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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