Sure there’s existing language. “Conspiracy theory” fits perfectly well.
AIDS wasn’t really created in a government lab, OJ really did it, Sandra Bland hung herself. The fact that somebody’s grandfather was lynched in 1902 doesn’t change any of that.
Regards,
Shodan
Just as a reminder for anyone choosing to engage with Shodan – he thinks it’s perfectly acceptable to refer to black people using the n-word, and uses as justification a long-disavowed comedy routine from Chris Rock (it was disavowed specifically for this reason – because Rock started seeing racists use it as a bullshit justification/rationalization for their racism).
For this reason, I don’t believe it’s productive to engage him on race or racism issues. I still hope that one day he’ll choose to try to be a better person and disavow this kind of bullshit racist nonsense. And if you’re reading this, Shodan, it’s not too late to change! I’ve personally known many people who had had racist beliefs in the past who recognized, even in their middle age or later, that these beliefs were negative and worth changing.
I dunno - he’s basically gone full-on Chewbacca Defense in this thread. It may be too late to save him.
So what’s Shodan’s excuse?
And thus it is proven that Sandra Bland was murdered.
“That iiandyiiii sure knows how to argue rationally about race instead of indulging in passive-aggressive whining”, said nobody, ever.
Regards,
Shodan
It’s not too late! Everyone can improve themselves, even if they hold outdated and bigoted views on race. I’m here for you!
“How to Argue Rationally About Race”
Lesson 1)
Lesson 2)
I’d also like to point out the time that I convinced Shodan that he was wrong on an issue related to race and racism, proving both that reasonable discussion on the SDMB about race is possible, and Shodan is capable of admitting that he’s wrong: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20185889#post20185889
This is why I have hope for you, Shodan – you recognize that you’re not perfect, and even capable of making mistakes (that are pointed out by me, of all people!) on race and racism related issues. One day I hope you’ll recognize this for the issue of racial slurs, as well.
Shodan is a fucking troll, but a racist asshole. Don’t try to engage it.
D’oh! :smack: Sorry.
I think this would fit in this thread:
My wife and I were driving this morning through rural eastern Maryland, near the Delaware border. I am white and she is black. On the side of the road were two heavily tattooed white guys. One looked right at us and gave a Nazi salute.
I hope you returned it with the 1 finger salute.
Yeah, well, what do you expect, when you’re a race traitor? Two thumbs up?
It took a few seconds for me to understand what it was. By the time it computed, we were past them.
I suppose the bright spot is that it still takes a few seconds to recognize Nazi symbolism in an unfamiliar context.
When the Nazi symbols become instantly recognizable through their constant use and exposure is when things start getting really bad.
Posted in the “controversial law enforcement” thread, but also fits here, IMO:
https://twitter.com/jlegewie/status/1202331879615193088
“…in utero exposure to police killings of unarmed Blacks within 1-3 km of mother’s residence substantially reduces the birth weight of Black infants by 50-80g”
and
“…no effect for police killings of armed Black or white and Hispanic victims on infant health suggesting that stress and anxiety related to perceived injustice and discrimination might explain this finding”
This data supports a hypothesis I’ve suggested for a long time – broad societal injustice against black people, even if it’s just in the “background”, decreases the chances for black people to thrive. In other words, being black in America is harmful to one’s health.
If we accept that sociologist’s figures based on the “quasi-experimental design” he describes, then the 50-80 gram difference in birth weight represents 1-2% of the average infant birth weight in America.
The study also notes that the reported statistical significance tends to peter out by the time of birth:
“Figure S2 reports similar results for gestational age with a substantial negative effect of exposure during the first and second trimesters. However, the Supplementary Materials also report that the results for the binary outcomes of low birth weight and preterm birth are not as strong and partly statistically insignificant.”
While there’s some preliminary evidence that chronic stress from factors including racial discrimination might be related to poorer black infant health, in this case extrapolating from a relatively tiny difference in birth weight to claim that health was compromised seems to be a stretch.
There have been many studies about the effects of in-utero exposure to excessive cortisol.
The short of it: it fucks up the babies.
Update: that study has been retracted.
“Editor’s Note (12/12/19): After this story was published (in Scientific American and elsewhere), the author of the study it was based on retracted his paper because of classification errors in the data. Once such errors were initially discovered, the study’s author conducted a thorough examination of a larger sample of cases and found additional classification errors. When the data were reanalyzed, the findings did not replicate the original results. The author apologizes that these errors were not caught before the paper’s publication.”
Good to know, thanks.