I appreciate that this thread has remained civil so far.
However, given that racial strife is exploding in many of our countries, and is front-and-center in the media and everywhere, this is a subject we'd prefer to keep the Boards completely divorced from.
I know it's an interesting topic, and that it is top-of-mind for many people right now.
However, I refer you to what I said about racial subjects two years ago, in
a similar thread to this:
[A] public discussion about inflammatory political issues that aren't related to the subject of the boards isn't doing anyone any good. It's only a matter of time before someone gets upset, someone else invokes Godwin's law, and the thread explodes into something causing headaches all over the boards.
Anyone who wants to debate race issues or other hot button political issues that are not related to improving yourself as a man or getting better with women or building an awesome lifestyle, either do it in private via PM (so long as the conversation is civil and you aren't dogging the other guy about something he doesn't want to discuss) or go to a place like "Change My View" on Reddit (just found this the other day. Pretty high level of discussion there. They have a "popular topics" section that has a directories for all the hot button issues, including one on race).
If you really want to talk about race on GC, there's a place for that, but it needs to be related to one of the points of the site (i.e., you're not opening the topic just to stir the pot or get a rise out of people).
As such, I've locked this thread.
Chase