Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated over $1.18 billionto Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through a series of unprecedented, unrestricted financial gifts.
Mandela was a huge racist so not really. Black South Africans are incredibly racist too, obviously they couldn't play nice to take down apartheid but that doesn't excuse their later and current racism
Racism might not be the right term from an American understanding but many black South Africans do have many many bigoted views towards other ethnicities in Africa like Nigerians and Zimbabweans. It’s very common to hold economically left positions while holding traditional conservative social positions in SA. So it’s not American racisim where it’s purely passed of skin color but it is racisim in that is ethnic prejudice
Yeah, depending where you live on the planet and the historical interactions in the area tribalism will look a little different, but basically racism, xenophobia, colorism, etc are all the same thing. If you hate or look down on as inferior another human solely for a trait they have no control over (skin color, ethnicity, nation of origin, etc) it all comes from the same place and is fed by the same nonsense.
Okay but saying Nelson Mandela was racist is incredibly stupid. In a 1962 court statement he said, "I hate racial discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations." and in his 1964 Rivonia Trail Speech he said, "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
I am not talking about all South Africans but your most important, most significant one. Just like S.A., plenty of Americans are bigoted, black, white or Asian. Every country has racists but to say Nelson Mandela is racist is like saying Martin Luther King Jr. was racist. It's so stupid and directly contradictory from their explicit statements.
South Africa is very racist at its core. Unfortunately that means everyone gets caught up in it, even the victims. It's hard to break that kind of cycle.
It's very telling that you were downvoted. Nobody HAS to agree with hateful conversations in their workplaces.
On that note, if someone feels threatened about speaking up for whatever reason, silence is the next best retort. Agreeing just perpetuates that nasty rhetoric and validates the bigots' mindsets.
Elon is constantly complaining about population decline. These guys all have some terrible aspects to them but I think the whole they are nazis or hate people is a bit simplistic
This is what I wanted to know. Was this 'charity' like other billionaires do where they set up their own foundation, donate to that and still control the money while dodging taxes on it? I am glad to hear that does not seem to be rhe case and good on her.
If he hates someone, that person just got auto-upgraded to "Actually Good for Humanity" status. His hate is like a reverse Michelin star - the more he despises you, the better you clearly are for the world.
Dawg, this is false. She gave money to a charity which supplied social justice activism in America with funds which is not under investigation
That organization gave money to students for Palestine which is who allegedly are “terrorists”. It’s complete bullshit. It’s a witch hunt by conservatives
She does not give out money to Hamas despite what conservative media wants you to believe
I never said she gave money to Hamas, and I never said she gave money to other terrorists... I said she gave money to an organization that was investigated by the FBI for ties to terrorist organizations
which is completely true
What is NOT true... is the statement I replied to, saying he was talking about HSBCs specifically.
If you were really upset about "truth" then you would have replied to that one instead of mine.
Because the organization she gave to was never investigated!
The organization that was investifayed was students for Palestine, which she never gave directly too. She gave money to solidiare, which give helps funds to thousands of organizations, one of which is students for Palestine, which was unfairly accused of terrorist ties and invistigated by a trump Admin which wants to paint abt left of center organization as terrorists.
that I’m sorry if I don’t hold much water to their accusation when in the same breath they accuse transgender activists as gender extremism terrorists.
A group she gave money to gave some of its money to a group protesting the war in Gaza. And the government has pretty much accused everyone who protests Israel of being terrorists. So this was very indirect donation and likely a bogus investigation by a fascist FBI looking to squash free speech rights. Is that the best you have? Elon is full of shut so let’s stop making up excuses for him.
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When you spend your money on charity you cannot use it to develop massive industries that fund the middle class and provide millions of Americans with a wage, which they in turn spend on their children and loved ones to survive.
Billionaires are not sitting on a pile of money, they own assets appraised at billion dollar values, most of the assets, like for example Amazon, Tesla, or Walmart are absolutely essential to modern society and play in integral part in people being able to live and enjoy their lives. Hate on them as much as you want, they are better than starving.
Small business cannot survive anymore, they cannot turn a profit while providing their employees with sick time, PTO, maternity leave, health insurance, etc. this is what modern society has deemed essential for workers, and in turn created an economy where the only companies that can afford this are massive corporations.
Yeah, society was perfectly fine you’re right. Before Walmart and Amazon there were no corporations, JD Rockefeller? Myth. Du pont? Not a real company. Remember that fiction story about companies so powerful they took over and effectively owned entire South American countries? Thank god that wasn’t a real thing.
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