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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 22, 2021 9:27:51 GMT -8
Oh, this is NOT a good thing IMO and it doesn't end well.
Then you will enjoy a major U.S. healthcare insurance provider notifying PCPs that it would be beneficial to consider the race of a patient, and suggesting the PCP share via a PCP profile their own race, since many patients have (according to research conducted by the healthcare insurance provider) indicated a concern that a PCP that does not understand the social nuances of the patient may not be as helpful to the patient seeking healthcare, and that there is evidence that patients of a particular race and social condition are less likely to receive equal treatment when the PCP is not of the same race and social understanding. I'd mentioned before that the WOKE movement is trying to have STEM sciences removed from colleges and universities and from being taught because they are saying that science is inherently racist.
This is a movement happening across universities everywhere. If the tools that we've used for rooting out racism for 100's of years are now racist themselves then what is left?
Well for one, they're changing what racism means by moving goal posts.
I'm not sure if anyone cares but this is a big deal.
The reasoning is this: That society is one big white supremacist patriarchy and because of that the sciences that came out of that supremacist patriarchy must be racist as well. Ironically, you'd need science to be able to prove it.
This is happening because public opinion is being led by students and the universities are bowing to public opinions on the matter...and not science. More irony.
And it's worth talking about because politicians are using these racist / non racist movements to fuel their elections.
This is serious stuff happening that will effect everyone.
So science will soon no longer be science at this rate.
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Post by Stu on Feb 22, 2021 9:46:55 GMT -8
"If you meet someone moving the goal posts in the morning..." You know the rest Quite the disingenuous go-to excuse when things aren't going your way.
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Post by barry on Feb 24, 2021 3:45:28 GMT -8
Coca-Cola, Facing Backlash, Says 'Be Less White' Learning Plan Was About Workplace Inclusion "On Friday, Karlyn Borysenko, an activist who supports banning critical race theory, shared images from an internal whistleblower of the company's online racism training. The slides included tips to learners on how to be "less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant and more humble."
"In the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white," one of the slides read. "Research shows that by age 3 to 4, children understand that it is better to be white.""
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 24, 2021 7:40:34 GMT -8
Coca-Cola, Facing Backlash, Says 'Be Less White' Learning Plan Was About Workplace Inclusion "On Friday, Karlyn Borysenko, an activist who supports banning critical race theory, shared images from an internal whistleblower of the company's online racism training. The slides included tips to learners on how to be "less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant and more humble."
"In the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white," one of the slides read. "Research shows that by age 3 to 4, children understand that it is better to be white.""
Yeah, I've seen that floating around.
I'm not a Candace Owens fan but she's right. If any white person did any of this and reversed the roles we'd be in jail or 6 feet under.
Last year Montrez Harrell in the NBA shouted out a racist comment ' a$$ white boy" at Luka Doncic during a game with zero outrage. In fact, NBA talking heads defended him saying 'much worse is said on the court" and "the court is a sanctuary where normal rules don't apply" but if Luka (or anyone) had said something similar about Harrell being black what do you think would have happened to them?
The meaning of racism is changing. What is emerging is that the new rule of racism is that if you're white you're automatically racist. And that is a belief that is becoming prevalent everywhere but it's just racism in reverse.
BTW, white on white racism is very common. There are a zillion forms of racism that most people don't talk about because of their hyper focus on American racism.
My parents are from Serbia and their ancestors were slaves to the Ottoman Turks which rules the Balkans for 100's of years.
After the Kosovo war, Serbians were labelled as genocidal maniacs worldwide and they make movies often with Serbians as the enemy - something you never saw before the late 1990's.
At one point I was actually embarrassed to tell people I was of Serbian descent and I definitely experienced racism solely because I was Serbian. Croatian women wouldn't date me because I was Serbian. They specifically said so. Or we're often thought of as being thugs because (at least where I live) there are many powerful Serbian gangs heavy into criminal activity. Many of the strip joints and clubs in southern Ontario have Serbian involvement.
It's water off a duck's back now. I don't care. I just brought it up to show that some white people can experience all sorts of racism that other white people would never think about.
Maybe coke should teach people how not to be racist to Serbs.
But yes, there is a definite movement that is redefining racism simply based on the color of your skin and if you're white you're automatically racist under this new way of thinking.
