Dave wrote:If anything the surprise is the relative under-representation of Asians at the top.
Don't be unscientific. Clearly there is discrimination.
If your theories can not fit the evidence then your theories are wrong, Dave.
That's the rule of science.
If you are surprised then you are wrong.
I am not surprised that Asians are under-represented. I do not mean to say that I have to be right--but that my theories support the evidence.
Ibid. wrote:Discounting the important function of the ruling class (ie instituting structures, rules, laws, etc.) the workers who built the nation were predominantly white. Not that that matters, as it would make little difference if a white ruling class had chosen to entirely utilized slave labor to their benefit. A slave after all does not own his own labor so the fruits of said labor should accrue to the owners in question.
Dave, you are hard to understand. Whites were the ruling class, but the White ruling class was separate from the White labor class. Moreover, Whiteness had nothing to do with 'society.' If one were to reward people for their early participation in society's rise, Whites could not arguably be the exclusive recipients. Your theory, again, doesn't support the evidence. Why are Blacks discriminated against?
Ibid. wrote:Blacks were to blame for slavery due to their being sufficiently weak to be enslaved.
This simply isn't true. Whites bought slaves from strong African kingdoms. Now it is questionable why Africans would sell Africans, but for one thing, one should realize that there wasn't racism without the Western tradition and for another, these African kingdoms were likely not aware of the torture that this slavery involved: African slaves in Africa were hardly oppressed, in the Americas, their average lifespan was in the twenties! (The Europeans were much more inhumane than even you, Dave.)
Ibid. wrote:Considering the source, I would consider that praise. Your need to belittle me every time our paths cross is certainly not flattering to you.
Can you blame me, though? You're making things up.
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Edit: Actually, and interestingly, IIRC, there is "privilege" among Christian denominations that can probably better explain 'racial differences' and 'ruling class privileges.' That is to say, there is a religious denomination that, likely, neither of us belong to, that receives benefits to enter the highest echelons of society. Still, given the lack of understanding among the masses who privately discriminate, "Whiteness" is arbitrarily rewarded, however, like I explain, you can not justify "Whiteness" being rewarded.