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SpokenTruth said:
Aeolus451 said:

You did exactly that. He's not brown therefore he can't experience the so called systematic racism that you claim exists therefore his opinion doesn't matter. You're wrong on that and it's a bit racist.

If it's systematic then it can be proven with actual data and verifiable facts rather than with bogus anecdotes. This is not a joking or casual matter. You have show actual proof to claim something like that.

I am not dismissing his account because of his color but because of the lack of experience from his color.  If you cannot understand the difference, I don't know what else to tell you.  If a woman tells a man that he cannot know her experiences because he is a man, is that sexist?  No.   If a homosexual tells a heterosexual that they cannot know their experience, is that sexual orientation discrimination?  No. 

A white person cannot experience systemic racism in a society their race established it. 

Now I'm not saying they can't analyze it, they can't understand it.  I'm saying they can't experience it and it is typical for those that do not experience the effects of something to outright deny it exists.  Someone unaffected by rising sea levels is more likely to deny global climate change than someone who sees the seas encroaching upon their home.

Oh, and anecdotes together establish the proof.  They establish a pattern.  They provide direction on what to research.

But if you want a mix of anecdotes, research, data, statistics and supreme court rulings on the matter...see below.

https://www.bustle.com/p/this-is-proof-that-institutional-racism-is-still-very-much-a-problem-43610
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/want-to-see-proof-of-institutional-racism-let-weed-open-your-eyes/2017/08/22/099b7740-8751-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html
http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873
http://newjimcrow.com/
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/inside-extension/exposing-bias-race-racism-america
https://www.urban.org/features/structural-racism-america
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30569-X/fulltext
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30259-3/fulltext
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32855-6/fulltext
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/09/11/1706255114.full
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/books/review/a-history-of-race-and-racism-in-america-in-24-chapters.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/examples-of-institutional-racism-in-the-u-s-2834624
http://www.weeklystandard.com/systemic-racism-is-everywhere-...-and-nowhere/article/2008880
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-institutional-racism-is-real
https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2017/08/18/henderson-how-we-continue-our-nations-march-toward-equality/580064001/
https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/11/white-americans-dont-face-racism/


 

When you're using someone's race or sex as a basis to undermine their arguments or to determine the worth of their arguments or exclude them, that's a bit fucked up and racist/sexist. I'm really starting to believe in the horseshoe theory when I see stuff like this. 

 You used Anita's website as a source on a gaming forum and you expect me to take as a credible source? 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