With all of the talk of White privilege and white people being inherently superior through social construct, I was inspired to hunt down an alternative view point. I came across this. This is part of a documentary by journalist Louis Theroux. In it we see that there are other groups that believe in racial supremacy, and in this instance, the Black Supremacist. What's your take on how this group presents themselves? How does this shift the balance in seeing only white people as the ignorant or self-important racial entity?
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This video reminds me that there will always be an inherent struggle over power and supremacy. This is profoundly evident in the case of these black supremacists, who, from what I gathered, seem to be slightly misinformed or uneducated on the historical and religious origins of race and power. Of course, the actual oppression that blacks have faced throughout history has probably spurned this behavior, however, to what extent is it appropriate? This surely cannot be the only means by which whites can or will give up their power to "equal" the playing field. But is there truly an effective method for creating equality, or will their constantly be a struggle of power? I think that throughout history we have seen time and time again the struggle of some oppressed group, and most definitely a hierarchy or "food chain" of sorts. Maybe it is evidence that society is supposed to function in this way? Imagine what the nature of true equality would be... would it really function? I think that there will always be a dominant force, and that dominant force will always be represented under certain racial and gender lines.
Another student in Section 002 (Mike McGarry) provided this statement in his diablog, which I believe supplements my above statements...
"I think that a lot of these problems we have in our society is simply because of our evolutionary history. Humans are gregarious. We value groups. Our ancestors increased their fitness by forming groups, and those that didn't fit in did not receive these benefits. This is my theory as to why people feel uncomfortable when they go against the group, and why people ostracize those that stick out."
He then provided this link... check it out...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments