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{{hdr/myth|Racism is no longer a problem in the United States.}}
 
{{hdr/myth|Racism is no longer a problem in the United States.}}
 
==Myth==
 
==Myth==
The election of a black man (Barack Obama) to the highest office in the land proves that racism is no longer a problem, that we are now living in a "post-racial America".
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Racism – especially systemic racism – is no longer a problem, and we are now living in a "post-racial America". The election of a black man (Barack Obama) to the highest office in the land is often cited as clinching proof of this.
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
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* '''2021-05-02''' [https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/7008709-Ben-Shapiro-The-circular-logic-of-systemic-racism Ben Shapiro: The circular logic of systemic racism] ([https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2021/05/01/Ben-Shapiro-The-circular-logic-of-systemic-racism/stories/202105010009 cc]): "Systemic racism is a fundamentalist religious belief. It posits original sin; it posits saints and prophets; it posits its own malevolent god of the gaps."
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** '''2021-06-04''' [https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/opinion/ben-shapiro-the-muddled-thinking-of-antiracism/article_a8899844-c4bc-11eb-95d9-d77d7e02b64a.html Ben Shapiro: The muddled thinking of 'antiracism']: "the best path toward alleviating inequity is individual rights rather than a top-down rewriting of American society." (denial of systemic racism)
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* '''2020-10-08''' "We shouldn't be talking about this. We shouldn't even be discussing this. I don't believe that there is racial discrimination going on. I absolutely don't." ... "But to sit here and tell and lie to people and say that that we are in a horrible racist situation in this country. I'd have to ask, how did Obama get to where he is? How did these professional sports ever get to where they are. There's nobody standing in the way of anything in this country." &ndash; Minnesota Senator {{l/wp|Bill Ingebrigtsen}} (R)<ref name=mngop />
 
* '''2019-06-19''' [https://secondnexus.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-reparations-african-american-president/ Mitch McConnell Says: 'We've Tried to Deal with Our Original Sin of Slavery... We’ve Elected an African American President.']
 
* '''2019-06-19''' [https://secondnexus.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-reparations-african-american-president/ Mitch McConnell Says: 'We've Tried to Deal with Our Original Sin of Slavery... We’ve Elected an African American President.']
 
* '''2015-06-24''' [http://www.wnd.com/2015/06/is-the-problem-racism-or-demonic-evil/ Is the problem 'racism' – or demonic evil?] by Pat Boone ([[WorldNetDaily]], via [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/27/pat-boone-can-read-minds-not-use-his-very-well/ FtB]) "As the president who came to office, a black man promising to bring people together, a man ideally suited for that job since you were born both black and white, you had a God-given chance to actually proclaim and demonstrate that racial divides and prejudice had greatly diminished and that our society was truly becoming colorblind. [...] you have continued to bring up and confess America’s past record of racial prejudice and indicate we “still have issues to resolve” pertaining to race – as if your very presence as twice-elected president of the United States doesn’t proclaim loud and clear that we as a people have largely, though not completely, put to rest any image of America as an ongoing "racist" nation. ''We are not!''" -- apparently ''talking'' about racism is equivalent to nurturing it (though at least he admits that we haven't ''completely'' overcome racism)
 
* '''2015-06-24''' [http://www.wnd.com/2015/06/is-the-problem-racism-or-demonic-evil/ Is the problem 'racism' – or demonic evil?] by Pat Boone ([[WorldNetDaily]], via [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/27/pat-boone-can-read-minds-not-use-his-very-well/ FtB]) "As the president who came to office, a black man promising to bring people together, a man ideally suited for that job since you were born both black and white, you had a God-given chance to actually proclaim and demonstrate that racial divides and prejudice had greatly diminished and that our society was truly becoming colorblind. [...] you have continued to bring up and confess America’s past record of racial prejudice and indicate we “still have issues to resolve” pertaining to race – as if your very presence as twice-elected president of the United States doesn’t proclaim loud and clear that we as a people have largely, though not completely, put to rest any image of America as an ongoing "racist" nation. ''We are not!''" -- apparently ''talking'' about racism is equivalent to nurturing it (though at least he admits that we haven't ''completely'' overcome racism)
 
