tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958891010783703648.post3060398574333658572..comments2023-04-01T04:04:41.860-07:00Comments on Aphotic Chronicles: reverence for Christianity?Nellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755957124638491618noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958891010783703648.post-54881886071306867212010-06-23T11:44:12.331-07:002010-06-23T11:44:12.331-07:00@Josh
for one, in talking about the differences an...@Josh<br />for one, in talking about the differences and similarities between the West and the Middle East & Africa, you have to include all the members of those societies in that assessment. if you are going to talk about Africa, mentioning African Americans (who would be viewed by anyone outside the US as American; Western) in that assessment is not exactly correct. <br />second, when talking about a group of people and their rates of violence and the like, it is foolish to use the rates of imprisonment as a gauge or source. <br /><br />if you have not realized, or have failed to acknowledged here, black and brown people in this country have been oppressed in nearly every aspect of American life. and yes, that would include imprisonment (imprisoning more people of color for lesser offenses for longer periods of time, not to mention false imprisonment). <br />if you want to link something to the disproportionate statistics on blacks in this country, the biggest factor would probably be poverty, not...black skin, as you're apparently trying to do. and poverty can be the consequence of a number of things....such as capitalism and racially motivated discrimination. <br /><br />you're mentioning the statistics of a group of people that were brought to this country against our will and persecuted in the following CENTURIES, and you want to mention our rates of violence? where do you think that violence was bred and nurtured? and by whom? <br />are you also going to mention the current state that many African countries are now in without looking to their colonial past and how colonization was achieved? <br /><br />knowing statistics means nothing if you do not have the reason, logic, and historical context with which to put them in. <br /><br />thanks for the comment, though.Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755957124638491618noreply@blogger.com