Originally Posted by
inumbra
in US if systemic racism didn't exist the average black household would be on par income-wise with the average white household. the proof sits around us, and people can be like "but you insist upon equality of outcome!" but, really, are we honestly that different? the average white person job that pays well doesn't require you be anything but someone who fits in. who doesn't fit in? i know this because i'm an outcast. so i don't have the profound revelation that white ppl who fit in have, because i never fit in, and i know it's a stupid popularity game based on a set of norms. it always has been. we're primates for god's sake. watch how our closest relatives behave in nature and then look at ourselves. it's obvious.
granted i didn't start obsessing over every animal nature everything due to thinking about society. it was a question of how are we different, and now i feel like i see. i can see animal nature and because of that i can see human nature. we are animals despite our self-aggrandizing lies to the contrary.