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originally posted by: Hoosierdaddy71
Did you ever consider that the people that are defending their race, do so because they are not racists?
originally posted by: LOSTinAMERICA
a reply to: DrJunk
That sounds retarded. So, if you are not racist and think others are not also, you're automatically racist? # you.
originally posted by: DrJunk
originally posted by: LOSTinAMERICA
a reply to: DrJunk
That sounds retarded. So, if you are not racist and think others are not also, you're automatically racist? # you.
Reread my sentence.
If you believe no white people are racist because you aren't racist, you hold a racist belief, as in an overarching belief about a trait that you feel all white people share.
That is a racist mindset.
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originally posted by: LOSTinAMERICA
a reply to: Expat888
You try to head these off at the pass with solutions to the problem. You don't place the blame. Placing the blame is what has gotten us to this point. Time to reflect on mistakes and fix the problem. It doesn't seem like it would be all that hard but if this keeps up, it will get to a point where it'll be harder to deal with.
People do not want to hear that they are to blame even if they are. You tell the truth and let them argue with themselves. The one's who are worth a # will change. The others go away to places like prison or buried. I would suck as a person if I picked a side. I know all sides don't want to address the issue. They need to understand that it needs to be addressed for things to get better.
It all reminds me of this.
People do not want to hear that they are to blame even if they are.
originally posted by: seeker1963
If you believe no "black" people are you aren't racist, you hold a recist belief, as in an overarching belief about a trait the you feel all "black" people share.?
Works both ways!
Granting anyone a free pass because of their skin color in reality is not only favoring one over the other but racist in itself!
I highly doubt MLK would agree with any "race pimps" that are currently doing what they do to not only further divide "US" by our skin color, but by using his good works to create an atmosphere where the color of ones skin doesn't matter, to defame it by making a mockery of what he stood for and why he was assassinated?
originally posted by: LOSTinAMERICA
I'll yell at myself in the mirror for saying that last part in the above post. I was wrong and admit it.
originally posted by: DrJunk
originally posted by: seeker1963
If you believe no "black" people are you aren't racist, you hold a recist belief, as in an overarching belief about a trait the you feel all "black" people share.?
Works both ways!
Does it make you feel better to point out flaws in another group of people so as not to seem so bad yourself?
Black people can be racist, certainly, but you are aware that Racism is about power imbalance, aren't you, and seeing as blacks in our society are not afforded the same types of power on a large scale that white people are, they don't have the ability to be racist within this culture. But, I am splitting hairs, and you don't understand what I'm saying anyway..
Granting anyone a free pass because of their skin color in reality is not only favoring one over the other but racist in itself!
I highly doubt MLK would agree with any "race pimps" that are currently doing what they do to not only further divide "US" by our skin color, but by using his good works to create an atmosphere where the color of ones skin doesn't matter, to defame it by making a mockery of what he stood for and why he was assassinated?
I'm not sure what any of this has to do with anything I said, so I am simply going to leave you to your ranting.