The Biden Presidency

As we celebrate Memorial Day and Independence Day this summer, don't forget those overlooked heroes who man..err..person the wall to keep us safe from the real dangers of this world:

http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2021/06/diversity-thursday.html?m=1

So, as Russian hackers go after our supply chains, the Chinese fleet expands across the globe, hard drugs flood our cities via the sea, as piracy and Islamic inspired terrorism expands around the African littorals, what do you want the Office of Naval Intelligence to focus their finite attention on?

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) has established an “Artwork Working Group” to develop more inclusive artwork for Naval offices.

Internal communications obtained by The Daily Wire show that ONI created a “diversity and inclusion artwork working group” to “address the issue” of inclusion in artwork within the naval offices. According to emails, the group began after a virtual diversity town hall in 2020 wherein an ONI employee “raised a concern about how the artwork on display throughout the [National Maritime Intelligence Center] did not represent the diversity of people serving in the Navy.”

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In an email from the ONI Chief of Staff, officers were encouraged to submit any suggestions that might “make everyone at ONI feel valued and welcome through displays and/or artwork.”
 
Tapate50 said:
I must not know as many old white guys as you. I don’t know a single soul that would say that. Never have.
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I can't say I'm buddies with a ton of old white guys, but I know I have a grandfather who says plenty of stupid things because of the era he grew up in and his increasing lack of filter with old age.

I would also say that the past two presidents of the US are good examples of old white men saying stupid, creepy, inappropriate things.

Apologies to thethe for contributing to the tremendous racism that we white men apparently experience.
 
Agreed. It's been tough for me, as for many white men. Graduating debt-free with two degrees from Duke, which I got into as a legacy. Owning my first house in my 20s. A solid network of people to call on for job opportunities out of college. All of that has been negated by the fact that people are racist against white people and expect me to sometimes consider those who have been afforded less opportunity than me based purely on the historical circumstances of their family or community.
 
The next time I drive through eastern Kentucky I'm going to stop and explain to the people who live in broken down cars how guilty they should feel for the privilege that their white skin has granted them.
 
Jaw said:
The next time I drive through eastern Kentucky I'm going to stop and explain to the people who live in broken down cars how guilty they should feel for the privilege that their white skin has granted them.
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Something can be true on a societal level without being true in every instance.

Ex: White people historically have consistently lower rates of unemployment, but some individual black people are, in fact, employed. White people historically make more for the same jobs, but some black people make a lot of money.

Hope this helps.
 
McCann'sCans said:
Something can be true on a societal level without being true in every instance.

Ex: White people historically have consistently lower rates of unemployment, but some individual black people are, in fact, employed. White people historically make more for the same jobs, but some black people make a lot of money.

Hope this helps.
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So what you’re saying is race has nothing to do with it? I agree then.
 
thethe said:
So what you’re saying is race has nothing to do with it? I agree then.
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Out of curiosity, how do you account for things like racial differences in wage gaps or health outcome disparities or unemployment numbers or incarceration numbers if you don't think race has anything to do with it?
 
McCann'sCans said:
Out of curiosity, how do you account for things like racial differences in wage gaps or health outcome disparities or unemployment numbers or incarceration numbers if you don't think race has anything to do with it?
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Because the higher r^2 is economics.

So my response is that correlation doesn’t mean causation. We have many stories of whites being poor and blacks being rich to know that race is not the primary factor or at this point in human society not a factor at all.
 
McCann'sCans said:
Out of curiosity, how do you account for things like racial differences in wage gaps or health outcome disparities or unemployment numbers or incarceration numbers if you don't think race has anything to do with it?
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Why do you suppose Asians make more than whites?
 
McCann'sCans said:
Something can be true on a societal level without being true in every instance.

Ex: White people historically have consistently lower rates of unemployment, but some individual black people are, in fact, employed. White people historically make more for the same jobs, but some black people make a lot of money.

Hope this helps.
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Agreed. Another example would be that non Asian minorities are given racial preference in college admissions, racially discriminating against whites and Asians solely due to their race.
 
Love the college admissions example. If there were a race-blind, purely merit-based way to do admissions I'd be all for it. To suggest that there is such a method is willfully ignorant.

My family was able to afford to send me to a great private school and set me up with the best SAT tutor that money can buy. Does that make me more qualified for college than a student- regardless of race- in my community that might work harder than me and be smarter than me but not be as prepared for the SAT as me because they grew up in a bad public school district and didn't have a tutor?

In the absence of a merit-based method for admissions, I have no issue with schools doing what they can to create diverse communities with people from different backgrounds and communities to create the best learning experience possible.
 
McCann'sCans said:
Ah, the old Model Minority trope. Amazing how many tools we've come up with to allow us to pretend like racism isn't a thing. As always, some helpful resources for you that you'll ignore:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codesw...d-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/how-the-model-minority-myth-holds-asian-americans-back-at-work.html
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Even an evidence based counter to the everything is racist narrative is racist.

Quite the racquet. Not as many are buying the bull**** anymore that’s why it’s being forced.
 
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