...while we're acknowledging the fact that Whites are not the only racists, let's not lose sight of the big picture, which is that its not a simple case, "oh, some Whites are racist, some Blacks are racist, so it's 50/50!". I don't believe anyone is that dumb, so I do believe people might be hiding a racist agenda when they take that path. There are racist people in every ethnic group, BUT here in America, it is only Whites who have the social, political and economic power to translate that racism into broad, harmful discrimination. So the racism of Blacks and the racism of Whites is NOT 50/50, because for the most part, Blacks are not in a position to ACT on that racism in ways that negatively impact Whites financially, professionally or socially. So racism+ the power to do harm is a much more toxic combination than racism as a member of a group that is a social, political and economic underclass.
So we have to stay focused on the big picture. There may be some racist minorities, but Whites, as the majority in America and the politically and economically dominant ethnicity in America, have a power to do broad harm to other ethnic groups with their racism. No ethnic group's racism call harm Whites collectively. That's obvious, and to deny that is to align yourself with the KKK and Neo Nazis.
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mdavidboyd on
07/02/2009 05:12:23 PM EST