"If black people dont want to be called it they should stop calling each other that. No one should really say it." creates quite a stir in /Funny. (np.reddit.com)
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347 comments submitted at 11:32:05 on Oct 24, 2013 by david-me
> It's been at least two generations now, at this point it's just grudge holding against a specific race, aka racism.
Yes, because after slavery ended, everything was lovely and equal.
Slavery ending was like 5 generations ago. I think they're talking about two generations since this, which is actually probably less than two generations.
My dad was born that year, mom was born later (I'm 23). Since the average /r/funny commenter is probably younger than me, two generations is about right for them.
You're probably right, I didn't really think about it that much. The point still stands though
Yeah it does. I was just clarifying what (I presume) he was referring to.
For me it was 4 generations ago with civil rights act being enacted at 1 generation ago.
These things happen more recent than some people think.
Edit: Age is 21
You know a generation is only around 20-25 years, right?
Your using the definition like generation x or the like I'm using the definition like mother to son. Even then to fit your definition I have brothers who are 27-28 years old, the gap between them and slavery is smaller Using the definition you chose. But you know pedantry and shit right?
Your own personal anecdotes don't change the fact that throughout history a generation is defined as around 20 years.
Your still being a pedant my mother is 51 years old. 51-21=30 were still one generation apart.
Your the age difference between you and your mother is still different than the historical definition of generation. Guess what? For the majority of human history people didn't wait 30 years to reproduce. So while it is valid by itself, in this context discussion over a century ago your own experience makes for a misleading discussion.
Some people are 40 when they have kids. But that doesn't mean if you're talking about something that happened 150-200 years ago that it's only 4-5 generations when talking to other people because of your own anecdotal experience.
Slavery officially ended 148 years ago and a generation I found also googling it is around 30 years. So that's still 4-5 generations.
EVEN THEN sense were having this bullshit pedantic debate.
Those people who hate black people for funsies didn't go away after slavery ended so it took another 100 years to put laws on the books officially protecting the rights of all Americans and there are still people Alvie from that time and some of them still are or have now become policy makers in the government or had kids who they passed their beliefs down on. So please stop with the whole "it was along time ago thing" to a lot of people it wasn't and it's still not over.
I don't think anyone is agreeing with the quote biliskner posted from the thread, just interpreting what that poster meant by generation.
Cuteman was disagreeing with you on your use of generation (which yes, was pedantic normally, but not in a conversation about the use of the phrase generation), not if the echos of slavery are long enough ago to no longer have an impact on the black community in the United States.
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Nah man, you're just being pedantic
Law passed! Racism is now over guys!
2013-1964=49
49/15=~3
So yeah, 3 generations of black folk since that happened.
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welcome to reddit. where my racist comment gets less downvoted than your stupid meme thing.
this is srd. it's always being monitored by no life brigaders for something to make them worthwhile to downvote. i stopped prescribing meaning to votes a long time ago. most people here are so spiteful and lonely if they downvote you once they will downvote you forever more
Considering the recent ruling on the Voting Rights Act where one Justice said, "Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes." Yeah, racism sure is dead.