Europeans created the construct of race to justify their fuckery in the world (mal-distribution of wealth and power to themselves through genocide, billions of acres of free Indian land, abundant free African labor, colonization, and apartheid.
People in the world were previously and primarily divided by the regions they lived in and by religion. The Europeans appropriated gunpowder and navigation from the Chinese and then went on a rampage around the world taking other people's stuff.
Europeans started the concept of scientific racism, creating a hierarchy of the color caste system that's still prevalent throughout the world today ---whites at the top and blacks at the bottom. I've traveled extensively throughout the world and have taken note.
Now, we Have Charles Murray's pseudo-science (The Bell Curve) that has influenced social policies that are not in the best interests of African Americans. IQ hierarchy: German Jews at the top followed by Asians, Europeans, and (Hispanics, Africans, Arabs, etc. at the bottom) according to Murray.
Racism is an economic relationship. It's a competitive relationship between groups for ownership and control of resources for wealth and power. Europeans got a head start after the Portuguese started the [race] to the new world with the blessings of a Catholic pope who was gifted slaves.
Before the Transatlantic slave trade, Europe was in bad shape: plagued by rampant diseases wiping out half its population, extensive poverty/crime, stagnant mercantile economies, lack of resources, and debauchery (priests raping children).
In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued a Papal Bull (an official Proclamation or decree by the Pope) - Dum Diversas. Dum Diversas had a disastrous effect on millions of Africans. The Portuguese started the transatlantic slave trade. The Pope gave the Portuguese the "right to invade, search out, capture and subdue all Saracens (Muslims) and pagans (Africans) whatsoever. And other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed. And kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities, dominions, possessions, and all movable and immovable goods held and possessed by them and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery."
Putting it other words, the Pope gave the right to a Portuguese King, Alphonso, to invade; capture, enslave, and kill in the name of Jesus. Jesus's representative, the pope, was the devil. Europeans perpetuated one of the worst atrocities ever committed in the world by transporting huge numbers of people across the world for enslavement. All Christian dominations originate from the Catholic Church. The first English slave ship was named Jesus.
In the New World, force and violence were used to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity. Slaves' Bibles were specially written for slaves to promote their
submission and servitude.
White supremacy is a religion to which I refuse to subordinate myself, to say the least, to the LGBTQ community which has high-jacked the black civil rights movement. Gays and trans can hide conveniently in and out of the closet. Black folks don't have that luxury.
At the end of the day, racism is a team sport, especially considering the limited resources on this planet. Default isn't a logical response.
Unskilled undocumented Hispanic immigrants with unearned benefits that illegally enter this country are an existential threat to African Americans. Resources are very limited and diminishing.
In his book, " Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Blacks and Latinos and What It Means for America, the author, Nicolas C. Vaca, disdained a rainbow coalition and presumed alliance with Black Americans...they wanted to compete with Blacks for political and economic power...they felt that by the mere fact that they were more socially acceptable than Blacks in American society...they could gain socioeconomic benefits and become the nation's majority-minority population. Their goal, according to Vaca, was to displace Blacks in every way possible."
Racism? Lol!!!! And White supremacy is a religion. 50% of Hispanics identify as white in this country.
On the white extremist side: The leader of Proud Boys is Afro-Cuban. The leader of the Oath Keepers militia group is half-white and half-Mexican. Fuentes is a noted white nationalist extremist who is half-white and half-Mexican.
The Hispanic Texas shooter who was found with nazi paraphernalia and hate material?
And whites on both sides of the political spectrum use nonblack minority groups or LBGTQ communities to water down the attention to address the benign neglect of black folks. Intersecting vertical issues with horizontal issues harms African Americans.
I find it hard to believe Europeans somehow 'invented' racism. They may have codified it and hierarchized it, but 'racism', i.e., tribalism, has been with us since the beginning of mankind. Being suspicious of Others was an evolutionary necessity for staying safe when you didn't know what others were like. If you didn't have much opportunity to interact with them - or you had and it hadn't gone well - you'd develop an understandable dislike of them.
Regarding others as one's 'inferiors' is unfortunately quite human, and may have *begun* with the degradation of women as equals.
Is “white supremacy” really the right descriptor for the violence and hate of the clearly not “white” individuals? I know everything is white supremacy these days… but maybe, just maybe it’s wanting a strict social hierarchy, fixed roles, having an authoritarian world view? I mean certainly the Arian nation want those things, but I’m sure so do a lot of different types around the world - as long as they get a nice comfy spot at the top.
I suppose, but wanting to be at the top is hardly a white-specifically supremacy thing. Natives fought each other for dominance in the Americas - the Mayans ruled for awhile in Mexico, until the Europeans showed up, the Maori were the scourge of the South Seas & came close to genociding the Moriori until the Europeans showed up, the Iroquois were the scourge of the North American West until the Europeans showed up. And everyone hated the Apaches.
'White supremacy' is much abused by the left these days. It is, strictly speaking, a white belief that white people are superior to all others and should rule over them (to be overly-simplified). White supremacists are racists but not all racists are white supremacists. The phrase has come to mean 'everything antiracists don't like' esp if it's a white person challenging black B.S. To me, white supremacists are the Ku Klux Klan, the Proud Boys, the Trumpanzees and, pretty clearly, Tucker Carlson. I'm not sure I would actually class Donald Trump as one because honestly, I think he'll say whatever will get him the most votes. I'm not sure he's ever really thought anything through and in the end, he'll fuck over everyone for himself, and himself only. So maybe he's the most exclusive, extremist white supremacist ever, LOL.
