Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun related post here, feel free to avoid the territory [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)and I do understand. I also have been on this planet for quite awhile and have been around the US and world. While racism still exists, there isn't as much as some on the campus fringe seem to think. Also, not all racists are white. Out of the other countries I have lived in, we are the least racist. Want to see a racist society? Go live in Japan or South Korea for awhile. A black Canadian didn't have to deal with the Jim Crow laws of the US South. However, Japanese Canadians still landed up in "relocation camps" just like Japanese Americans. Then there is the cultural genocide of First Nations peoples, complete with the same abusive boarding schools. Up there, being aboriginal is like being black here.
There is also a gender difference too. While true, blacks are more likely to get a stiffer sentence than whites for the same crime (although I would like to see if that is the same for a middle class or wealthy black vs a "trailer trash" white.) However white women get the lightest sentences, followed by black women. White men get stiffer sentences than black women. Black men, get totally screwed over on the race and gender. The system is also sexist, and it works both ways.
Racism and other bigotry exists in every society. Yes, we are worse than some nations, better than others. Mostly, we are about the same.