* '''2015-01-31''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/01/31/erik-rushs-intentional-ignorance/ Erik Rush's Intentional Ignorance]: includes both the claim and some counterevidence
 
* '''2015-01-31''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/01/31/erik-rushs-intentional-ignorance/ Erik Rush's Intentional Ignorance]: includes both the claim and some counterevidence
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==Reality==
 
==Reality==
 
Racism has, if anything, gotten worse since Obama's election in 2008. Where racists apparently once felt compelled to keep their sentiments to themselves or among those of like mind, Obama's candidacy and eventual victory seems to have inspired them to share their idiocy much more openly.
 
Racism has, if anything, gotten worse since Obama's election in 2008. Where racists apparently once felt compelled to keep their sentiments to themselves or among those of like mind, Obama's candidacy and eventual victory seems to have inspired them to share their idiocy much more openly.
 
===Evidence===
 
===Evidence===
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* '''2021-09-15''' [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/15/2052356/-Black-family-hangs-photos-of-white-neighbors-and-appraisal-comes-back-nearly-100-000-higher Black family hangs photos of white neighbors and appraisal comes back nearly $100,000 higher]
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* '''2021-08-05''' [https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbwyv/black-realtor-called-911-cops-guns-drawn Cops Pulled Their Guns on a Black Realtor Showing a Home to Black Clients]
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* '''2020-09-10''' [https://www.theroot.com/a-judge-asked-harvard-to-find-out-why-so-many-black-peo-1845017462 A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Systemic Racism]
 
* '''2020-07-13''' [https://abc11.com/durham-house-tagged-with-kkk-racist-phrases/6315007/ Durham house tagged with 'KKK,' racist phrases] "n---- lovers / KKK / come buy this house"
 
* '''2020-07-13''' [https://abc11.com/durham-house-tagged-with-kkk-racist-phrases/6315007/ Durham house tagged with 'KKK,' racist phrases] "n---- lovers / KKK / come buy this house"
 
* '''2020-05-08''' [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/ The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying]
 
* '''2020-05-08''' [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/ The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying]
* '''2019-10-04''' [https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-family-secret-you-didnt-know-as-a-kid-but-now-as-an-adult-you-do-and-when-you-look-back-it-explains-a-lot-of-things/answer/Marcia-Wilcox-1 Quora: What is a family secret you didn't know as a kid, but now as an adult you do and when you look back it explains a lot of things?] "Edit #2: To all the people who insist my extended family of origin will welcome DNA tests proving we are mixed, please understand that I know my family much better than you do. [...] I am not about to open a can of worms that will further alienate me from my family of conservative Trump-ies. So any further comments suggesting I do so will be ignored.]
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* '''2019-10-04''' [https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-family-secret-you-didnt-know-as-a-kid-but-now-as-an-adult-you-do-and-when-you-look-back-it-explains-a-lot-of-things/answer/Marcia-Wilcox-1 Quora: What is a family secret you didn't know as a kid, but now as an adult you do and when you look back it explains a lot of things?] "Edit #2: To all the people who insist my extended family of origin will welcome DNA tests proving we are mixed, please understand that I know my family much better than you do. [...] I am not about to open a can of worms that will further alienate me from my family of conservative Trump-ies. So any further comments suggesting I do so will be ignored."
 