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Post by barry on Feb 25, 2021 5:46:54 GMT -8
1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT. And this number could continue to grow
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 25, 2021 7:14:37 GMT -8
1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT. And this number could continue to grow
I've spent some time listening to stuff on educational podcasts and I listened to several on transgender issues over the last month. One particular discussion with Abigail Shrier caught my ear.
She wrote a book called Irreversible Damage in which she discusses what she calls 'the unrecognized and contentious medical phenomenon of rapid onset gender dysphoria, and criticizes gender-affirming care as an approach to treatment for gender dysphoria in young people.'
Apparently, being transgender in the past was primarily a male thing with a very small percentage of the population statistically while today it's affecting both sexes and a much wider range of ages.
As an explanation for the huge rise in gender dysphoria she theorizes that children are being primarily influenced by social media now by both SM influencers and peer pressure at much younger ages and this causes them to question their own sexuality when they normally wouldn't have.
Throughout the ages there have been all sorts of movements that kids adhere to simply because it's cool or rebellious and they outgrow a lot of it. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, emo, sexual experimentation...the list goes on and on. As a parent I was never the type of strict parent to shield my kids from the world but rather allowed them the freedom to navigate the world and allowed them to learn from their own experiences but I was always protective of them to keep them safe from anything irreversible until they were adults and could make their own decisions.
She goes on to explain that gender reassignment surgeries are often happening at such young ages (sometimes as early as 12 or 13 years old) where children are doing irreversible damage to their bodies and some are regretting the change later in life but can do nothing about it as the surgeries are irreversible once sexual glands have been removed or altered.
It's a frigging terrifying thing to have your children's bodies irreversibly damaged at such young ages that they don't even know what sex is let alone make a life altering decision like that before they are legally adults. And I don't know how true this is because I haven't researched it but she states that in many US states parents can't even interfere with the children's decisions once children decide they want surgery.
I know from research on my own children that kids aren't fully capable of weighing consequences until they're 25 due to the development of their brains not fully maturing and I shudder to think how many children are being influenced to change genders at young ages simply because it's trendy only to do irreversible damage on their bodies and regret it later. Apparently it's a common thing not only to get surgery at a young age but also to regret it.
This was a terrifying subject to hear about.
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Post by parker1865 on Feb 25, 2021 16:41:55 GMT -8
1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT. And this number could continue to grow
I've spent some time listening to stuff on educational podcasts and I listened to several on transgender issues over the last month. One particular discussion with Abigail Shrier caught my ear.
She wrote a book called Irreversible Damage in which she discusses what she calls 'the unrecognized and contentious medical phenomenon of rapid onset gender dysphoria, and criticizes gender-affirming care as an approach to treatment for gender dysphoria in young people.'
Apparently, being transgender in the past was primarily a male thing with a very small percentage of the population statistically while today it's affecting both sexes and a much wider range of ages.
As an explanation for the huge rise in gender dysphoria she theorizes that children are being primarily influenced by social media now by both SM influencers and peer pressure at much younger ages and this causes them to question their own sexuality when they normally wouldn't have.
Throughout the ages there have been all sorts of movements that kids adhere to simply because it's cool or rebellious and they outgrow a lot of it. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, emo, sexual experimentation...the list goes on and on. As a parent I was never the type of strict parent to shield my kids from the world but rather allowed them the freedom to navigate the world and allowed them to learn from their own experiences but I was always protective of them to keep them safe from anything irreversible until they were adults and could make their own decisions.
She goes on to explain that gender reassignment surgeries are often happening at such young ages (sometimes as early as 12 or 13 years old) where children are doing irreversible damage to their bodies and some are regretting the change later in life but can do nothing about it as the surgeries are irreversible once sexual glands have been removed or altered.
It's a frigging terrifying thing to have your children's bodies irreversibly damaged at such young ages that they don't even know what sex is let alone make a life altering decision like that before they are legally adults. And I don't know how true this is because I haven't researched it but she states that in many US states parents can't even interfere with the children's decisions once children decide they want surgery.
I know from research on my own children that kids aren't fully capable of weighing consequences until they're 25 due to the development of their brains not fully maturing and I shudder to think how many children are being influenced to change genders at young ages simply because it's trendy only to do irreversible damage on their bodies and regret it later. Apparently it's a common thing not only to get surgery at a young age but also to regret it.
This was a terrifying subject to hear about.
The Rand Paul questioning and comments today on the subject were great. Just great. I suspect CPAC is going to be a lot of fun.
