"I'm a Black man, and I feel sorry for you.  Are a lot of Black people racist? Sure.  There are racists in every ethnic group.  Unfortunately, it is a pandemic trait at the level of human development where our species currently stands.  Is there often an unfair standard applied to Whites as opposed to Blacks in terms of what is acceptable to say at times? Yes.  Do efforts to overcome racial inequities occasionally overreach and unfairly impact Whites? Yes.  Are Whites sometimes accused of racism when such a charge is not justified? Yes."

I love what you say there because that's what I believe. Everyone is racist, its human nature to stereotype and to group people together, and to form opinions on groups for better or for worse. But its through logic that we can guide that natural tendency for something good or at the very least not destructive. The problem I have with racism in today's world is that minorities don't see the hypocrisy in their actions. That whites who say something maliciously racist is rightfully shunned, but when a similar act is done from a minority towards a white person, its the white person who shouldn't feel sorry for himself? The double standard is real and should not be underestimated. Racism is racism.

I'm a mutt, but half of me is white and when I was a kid had blond hair (looked uber white). Ive never had a white friend though cause there weren't any around where I live so I naturally made friends with who was around. But I think I was able to gain a genuinely honest perspective to how minorites react to a "white boy". Long story short, when I read a book like black like me, or watch a movies about the civil rights era where life was hard and whites were malicious, I can identify with it. No, I never feared getting strung up or went through anything as extream as African Americans did back then, but I can guarantee that Ive experienced more racism on a consistent basis from various minorities that all my friends ever have, black , hispanic, Flip, or whatever combined.

So this idea that reverse racism issue isn't real or shouldn't be honestly talked about is IMO weak sauce. Its not a matter of whites feeling sorry for anyone, its about addressing the hypocrisy of how we react to racism today which is usually in a racist way. I have a dream of a better world than that.

by Smokin on 07/02/2009 02:11:20 PM EST

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You said...

"The problem I have with racism in today's world is that minorities don't see the hypocrisy in their actions."

That's your problem with racism today?

Not the kids being thrown out of the pool...not the american system of codified slavery (i.e.the penal system), not the hundreds of comments I alone hear everyday on the factory floor from whites, such as "n" word and so forth...oh no...for you, that is all in the past? or not so concerning?

Your biggest issue with racism is the minorities inability to see their own hypocrisy?

Oy vey...

If I didn't know any better, and I don't, you are beginning to sound like one of those whites I am racialist against. You strike me as a white who under their breath, and in 'certain' company, will 'let er rip' when it comes to your own racialist views...

You have the backdoor, back way in, yes...underground...way of being a racialist...seriously dude...I just have that feeling...

Let the chips fall...

by opiman000 on 07/13/2009 01:48:36 PM EST

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if you are black...or a person of colour...please, please explain to me how you can have this attitude...

by opiman000 on 07/13/2009 01:50:14 PM EST

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When someone loses power as has happened to whites as they've had to yield to the rights of other races, they sometimes want to feel sorry for themselves and see themselves as victims.  Therefore it's helpful to them to focus on the flaws of their made-up "oppressors" rather than on the real issues and their own flaws.

Abused children are less important to some than their own loss of prestige.  Smokin' was definitely focusing on a side issue.

Still, racism is not merely a whites-only problem.

by EveningStarNM on 07/13/2009 04:47:18 PM EST

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