The sequel to "other races do it too" argument

So a while back ago I did a post on how people will often deploy the "other races do it too" argument to try to derail from discussing issues pertaining to one race (ie, when you talk about whites being the most racist, even statistically, they will deploy the "other races do it too" argument).

There is a sequel to this kind of argument.

The sequel is in the form of talking about an injustice, and someone of another race, trying to derail the fact that one race endures it worse than another by saying "other races are mistreated too".

Its got the same concept as "other races do it too", its essentially trying to minimize the problems one race is going through more than any other race, by making it about everyone else, when its not about everyone else.

As I mentioned in the other post, if I wanted to talk about all races, I would not specify a race then.

An example of this kind of argument is when you talk about how more blacks are wrongly accused and sentenced to jail for something they did not do. Just recently James Bain was released from jail for a crime he did not commit. He was sentenced in 1974.

Whenever someone brought up the disturbing truth about how many blacks are wrongly sentenced to jail for something they did not do, many whites attack them and start going on a spiel about how its not just blacks. But the thing is, that is not what the person was saying, they never said other races don't have this happen to them, they just simply said blacks have it happen to them more.

Of course, whites tried to paint the 1960s and 1970s as a lily white perfect kind of world...and one person mentioned that its pointless to bring up race since the internet world is too stupid to recall the reality of the 1970s and will try to argue that the world has always been just and fair and still is, even when we all know reality says different.

Its impossible to combat this kind of argument online, since its full of trolls and racists and often you will get outnumbered. It is not worth "debating" online with sick strangers.

But when you are facing this situation in person, the best way to respond is by saying "I am talking about what the black community is going through, they go through it more, please stay on subject, if you cannot, then leave as I don't want to waste my time with someone who is too ignorant to stay on the task at hand".

Remember...there is a reason you specified a race rather than just say "people" or "humans". This isn't an equal world where everyone is treated the same where each race is given the same amount of injustice and whatnot...there is a disproportionate number, and people need to realize that instead of trying to minimize the truth...when you try to make it unimportant, the situation never gets solved.