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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  john.prestor

  That's a little idealistic. Laws cannot be openly racist any more. That doesn't mean they can't be covertly racist.
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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  john.prestor

  You're good man. I hear you, but I think it would be valuable for the conversation. Let me provide one. This is from Wikipedia:

  Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of racism that is embedded through laws within society or an organization. It can lead to such issues as discrimination in criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power, and education, among other issues. Institutional racism can have harmful effects on people, especially on students in school where it is prominent
  
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  Flood The City With Painted Shells!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (use google translate).

  https://www.noticiasnet.com.ar/nota/2021-4-29-11-41-0-testigos-de-jehova-inundan-la-ciudad-con-conchas-pintadas.

  grandpa!

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  john.prestor

  True that. I wish they could have normal childhoods. :/
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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  john.prestor

  I agree with people calling for a definition. With that said, it's hard to argue this country wasn't founded on racism (founded, past tense) when our early history includes genociding Native Americans and using Africans as slaves. Let's be real here.
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  Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

  many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

  what’s your view of this?

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  john.prestor

  I'm not ashamed to be white. That said, there are too many white people in this country who look down on people who don't look like them. Trump made that problem worse, but it was already here.
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  Flood The City With Painted Shells!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (use google translate).

  https://www.noticiasnet.com.ar/nota/2021-4-29-11-41-0-testigos-de-jehova-inundan-la-ciudad-con-conchas-pintadas.

  grandpa!

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  john.prestor

  Oh boy, some little Witnesses got creative... Well... I guess it's creative at least.
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  Russia v. Jehovah's Witnesses

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interesting.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgwuu0vj2tm.

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  john.prestor

  Jehovah's Witnesses are not extremists, they're certainly not militant, and they're no active threat to anyone. That doesn't mean that some of their beliefs or practices don't cause serious harm to people, especially the Governing Body's ban on blood transfusions.
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  Netherlands: victims of abuse in Jehovah's Witnesses fear ‘witch hunt’

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  netherlands: victims of abuse in jehovah's witnesses fear ‘witch hunt’.

  https://www.msn.com/nl-nl/nieuws/binnenland/misbruikslachtoffers-jehova-s-getuigen-vrezen-heksenjacht/ar-bb1g3h9g.

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  john.prestor

  I understand the desire to know who is accusing you, but because it's JWs who have a history of punishing victims of sexual abuse... I'm suspicious of their motives.
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  Will you be giving a 'Witness' when your name appears in the obituary?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  'he remained faithful to jehovah up to his death.'.

  i guess that means he never got in trouble with the elders.. .

  'he enjoyed spreading the good news about god's kingdom and helping others...'.

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  john.prestor

  It's tacky doing that, isn't it? I get that being a JW mattered to the guy, but... it comes across as tasteless.
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  Drastic Upcoming Changes? (accelerated by the pandemic)

  by JWTom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good to see you again!

  much discussion now about the fallout that is coming due to impacts of the pandemic combined with the long-term downward spiral of jw.org.

  i am active as a pimo and my wife is pimi....much of our personal conversation and conversation with others in jw land focuses on how things will play out for jw.org in the next 12-24 months.

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  john.prestor

  They'll be back to knocking on our doors soon enough.