Originally posted by masqua
reply to post by hdutton
If the Tea Party is another race of humans, then we're in trouble. How dare they upset the left/right paradigm by aligning themselves in the middle. That's not human, it's... eerp... (words fail me).
Recently I read a thread where a poster declared a particular race was prone to criminal activity. The member was adamant that this was so and all one had to do was look at the prison population or crime statistics.
That is textbook racism
Originally posted by Bleak
So suggesting that one look into facts is "racism"? No, it's just the truth.
Just where do you liberals get these ideas anyway?
"Race" first appeared in the English language around the 17th century. North Americans began to use the term in their scientific writings by the late 18th century. Racism was developed and popularized by scientists in the 19th century, as they were regarded as purveyors of truth. At the time this ideology also explained political and economic conflicts in various parts of the world and legitimized the dominant role of British capitalism in the world economic system. Racism is universal and is evident in many different ethno-racial groups. It is not limited to white groups.
By the mid-19th century, there was general agreement that the worlds population could be divided into a variety of races: groups of people who shared similar phenotypical attributes, eg, skin colour, hair texture. This process of race categorization is referred to as racialization and is necessary for the emergence of racism as an ideology.
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