🌎 Discussion: Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Critical Race Theory, Systemic Inequality, and Racism - Part 4

[Lily Adler]

Report: Twitter slow to remove racist, sexist tweets targeting VP Harris

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[InCali]

It ain’t just a problem in Louisiana you tool, but because of people like you, it might just be worse in your backyard.

And the beat goes on

 

[Sithborg]

Truly, has no one been as put upon as a mediocre white man?

 

[Snow Queen]

Truly, has no one been as put upon as a mediocre white man?

Which of his ghostwriters wrote this?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Truly, has no one been as put upon as a mediocre white man?

Being in charge of industries and countries isn't easy.

 

[Lily Adler]

Truly, has no one been as put upon as a mediocre white man?

Team John Grisham.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Salon - James Patterson laments white male writers are facing racism

Per a 2020 New York Times op-ed, 89% of books were written by white writers while a 11% were written by authors of color. And within the film industry, a 2022 Hollywood Diversity Reportconducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that white, male directors continue to be an overwhelming majority throughout the years — in 2019, 85.6% of directors were white while 84.9% were male.

"Amending my previous quote to 'when you're accustomed to insane privilege, even slightly less insane privilege apparently feels like oppression. (It's still not.)," wrote American film executive Franklin Leonard.

I feel like people have to be shown what the demographics of the US, UK, and world look like. White men aren’t being discriminated against, rather the discrimination against others is in some cases (like entertainment) easing slightly as their proportion of the population (and money $) goes up and the white male (28% of US population) goes down. Easing discrimination or easing racism isn’t racist, but that’s not comfort to those who benefited from privilege.


I like how USA Today debunked him.

The numbers say otherwise. While there's little in the way of definitive industry-wide data, recent reports and publishing industry audits show the landscape is overwhelmingly white.

Major publisher Penguin Random House conducted a 2019-2021 diversity self-audit and found that 74.9% of its contributors in that period were white; only 6% were Black, while 5% were Hispanic or Latinx. The publisher's employees also skewed heavily white, making up 74.2% of its workforce.

That wealth comes from the more than 300 books Patterson has to his name. If that sounds like too many for any one person to write, that's because it is: Patterson is as much a brand manager as author, and many of his titles are developed with lesser-billed co-writers – he even teaches a MasterClass in co-writing.

"James Patterson of all people. First of all, write your own books, pal," author Roxane Gay tweeted.

The Daily Beast - Very Rich Author James Patterson Bemoans ‘Racism’ Against Old White Men

 

[InCali]

Being in charge of industries and countries isn't easy.

Oh the HORRAH!!!!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’
The comments by Mr. Patterson, the prolific author of best-selling thrillers, had been widely criticized.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

People Are Sharing a Fake News Story on 500 Million African Refugees Going to Europe

 

[chamber-music]

Salon - James Patterson laments white male writers are facing racism



I feel like people have to be shown what the demographics of the US, UK, and world look like. White men aren’t being discriminated against, rather the discrimination against others is in some cases (like entertainment) easing slightly as their proportion of the population (and money $) goes up and the white male (28% of US population) goes down. Easing discrimination or easing racism isn’t racist, but that’s not comfort to those who benefited from privilege.


I like how USA Today debunked him.




The Daily Beast - Very Rich Author James Patterson Bemoans ‘Racism’ Against Old White Men

Any minority group gets a foot in the door in a space generally dominanted by white dudes and suddenly they start whining about how they are now being oppressed. Opportunities being more widely available than they previously have been is a good thing.

Patterson isn't doing much to shake that fragile tag that gets thrown at men that say this kind of stuff

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They support the Confederate monuments and what they represent not black liberation.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Town responds after sign on Millinocket business causes outrage

Black history month, Pride month, and Juneteenth: Cons want to remind you they hate them all.

 

[Lily Adler]

How Racist Are Republicans? Very.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Texas educator group proposes referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second grade curriculum
The Texas State Board of Education, which is considering social studies curriculum revisions this summer, says the group has been asked to revise that phrasing.

Watch this space.

First they water down talk of slavery and then they bring it back if given enough the chance and enough time as no big deal.

 

[Sithborg]

Didn't they already try this with "involuntary immigration"?

 

[Teelie]

We can't call slavery what it is, literally, because that would be bad for the children to know the awful history of the U.S.

 

[Sithborg]

I see Patriot Front marched in Boston. With protection from the police.

Its a minor miracle those in Idaho got arrested.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Candice Patton: CW Didn't Protect Me Against Racist 'Flash' Fans - Variety

Entertainment Weekly - Candice Patton 'wanted to leave' 'The Flash' in season 2 because of 'racist, misogynistic' fans

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Candice Patton: CW Didn't Protect Me Against Racist 'Flash' Fans - Variety

Entertainment Weekly - Candice Patton 'wanted to leave' 'The Flash' in season 2 because of 'racist, misogynistic' fans

I think we all saw this even on here.