second Humanism and the color wise Society is deeply flawed.

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<v Speaker 1>As a black atheist and humanists, I'm troubled by her

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<v Speaker 1>promotion of a colorblind society because it ignores the persistent

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<v Speaker 1>racial injustices that we face today. The idea of color

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<v Speaker 1>blindness is problematic because it attempts to erase the unique

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<v Speaker 1>experiences and systematics and systemic struggles of black people under

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<v Speaker 1>the guise of equality. This perception dangerously overlooks the historical

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<v Speaker 1>and ongoing racism that continues to impact marginalized communities. Blunder

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<v Speaker 1>criticizes what she calls black supremacy and the iditarian left

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<v Speaker 1>without acknowledging the historical context of movements like the Black

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<v Speaker 1>Panther Party. These groups sought justice and empowerment in response

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<v Speaker 1>to severe racial oppression, not supremacy. Misrepresenting their aims only

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<v Speaker 1>serves to perpetuate a myth of reverse racism and dismisses

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<v Speaker 1>genuine struggles of equity. Her claim that racism is large

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<v Speaker 1>a relic of the past ignores current realities. Racism persists

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<v Speaker 1>in institutions and policies affecting education, housing, and criminal justice.

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<v Speaker 1>Addressing these systemic issues requires more than ignoring race. It

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<v Speaker 1>demands active engagement with disparities that still exist. Blunder's dismissal

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<v Speaker 1>of affirmative action and similar measures fails to recognize their

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<v Speaker 1>role in addressing historical disadvantages. Affirmative action is not reverse racism, honey,

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<v Speaker 1>It only is a necessary step towards balancing the scales

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<v Speaker 1>of justice. True humanism should embrace diversity and tackle systemic

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<v Speaker 1>injustices head on. Instead of promotion cut of BINDNSS, we

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<v Speaker 1>should acknowledge and address the ongoing impacts of racism. Humanism

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<v Speaker 1>must amplify, marginalize voices, and advocate for real systemic changes

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