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55 sats \ 3 replies \ @sudonaka 25 Feb 2023
I am South Slavic, most people assume or even insist I am "white" based on my skin color. However, Anglo-Saxon / Nordic / Slavic (and others) are all different ethnicities- yet share a similar skin color. I do not personally appreciate the racial generalization.
Mostly, I would rather not judge on race at all- as I believe MLK instructed, or be proud of sharing particulars such as which old villages my grandparents come from. Do you feel that way when people refer to you as Black? Or is the generalization ok? Even a positive thing possibly? Would appreciate your thoughts.
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 25 Feb 2023
I'm not black or African. I posted the article because I am very interested in how bitcoin can help the unbanked, and because I was shocked that a mainstream network like CNBC posted a positive article about bitcoin.
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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 25 Feb 2023
Totally same, thanks for posting- I had a thought about the American racial theory and how a Bitcoiner would see it
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 25 Feb 2023
Open your mind. It is not about skin color, even though words of color are still used.
We American "Blacks" or "African-Americans' refer to our sub-culture of U.S. born descendants of the enslaved. It all gets twisted by the majority who usurp our adaptations of the language and make it what they want. It just so happens that our skin color ranges shades of brown that the colonizers called Negro or Black.
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44 sats \ 0 replies \ @ssaurel 25 Feb 2023
It's important to get back to the basics of the Bitcoin revolution. Bitcoin is about giving the power of money back to the people.
With Bitcoin, everyone has the same opportunities.
It's a huge game-changer for the black community in America, for example. A community that still suffers racism from the unfair banking system.
With Bitcoin, you can access the best bank without any prior permission: yourself.
While everyone is talking about the price of Bitcoin right now, and banks are trying to steal the Bitcoin revolution from you by becoming middlemen between you and Bitcoin, it's good to get back to the basics of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin offers you P2P hard money that allows you to hedge against inflation in a censorship-resistant way.
This CNBC article is interesting in highlighting this to investors who are mistaken in thinking that Bitcoin is just another asset.
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