I see what you mean about the guy who got rejected and said "because I'm black". I think it shows how much they have the feeling that they're always being discriminated against.
The other example shows that they are also able discriminate themselves ... of course it's a natural tendency of people to discriminate - we tend to like people who are "just like us" - same race, same gender, same age, same sexual orientation (straight/gay etc), same religion, and so on. Like attracts like, "outsiders" beyond our 'group' are often looked upon with suspicion ... "group think", probably we all do it even when we don't acknowledge or realize it.
But that's about personal behaviors and prejudices - I think that the big issue that we're talking about right now (with George Floyd and Black Lives Matter and so on) is not personal behavior but systemic racism, so structures and mechanisms built into society and into organizations (for instance the police force). I think that's what is at stake right now, not so much the racist mindset or attitude of individual people.
Regarding the discussion about whether this is an "American problem" or a 'world problem', in principle it's the latter but the US has a unique history with slavery, civil war, Jim Crow laws (segregation) and so on, which makes the problem probably a bit bigger and more urgent there.
So yes, I understand your remarks about the behavior of those individuals (which you rightfully criticize), but I think that's not the point of the demonstrations or of the Black Lives Matter movement - their point is that "the system" is wrong.
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I see what you mean about the guy who got rejected and said "because I'm black". I think it shows how much they have the feeling that they're always being discriminated against.
The other example shows that they are also able discriminate themselves ... of course it's a natural tendency of people to discriminate - we tend to like people who are "just like us" - same race, same gender, same age, same sexual orientation (straight/gay etc), same religion, and so on. Like attracts like, "outsiders" beyond our 'group' are often looked upon with suspicion ... "group think", probably we all do it even when we don't acknowledge or realize it.
But that's about personal behaviors and prejudices - I think that the big issue that we're talking about right now (with George Floyd and Black Lives Matter and so on) is not personal behavior but systemic racism, so structures and mechanisms built into society and into organizations (for instance the police force). I think that's what is at stake right now, not so much the racist mindset or attitude of individual people.
Regarding the discussion about whether this is an "American problem" or a 'world problem', in principle it's the latter but the US has a unique history with slavery, civil war, Jim Crow laws (segregation) and so on, which makes the problem probably a bit bigger and more urgent there.
So yes, I understand your remarks about the behavior of those individuals (which you rightfully criticize), but I think that's not the point of the demonstrations or of the Black Lives Matter movement - their point is that "the system" is wrong.