03-05-2004, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: midwest
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Every racist I know (and, unfortunately, I know a lot) has used that (above) statement in some context or another (maybe to a lesser degree because they were too ignorant to think it through, as this author did, and come up with names for their fictitious "superior" white groups)......to justify why they feel they aren't "the ones" who are racist
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This is just as offensive IMHO as anything in that original post. I am not a racist, far from it. Nobody who knows me would ever accuse me of racism certainly.... but that doesn't mean I don't agree with that bit.
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I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
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What is so wrong with this statement? How is it racist? Racism is not acknowlidging that somebody is black. Sexism is not acknowledging that men and women are fundamentally different. Hatred or discrimination based on those realization IS and that is absolutely wrong... but one of the biggest sources or racism in our society today and the thing that is holding us back from stamping it out is things like "miss black USA" and the other racially segrigated "groups" as named here.
Reverse racism is rampant in our society today and I think it's MORE prevelant than traditional racism. I'm not saying there aren't pleanty of racists out there and it's entirely possible that they are using statements like these to defend their position but they are a dying breed. The majority of white people, and honestly all the whilte people I'm around have no problem being with, talking to, spending time with, befriending, helping, or relating to black people. Compared to the MLK era in the 60's where racism was the norm we've come a long way. But when a white man loses a job because his employer is forced to hire a black man regardless of his qualifications because of quotas (it happens), it's going to be difficult for that white man not to have bitter feelings... things like that only promote racism, rather than helping to fix it.
leave it to me.. i have a total of two posts on these boards and i'm already delving into controversy ;-)
-blathe
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