* '''2019-06-28''' [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/28/i-could-have-shot-you-in-front-of-your-fucking-kids-how-cops-dehumanize-black-people 'I could have shot you in front of your fucking kids': how cops dehumanize black people] ([https://vulpine.club/@rey/102355791017900889 h/t]): "Why would anyone treat someone this way? Research gives a grim answer: some police literally think of blacks as subhuman"
 
* '''2019-06-28''' [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/28/i-could-have-shot-you-in-front-of-your-fucking-kids-how-cops-dehumanize-black-people 'I could have shot you in front of your fucking kids': how cops dehumanize black people] ([https://vulpine.club/@rey/102355791017900889 h/t]): "Why would anyone treat someone this way? Research gives a grim answer: some police literally think of blacks as subhuman"
 
* the many groups which pop up in support of the police any time a police officer wrongly kills a dark-skinned person
 
* the many groups which pop up in support of the police any time a police officer wrongly kills a dark-skinned person
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
<references />
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<references>
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<ref name=mngop>'''2020-10-08''' campaign debate between Minnesota Senator {{l/wp|Bill Ingebrigtsen}} (R) and Michele Anderson ([https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/10/20/stupidity-is-never-a-handicap-in-politics/ via] ([https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/105067107430944893 via]))
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* '''2020-10-13''' [https://www.newsweek.com/gop-minnesota-senator-suggests-racism-doesnt-exist-invoking-obamas-presidency-1538879 GOP Minnesota Senator Suggests Racism Doesn't Exist by Invoking Obama's Presidency]
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</ref>
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===Side Note===
 
===Side Note===

Latest revision as of 19:20, 17 September 2021

Myth: Racism is no longer a problem in the United States.

Myth

Racism – especially systemic racism – is no longer a problem, and we are now living in a "post-racial America". The election of a black man (Barack Obama) to the highest office in the land is often cited as clinching proof of this.

Examples

  • 2021-05-02 Ben Shapiro: The circular logic of systemic racism (cc): "Systemic racism is a fundamentalist religious belief. It posits original sin; it posits saints and prophets; it posits its own malevolent god of the gaps."
  • 2020-10-08 "We shouldn't be talking about this. We shouldn't even be discussing this. I don't believe that there is racial discrimination going on. I absolutely don't." ... "But to sit here and tell and lie to people and say that that we are in a horrible racist situation in this country. I'd have to ask, how did Obama get to where he is? How did these professional sports ever get to where they are. There's nobody standing in the way of anything in this country." – Minnesota Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R)[1]
  • 2019-06-19 Mitch McConnell Says: 'We've Tried to Deal with Our Original Sin of Slavery... We’ve Elected an African American President.'
  • 2015-06-24 Is the problem 'racism' – or demonic evil? by Pat Boone (WorldNetDaily, via FtB) "As the president who came to office, a black man promising to bring people together, a man ideally suited for that job since you were born both black and white, you had a God-given chance to actually proclaim and demonstrate that racial divides and prejudice had greatly diminished and that our society was truly becoming colorblind. [...] you have continued to bring up and confess America’s past record of racial prejudice and indicate we “still have issues to resolve” pertaining to race – as if your very presence as twice-elected president of the United States doesn’t proclaim loud and clear that we as a people have largely, though not completely, put to rest any image of America as an ongoing "racist" nation. We are not!" -- apparently talking about racism is equivalent to nurturing it (though at least he admits that we haven't completely overcome racism)
  • 2015-01-31 Erik Rush's Intentional Ignorance: includes both the claim and some counterevidence

Reality

Racism has, if anything, gotten worse since Obama's election in 2008. Where racists apparently once felt compelled to keep their sentiments to themselves or among those of like mind, Obama's candidacy and eventual victory seems to have inspired them to share their idiocy much more openly.

Evidence

Racism is alive and well in the UK, too:

pages offline

Notes

For eventual pages about white privilege:

  • "In Seattle, incomes grew dramatically for whites, Asians, blacks and multiracial people. But the gains were not across the board, as earnings for Hispanics stalled at around $49,000. [...] ... black households still lag behind the city’s other racial and ethnic groups, and earn less than half that of white households." [2]
  • 2017-02-08 The Big Reason Whites Are Richer Than Blacks in America (via): this is actually more about white privilege than racism

Footnotes

Side Note

Racism was of course a huge factor in drumming up opposition to Obama during the 2008 campaign, and appears to remain a major component of the unreasoning hatred many conservatroll followers seem to feel for him.

Discarded Evidence

Links

Reference