Reverse Racism 2: Bobo - The New Racism | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 hidden)
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I absolutely agree that Black History Month served a valuable purpose, even though it was a flawed concept.  And I'm not saying that it doesn't serve a useful purpose today.  I'm just proposing that maybe it's time to move to a less racially focused celebration of that culture.  Maybe it's not yet time to do that, I don't know.  But someone has to make that proposal, and it might as well be me.

As for being an "elitist" and focusing on affirmative action in education rather than in all aspects of our lives, sure.  I will certainly give examples that are obvious to me, with which I have experience, and that are of value to me.  That doesn't mean, however, that I've ignored all of the other places that racial discrimination can occur.  It just means that I might not have the time to write about all of them.

by EveningStarNM on 07/03/2009 03:01:00 PM EST

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And let's talk about... (none / 0)
...race-based affirmative action later.  But I'll probably just quote from the Constitution when we do.

by EveningStarNM on 07/03/2009 03:21:35 PM EST

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elitism (none / 0)
Of course I'm kind of kidding when I threw out the elitism accusation, and in any case, I was referring more to Cenk than to EveningStarNM.

David

by yturks on 07/05/2009 03:58:53 AM EST

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Shucks (none / 0)
And here I was hoping that someone actually thought I might be elite in some way.

by EveningStarNM on 07/05/2009 07:17:06 AM EST

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Reverse Racism 2: Bobo - The New Racism | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 hidden)