{"id":27463,"date":"2019-12-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27463"},"modified":"2019-12-17T13:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:21:29","slug":"reverend-janglebones-soapbox-resting-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/opinion\/2019\/12\/17\/reverend-janglebones-soapbox-resting-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverend Janglebones’ Soapbox: Resting Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Racism is defined as \u201cDiscrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one\u2019s own race is superior.\u201d And most commonly people tend to think that as long as they avoid use of derogatory slurs and consciously intend no ill will towards those of other races and cultures that they are obviously accepting and not at<\/em> all <\/em>racist. If only this were the whole truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our nation arose in a bloody dust cloud settling over a large portion of the globe in the wake of the English empire\u2019s<\/a> ruthless dominance. This was not unlike empires already passed, but England seems to be the turning point where the attitude of shameless dominance transformed into a psychology of nationalist Narcissism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of blatantly conquering, the English carried an attitude that all other peoples were, essentially, savages and that they should be thanked profusely and monetarily for gracing what they deemed \u201clesser\u201d cultures and ways of life with their magnificent beneficence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A perfect example of this are the canals the British soldiers built throughout several regions of India during their brazen occupation there. The Indian people already had their own water collection system in which it gathered in enormous cisterns in centralized locations within a community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking their own white brains to be far superior as an obvious fact of existence, the English dug new canals to allow that water to flow throughout the community making it easier for the locals to gather water while making example of their own civilized superiority. Well, those canals were too shallow and the insects breeding in the stagnant water became a health issue almost instantaneously. Waste and pollutants gathered in them and caused a major problem in those regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much for white supremacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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