# Racialism: Everyone's Favorite Politics

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racialism-everyones-favorite-politics/817715 "2018-07-11T14:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racialism-everyones-favorite-politics/817715/339 "2018-07-17T17:20:31Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> My emphasis:
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> 😕 Is this not the post I was replying to? Are you drawing some sort of distinction between “acceptance” and “not racist/treat well”?  
> I wasn’t addressing the timing of the success. I was addressing the timing of the White _acceptance_ of the same.

Perhaps you are coming late to the conversation but here is the chain of posts:

In post 247 I ask:

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> Or is all racial inequality the result of bigotry? If not then how much?

K9Bfriender in post 249 replied:

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> Yes, pretty much. Historical or current, racial inequality is there because people were treated differently based on the color of their skin.
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> Can you explain where racial inequality comes from if it doesn’t come from treating people differently based on their skin color?

I replied:

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> How did Asians close the gap with whites? Did white people suddenly stop being racist against Asians? Are Asians doing better than whites because everyone is treating Asians so well? If so, why did they start treating Asians so well?

This is where you come into the picture. In that context of K9Bfreinder blaming (pretty much) all racial inequality on racism, I asked how Asians were able to succeed in the face of racism and you said because of the Vietnam war. I am pointing out that the success preceded the end of the Vietnam war so the absence of racism doesn’t seem to be the reason for Asian academic success.

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> Did you skip over the word “slowly” in my first post on this? I didn’t say anything as simplistic as the “Vietnam War-\>acceptance” strawman you seem to want to tear down here.  
> I don’t know - why is there so much effort invested into arguing against every explanation offered as “explaining away” and “excusing”?

So you have no idea why you are trying to tear down Asian success and excuse the lack of success in the black community. Perhaps it racism.

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