Current Events > Is "black power" a racist term?

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See for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmrDIFWd6cM" data-time="
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If "white power" is racist then so is "black power", "brown power", etc.
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No, it's reactionary.

Also, BlackLivesMatter and Black Power are clearly two different things. But I guess that wouldn't be as useful bait, would it?

CIA_Agent posted...

See for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmrDIFWd6cM" data-time="

I see no problem tbh. They are fighting a society that has wronged them.

Of course it is. It's a supremacist rallying cry. I don't have a problem with it, though. People can have differing opinions and voice them.
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

Black Power is about fighting against injustice. White Power is about promoting oppression.

27_Sandman_40 posted...

isnt that literally what i just said

I didnt bother reading your post tbh

MuayThai85 posted...

If "white power" is racist then so is "black power", "brown power", etc.

And once again, you show you don't know shit about how any of this works.
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this reminded me of a video I saw the other day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbnGUUdQTU" data-time="
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OwlRammer posted...

this reminded me of a video I saw the other day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbnGUUdQTU" data-time="

This is such a stupid argument. The amount of institutional power one group holds over another has no bearing on racism.

These fuckers trying to redefine racism are a joke.
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It's not a racist term because, as pointed out, it's a reactionary term. It is in reaction to generations of supremacist movements that said and viewed black people, among others, as inferior. It's not about a claim to superiority.
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

something tells me you didnt watch the video

That was exactly their argument.

Yes.
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If you just blindly parallel it to "white power" without context, then yes. With context, absolutely not; "black power" is a term for blacks in America that was born from an era when blacks were marginalized, shunned, discriminated against, & could be easily killed with little fear of repercussion. It was a term meant as a rallying cry to find the strength to fight a blatantly unfair system.
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darkbuster posted...

& could be easily killed with little fear of repercussion

this isn't true...

Murder and manslaughter has always been illegal.

I mean here, "Black power" is generally thought of as the name of a gang more than as anything racial (the gang is predominantly people who'd be considered "black" here, but far from completely black).

But in the context most of the world would see it in, yes, it's racist.
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iClockwork posted...

darkbuster posted...

& could be easily killed with little fear of repercussion

this isn't true...

Murder and manslaughter has always been illegal.

Dude. You DO know that at that time, even though it was illegal on paper, in many areas it wasn't enforced when blacks were the victims?

I'm all for calling out the bullshit people accuse of happening in the present day, but it's well established that blacks really were the victim of that kinda shit back then.
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No, at least, not here it isn't.

Dash_Harber posted...

No, it's reactionary.

Also, BlackLivesMatter and Black Power are clearly two different things. But I guess that wouldn't be as useful bait, would it?

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Generally speaking

White Power = Supremacy

Black Power = Power to the people
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

This
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DarkTransient posted...

I mean here, "Black power" is generally thought of as the name of a gang more than as anything racial (the gang is predominantly people who'd be considered "black" here, but far from completely black).

But in the context most of the world would see it in, yes, it's racist.

What does any of that mean?
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Wheres that one four panel with Latino Pride on one corner showing women dancing at a parade, Asian Pride showing people holding up a dragon float at a parade, Black Pride showing that 1968 Olympics picture, and White Pride showing a bunch of guys with torches and pitchforks.
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It is, by definition, a racist term. However, it is most certainly not as racist as a term like 'white power' is.
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

This is correct.

But also, this is CE, so it largely won't matter.
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

Can't argue with this tbh
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Yes, it is racist.
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bump.

Promoting a race is objectively racist

dirtycommunist posted...

27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

This is correct.

But also, this is CE, so it largely won't matter.

I love how true this is lol
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27_Sandman_40 posted...

if you equate white power and black power theyre either both racist or both not racist

but theyre not equatable. white power was a term that represented white superiority over the black man and black power was a term that represented black unity over the bigotry of the white man

they are not the same thing

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