Off Topic Is this Racist?

I was on a call with a chap in Seattle today who showed me a walk through on their US Amazon site.
Whilst looking through the site, on the home page actually they have a button in the top right hand corner which said 'Buy From Black Sellers'.

It's clearly an option for any black people (or white) to choose only to buy from blacks.

Now... if it were the other way around there would be uproar I guess not to mention legal implications (certainly on these shores) so is it something you, or the average American sees as acceptable to have a button to exclude some sellers based on race?

I literally couldn't believe what I was seeing.

 

For me racism works both ways.

 

"Only in America" as they say

 

Racism works more than one way. That to me is racist.

 

It's in this country as well.

Have seen this sort of thing promoted by black sportsmen

 

I've seen it

it's called Bend the knee, and if you don't do it, you're classed as a racist

 

I face racism / ridicule and general piss take every day

I am a 50 + male, geordie, nufc supporter, catholic, white and a heterosexual

but I have broad shoulders unlike some of the whining bastards

 

could of been worse, could of been born a Makem

 

Regardless of skin colour, ethnicity, race, sexuality, nationality or religion,. ....

If you are a ****,.

You're a ****!!!

Fact!!

 

CANS

 

Wonder if there’ll ever come a day where footballers take the knee to “White Lives Matter” .. I wonder.

 

It’s because he’s been seen drinking with a Mackem, Chippy. At least I go in disguise. I pretend to be this overweight, balding, elderly man as opposed to the film double for Chris Pratt that I really am....

 

Black people are often very racist, its our guilty conscience that allows it to persist.

I don't think as a society we learn from history at all, we just get dictated too by it.

 

I can say there’s still a little bit about
Was teaching in Birmingham , Alabama and had 10 days to teach 4 people, 3 white and 1 black
I said 2.5 days each then
They said whoa there boy, black guy needs 5 days, we need 1 each
Best thing was the black guy was definitely not the thickest
Duelling ****ing banjo!!!!

 

America is one of the most xenophobic and racist nations on earth. Nothing surprises me.

Inequality, discrimination, racism, homophobia are rife. Some parts of the US are backward and worse than third world countries.

 

Is that a genuine question?
Not a chance nor should there be. I can only speak for myself as an abled bodied, heterosexual, white male but I've NEVER felt like I've been held down because of the aformentioned traits.
We can criticize the black lives matter, bend the knee movement but when Marcus Rashford is still getting racially abused then we, unfortunately, have a long way to go yet.

In answer to the OP, yes that is racist.

 

Should just be “all lives matter” all as important as each other.

 

100% agree. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Think of "Black lives matter" as "Black lives matter equally", nobody is saying that other lives don't matter.
In an ideal world, we (people in general, not you and I) aren't having this conversation as all lives do matter/are treated equally. One day.

 

That must be your most honest post ever

 

This for me. I don't take it as anyone saying that "only black lives matter." Unfortunately there are still plenty of instances where some people do need reminding that black lives do matter. It isn't anywhere near as bad in this country as it is in the States, but even here we do have a way to go to get rid of the minority that think it is ok to abuse people based on the colour of their skin. We should get pissed off at footballers taking the knee, but that anger should be aimed at the people still persisting in behaviours that were wrong 100 years ago, never mind now. It's disgusting that it's still an issue.

I don't agree with things like the buttons mentioned in the OP, but I can understand why they happen.