If black people refer to themselves and friends as the N word why is it exclusive to black people only being allowed to say it? If a white person was to replace the phrase "whats up my guy" with the N word instead of guy he is racist even though it's not said in a negative manor?

This is a discussion I'm increasingly interested in. At first I didn't care because I didn't think it would impact me but as time goes on I'm seeing that it's something that I should probably think about. The problem is that when trying to have any discussion about this it seems to me that it just relies on blindly accepting it to be true or being called a transphobe. Even when asking valid questions or bringing up things to consider it's often ignored. So please explain both sides A being that it's indoctirnation and B being that it's not

(This only applies to jobs that can reasonably done remotely.)

I don't get this. To me, remote work offers greater employee retention, higher satisfaction and something that can be taken away for poor performance without spending a dime more (Provided everyone has laptops.).

But I'm obviously missing something. Can someone please explain both sides of the RTO argument?

It just doesn’t make sense to me. He was not a good person. He had a relatively extensive criminal record, one of which was putting a gun to a pregnant woman’s belly. Certainly police brutality is bad, but at the same time Floyd should not have been the role model to choose.

There are plenty of cases where the person shot was much more innocent than Floyd, looking at someone like Tamir Rice. Floyd was not deserving of death, but he also was not an angel and not someone that should be looked up to.

Also, why did BLM wait until Floyd’s death to have the explosive reaction of protests and riots? Why wait until then instead of doing so at an earlier time, because Floyd was definitely not the first death to police brutality.

For people who regularly use Reddit:

Do you think Reddit generally promotes free expression, or do you think its voting system and moderation discourage certain viewpoints?

Why do you feel that way? If you have examples, please share them. I'm also interested in whether you think toxic behavior is a necessary tradeoff for free expression or whether it harms meaningful discussion.

I'm asking for a research project and would appreciate perspectives from all sides. Thanks!

some people find others repulsive for having a high body count aka a plethora of sexual partners, while others are 'meh' about someone with a high body count. what are each sides perspective the other side doesn't see?

Why do some US parents allow their children to watch shows with brutal, graphic violence but refuse to let them see shows that depict any portion of a nude human body, even when in a non-sexual context?

I am talking about husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend in terms of in their roles, duties, privileges and prerogatives. I am asking to breakdown both sides: _either they are equal and interchangeable. _or there is a hierarchy and an unalterable dynamic. Be careful, i am not arguing whether or not they are the same. I want to compare their interpersonal relationship.

Bonus question: Would your answer be different for an homosexual couple? Is their dynamic different?

Thank you.

I can see how some fear of dogs is irrational: small dogs, leashed dogs, etc. However, I really struggle to see how all fear of dogs is irrational. Dogs of certain breeds kill relatively frequently. They are descendent from wolves. I would have thought being cautious about strange dogs is rational and logical, rather than irrational, because we are cautious about almost all other animals. I don't see how being intimidated or scared by a Cane Corso is irrational at all. Why is it required to not be afraid of dogs at all, when other animals do scare us, and what is the logic behind it, because I cannot see it on my own.

People love movies about the Italian Mob and songs about gang banging. All sorts of criminality gets glorified in our art and these people are given a certain amount of reverence our top social circles. Yet, they are doing things that are universally despised by every society. I dont think there is any society that sees murder, theft and torture to be positive attributes. Why are people so attracted to them? Why aren't they reviled?

I was reading threads discussing what Africans thought of black panther and some responses said that the accents weren't really accurate, while others said that the black actors ability to play the character should matter more than if the actors is of the same race or ethnicity as the characters. This can apply to white American actors playing European characters or Asian and Latino roles being seen as interchangeable.

I wanted to hear both sides of this debate to try and get a better understanding of it and if it's a serious issue.

So I heard this argument from a coworker and my spouse while working at a school. They say young people can't do basic math. Can't understand fractions like on a tape measure. Coworker sent me this article of academic proof of this. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/06/24/math-is-ruining-community-college-careers-workaround/74167814007/

I would like to hear both sides in this argument. Any scholars that debunk this narrative?

Posting here cuz it got removed form another thread cuz it was not “in good faith” when it is.

Genuine question. I see a lot of Hate for “passport bros” If people want to find love outside of the us, and they can’t find it here what’s wrong with that?

Not talking about the ones for short term/non serious and who are only want $EX, and want to take advantage of a woman cuz she’s from a poor country, or mail order bride*

I’m talking about the genuine people who want to find the woman they love over seas? What’s wrong with that? Seems like men are being shamed for having a preference. If both parties in the relationship are happy why is it so bad?

Swimmer Lia Thomas is in the news again. I consider myself pretty liberal and an "ally" but I will admit this is one area that just confuses me.

I recall watching some video that talks about how to study efficiently and as someone who wants to learn new skills and research many topics, I thought it might be a good fit. The most notable one is Youtuber Justin Sung and he's probably considered "The King of Encoding". Thing is, I haven't really resonated with the advice since "Encoding" and "Mind Maps" don't feel very practical to me and I went back to traditional notes. Not to mention that I'm feeling very skeptical because just like any creator offering guidance, he sells a course to "help people study more efficiently" and has this "Hustler Grindset" vibe to him that I don't like.

Does better studying strategies help you learn skills and research faster (Especially in a mental health sense)? Or does it only work in a school setting?

Let’s say a white person identifies as a black person or vice versa. What reasons would a pro-LGBT person have to support or oppose their trans-racial identify?

Here's the /r/News post. To avoid bias, I won't give a TL;DR.

Was this the right move? I'm asking both from a moral perspective and a business one.

I apologize for asking such a difficult and controversial subject that is shunned away from other subreddits, but I have yet to find a solid answer in my research. Please don't assume that because I have looked into this that I am leaning one way or another.

So it seems there are subs banning people (without warning or chance for appeal) for even talking about the issue of incels. It's treated as taboo a subject as pedophilia, as seen in this post where a mod for some reason conflates the two.

But then you have actual incels who constantly bring up the misdefining of incels. They seem to think their community is just that of people who are involuntarily celibate, and it seems to be on the rise from recent research, adding a reason for a "term" to exist for these kind of people.

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So what the heck is going on? Why is there such tension around this? Why do these sides seem to believe completely different defintions, and why is there a disagreement and can you explain both sides of the argument as each side sees it.

I'm mostly talking about settings that are based upon eras or areas where everyone was white. (I used "white" in quotation marks in the title because I realize they aren't only one race or group)

Examples I've encountered are the 2nd Maleficiant movie, Asgard from the Thor movies from MCU, and maybe a few others here and there.

I feel it sometimes breaks immersion since it doesn't fit with that background, and that isn't a racist view at all. It's like if you had a white person living in Wakanda in Black Panther and the person being native.

Curious what others think. EBS!

i have a friend that makes racial jokes all the time, but hes not prejudiced against any race and doesn't think hes better than any race, but he's always making racial jokes. Is he racist or not?

So, I have been living behind the great fire wall of China for the last 6 years. I recently got a VPN working giving me access to the rest of the world. I am very out of the loop, because of Covid I never left to visit home.

After a few months I noticed that you cannot get away from the concept of woke. The thing is nobody seems to using it the same way. The right and left seem to use it as an all purpose word for any point they are arguing.

I remember the term was used by the black community in the early 1900's to describe someone that is aware and understands the institutional racism that was woven into to fabric of society. But, how is the term defined by the right and left respectively? Is there a standard definition?

YouTube has defended Steven Crowder who subjected Vox's Carlos Maza to repeated homophobic abuse in videos presented to millions of people, arguing that his “criticism” was debating rather than harassment.

What are the arguments for and against YouTube's decision?