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 25, 2021 20:48:04 GMT -8
I've spent some time listening to stuff on educational podcasts and I listened to several on transgender issues over the last month. The Rand Paul questioning and comments today on the subject were great. Just great. I suspect CPAC is going to be a lot of fun. I'll have to check it out.
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Post by barry on Feb 26, 2021 4:54:53 GMT -8
EXCLUSIVE: 'Divisive and offensive' race theory training forced on San Diego County healthcare workers
"Government employees in San Diego County are being forced to undergo lectures that claim only white people can be racist, according to an employee who says the training is taking away from their efforts to battle COVID-19 and a homelessness epidemic.
The Health & Human Services Agency required employees to spend six hours watching the online racism course, a training participant told the Washington Examiner. Critical Race Theory classes taught participants "Racism is a WHITE" problem, and, "Only white people can be racist." The title of the course is 'Power and Privilege.'"
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 26, 2021 7:29:48 GMT -8
EXCLUSIVE: 'Divisive and offensive' race theory training forced on San Diego County healthcare workers
"Government employees in San Diego County are being forced to undergo lectures that claim only white people can be racist, according to an employee who says the training is taking away from their efforts to battle COVID-19 and a homelessness epidemic.
The Health & Human Services Agency required employees to spend six hours watching the online racism course, a training participant told the Washington Examiner. Critical Race Theory classes taught participants "Racism is a WHITE" problem, and, "Only white people can be racist." The title of the course is 'Power and Privilege.'"
This agrees with the beliefs of many experts who have been saying that the rules are changing and that racism is being redefined as a white problem.
Strangely, how does this address racism against white people, which happens daily everywhere as well?
Between this and the Coca Cola news story where they were training people to be 'less white' the pendulum is swinging too far in the opposite direction and will only seek to keep people separated.
Don't misunderstand me, I do believe there is racism against black people and i do believe that slavery and racism in the West was incredibly unfair, but moving the goal posts doesn't help anything.
We've made more progress against racism and for equality in the west in the last 50 years than we have in the previous 5000 years and people are losing site of that. Divisive politics (which is all this is) will only set people backward and keep them divided. Which may even be the goal by some.
It's like the world is going backwards and reversing roles is their only solution.
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Post by TupennyConan on Feb 26, 2021 8:29:09 GMT -8
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 26, 2021 9:01:05 GMT -8
BTW, I edited my post above to say that slavery 'was' horrible and not is as I don't believe slavery exists today in the West. That was a typo.
I do agree with your post. As I stated a few days ago, my ancestors were slaves in the Balkans for 100's of years so I'm well aware of slavery around the world.
I agree that Western Civilization is remarkable for ending slavery. It's an amazing feat that emphasizes my point.
After literally 1000's of years of slavery we have come so far in such a short period of time and accomplished so much that the calls to tear everything down and rewrite the rules and find a new direction in an attempt to reset everything 'for the better' seems counter productive rather than build on what we've accomplished this far and 'finish the project'.
You can't defeat racism by ignoring the sins of the past but you also can't eliminate it by ignoring the accomplishments of the last 200 years either.
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 26, 2021 15:31:19 GMT -8
I've spent some time listening to stuff on educational podcasts and I listened to several on transgender issues over the last month.
The Rand Paul questioning and comments today on the subject were great. Just great. I suspect CPAC is going to be a lot of fun. Is this what you were talking about?
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Post by parker1865 on Feb 26, 2021 16:28:08 GMT -8
The Rand Paul questioning and comments today on the subject were great. Just great. I suspect CPAC is going to be a lot of fun. Is this what you were talking about?
Yes.
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Post by vintagecomics on Feb 26, 2021 17:12:25 GMT -8
Is this what you were talking about? Yes. Some of the stuff he said I had no idea about.
The genital mutilation laws I had no idea about.
10% of the kids in a clinic in England admitted for gender dysphoria are aged 3-10. What the flux!?!?! Are these people wrecked? They're giving children advice on gender dysphoria and treating them at an age when role playing, which typically occurs between 3 to about 8 years of age hasn't even been played out yet. They are still figuring out who they are. They don't need help with that. And apparently according to what he said, a large percentage of gender dysphoria usually resolve itself by late teen years. That is wacked out stuff under ANY circumstances. It feels like we've lost touch with reality.
I love the comment he makes about how big of a deal the left made about HCQ but is not saying boo about mutilating children.
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