Europeans created the construct of race to justify their fuckery in the world (mal-distribution of wealth and power to themselves through genocide, billions of acres of free Indian land, abundant free African labor, colonization, and apartheid.
People in the world were previously and primarily divided by the regions they lived in and by religion. The Europeans appropriated gunpowder and navigation from the Chinese and then went on a rampage around the world taking other people's stuff.
Europeans started the concept of scientific racism, creating a hierarchy of the color caste system that's still prevalent throughout the world today ---whites at the top and blacks at the bottom. I've traveled extensively throughout the world and have taken note.
Now, we Have Charles Murray's pseudo-science (The Bell Curve) that has influenced social policies that are not in the best interests of African Americans. IQ hierarchy: German Jews at the top followed by Asians, Europeans, and (Hispanics, Africans, Arabs, etc. at the bottom) according to Murray.
Racism is an economic relationship. It's a competitive relationship between groups for ownership and control of resources for wealth and power. Europeans got a head start after the Portuguese started the [race] to the new world with the blessings of a Catholic pope who was gifted slaves.
Before the Transatlantic slave trade, Europe was in bad shape: plagued by rampant diseases wiping out half its population, extensive poverty/crime, stagnant mercantile economies, lack of resources, and debauchery (priests raping children).
In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued a Papal Bull (an official Proclamation or decree by the Pope) - Dum Diversas. Dum Diversas had a disastrous effect on millions of Africans. The Portuguese started the transatlantic slave trade. The Pope gave the Portuguese the "right to invade, search out, capture and subdue all Saracens (Muslims) and pagans (Africans) whatsoever. And other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed. And kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities, dominions, possessions, and all movable and immovable goods held and possessed by them and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery."
Putting it other words, the Pope gave the right to a Portuguese King, Alphonso, to invade; capture, enslave, and kill in the name of Jesus. Jesus's representative, the pope, was the devil. Europeans perpetuated one of the worst atrocities ever committed in the world by transporting huge numbers of people across the world for enslavement. All Christian dominations originate from the Catholic Church. The first English slave ship was named Jesus.
In the New World, force and violence were used to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity. Slaves' Bibles were specially written for slaves to promote their
submission and servitude.
White supremacy is a religion to which I refuse to subordinate myself, to say the least, to the LGBTQ community which has high-jacked the black civil rights movement. Gays and trans can hide conveniently in and out of the closet. Black folks don't have that luxury.
At the end of the day, racism is a team sport, especially considering the limited resources on this planet. Default isn't a logical response.
Unskilled undocumented Hispanic immigrants with unearned benefits that illegally enter this country are an existential threat to African Americans. Resources are very limited and diminishing.
In his book, " Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Blacks and Latinos and What It Means for America, the author, Nicolas C. Vaca, disdained a rainbow coalition and presumed alliance with Black Americans...they wanted to compete with Blacks for political and economic power...they felt that by the mere fact that they were more socially acceptable than Blacks in American society...they could gain socioeconomic benefits and become the nation's majority-minority population. Their goal, according to Vaca, was to displace Blacks in every way possible."
Racism? Lol!!!! And White supremacy is a religion. 50% of Hispanics identify as white in this country.
On the white extremist side: The leader of Proud Boys is Afro-Cuban. The leader of the Oath Keepers militia group is half-white and half-Mexican. Fuentes is a noted white nationalist extremist who is half-white and half-Mexican.
The Hispanic Texas shooter who was found with nazi paraphernalia and hate material?
And whites on both sides of the political spectrum use nonblack minority groups or LBGTQ communities to water down the attention to address the benign neglect of black folks. Intersecting vertical issues with horizontal issues harms African Americans.
I find it hard to believe Europeans somehow 'invented' racism. They may have codified it and hierarchized it, but 'racism', i.e., tribalism, has been with us since the beginning of mankind. Being suspicious of Others was an evolutionary necessity for staying safe when you didn't know what others were like. If you didn't have much opportunity to interact with them - or you had and it hadn't gone well - you'd develop an understandable dislike of them.
Regarding others as one's 'inferiors' is unfortunately quite human, and may have *begun* with the degradation of women as equals.
Is “white supremacy” really the right descriptor for the violence and hate of the clearly not “white” individuals? I know everything is white supremacy these days… but maybe, just maybe it’s wanting a strict social hierarchy, fixed roles, having an authoritarian world view? I mean certainly the Arian nation want those things, but I’m sure so do a lot of different types around the world - as long as they get a nice comfy spot at the top.
I suppose, but wanting to be at the top is hardly a white-specifically supremacy thing. Natives fought each other for dominance in the Americas - the Mayans ruled for awhile in Mexico, until the Europeans showed up, the Maori were the scourge of the South Seas & came close to genociding the Moriori until the Europeans showed up, the Iroquois were the scourge of the North American West until the Europeans showed up. And everyone hated the Apaches.
'White supremacy' is much abused by the left these days. It is, strictly speaking, a white belief that white people are superior to all others and should rule over them (to be overly-simplified). White supremacists are racists but not all racists are white supremacists. The phrase has come to mean 'everything antiracists don't like' esp if it's a white person challenging black B.S. To me, white supremacists are the Ku Klux Klan, the Proud Boys, the Trumpanzees and, pretty clearly, Tucker Carlson. I'm not sure I would actually class Donald Trump as one because honestly, I think he'll say whatever will get him the most votes. I'm not sure he's ever really thought anything through and in the end, he'll fuck over everyone for himself, and himself only. So maybe he's the most exclusive, extremist white supremacist ever, LOL.