01-21-2009, 01:37 PM
I'd like to see the person saying racism doesn't exist. So if you're that person, could you please step forward into the light so I can see your face?
OF COURSE racism exists. It's disgusting, but it's a reality. The point of this discussion isn't whether or not racism is real. We're talking about whether the comments "whites can do what's right" (to paraphrase) was a racist statement.
Welcome aboard.
EDIT:
To further expound on the subject at hand, we're also saying that just because one race says something involving another race, that isn't inherently racism. Hate or disdain for someone based on race is racism. Treating someone differently (better OR worse) is racism.
I don't at all feel insulted by the comments made by the Reverend yesterday. Again, what insults me is that few are standing up to call him out on it. Those who do are essentially accused of being right wing extremists who just don't understand the plight of the black man. THAT is what offends me.
OF COURSE racism exists. It's disgusting, but it's a reality. The point of this discussion isn't whether or not racism is real. We're talking about whether the comments "whites can do what's right" (to paraphrase) was a racist statement.
Welcome aboard.
EDIT:
To further expound on the subject at hand, we're also saying that just because one race says something involving another race, that isn't inherently racism. Hate or disdain for someone based on race is racism. Treating someone differently (better OR worse) is racism.
I don't at all feel insulted by the comments made by the Reverend yesterday. Again, what insults me is that few are standing up to call him out on it. Those who do are essentially accused of being right wing extremists who just don't understand the plight of the black man. THAT is what offends me.