I, Racist
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m...b_7770652.html


Good article.

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The problem in the African American community is less about how they are treated by white folk than it is about how they treat each other. Black people are dying in far greater numbers at the hands of other black people than by white folks.

There are plenty of examples of people who choose to be responsible for their own lives, education, work, business, finances, relationships, and faith making something of themselves that makes the "blame white racism" attitude to no effect. Quit blaming others for your problems and look in the mirror.

There is a systematic cultural issue in the African American community---babies out of wedlock (70% of all AA Babies born are to single moms), high disproportionate rates of crime and violence, high rates of unemployment and poverty. White people are not to blame. There is cultural acceptance of criminal behavior and immorality. Black folk suffer in large part because of their own actions.

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The black community as a whole will not progress until they stop pushing the responsibility of their lives on others and take responsibility for themselves.

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Black folks don't even trust each other. I go to inner city situations as well as black majority communities and in each case the businesses and homes have barred windows, razor wire, security systems, and other sorts of ways to protect themselves from criminals. In white majority neighborhoods these things aren't found. Explain that.

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After you read this, can you deny that racism and white privilege exist?

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Are you white?

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Did you read the article?

What does me being white have anything to do with it?

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My question was in response to yours about "white privilege". So, are you white?

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I am white.

Did you read the article?

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No. Do you feel guilt for being white?

Do you feel a white person who does not feel "white guilt" is racist?

Do you believe there is "Japanese privilege" in Japan, or "black privilege" in Congo?

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From the article:

"To understand, you have to know that Black people think in terms of Black people. We don’t see a shooting of an innocent Black child in another state as something separate from us because we know viscerally that it could be our child, our parent, or us, that is shot."

Suppose a person said "You need to understand that white people think in terms of white people."

Wouldn't be a statement in proof of "inherent racism of whites"?

Is it not then a statement of inherent racism of blacks?

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"Racism is not slavery. As President Obama said, it’s not avoiding the use of the word Nigger. Racism is not white water fountains and the back of the bus. Martin Luther King did not end racism. Racism is a cop severing the spine of an innocent man. It is a 12 year old child being shot for playing with a toy gun in a state where it is legal to openly carry firearms."

So if racism is evidenced by black people being killed by police, then whites are the victims of racism, since twice as many white people are killed by cops as black people.

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"But here is the irony, here’s the thing that all the angry Black people know, and no calmly debating White people want to admit: The entire discussion of race in America centers around the protection of White feelings."

Actually, what people don't want to admit is that MANY black people want to be catered to, and the entire discussion of race in America centers around how to get one over on Whitey.

And, that goes for just about every racial group in America, including white people, who feel the need to have one gotten over on them to assuage their "collective white guilt".

Whining about not being viewed as an individual but as a " member of the black race" rings hollow when most blacks do just that to each other, and when they view other races the same way.

Complaining about white flight being racist is stupid when tons of blacks would like to flee the urban ghettoes as well due to crime and poverty and squalor.

Every white person knows there are certain areas they don't go to or drive through after dark. Those areas happen to be mostly black or Hispanic.

How many mostly white areas do blacks avoid after dark (other than extremely rural, backwoods or swampy areas)?

The black community has a lot of issues, and "white privilege" ain't one of them.

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"What follows is the text of a “sermon” that I gave as a “congregational reflection” to an all White audience at the Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ on Sunday, June 28th."

Fascinating considering the language used in the "sermon" at a "church".

I wonder how many white churches have sermons about their struggles against black people? Other than the ones run by feds up in Idaho, that is?

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One final point. The author claims that serial killers are mostly white.

"Myth #2: All Serial Killers Are Caucasian.
Reality: Contrary to popular mythology, not all serial killers are white. Serial killers span all racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. The racial diversity of serial killers generally mirrors that of the overall U.S. population. There are well documented cases of African-American, Latino and Asian-American serial killers. African-Americans comprise the largest racial minority group among serial killers, representing approximately 20 percent of the total. Significantly, however, only white, and normally male, serial killers such as Ted Bundy become popular culture icons."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rsist-excerpt/

"And what if we go all the way back to 1982? We then have 66 mass killings in which the races of the perpetrators were known, and 22 of them, or one-third, were at the hands of non-whites. Note here that America’s demographics have been changing, with non-whites comprising only about 20 percent of the population in 1982; thus, if we consider an approximate average non-white population of 28.5 percent during the 31-year period in question, it appears that, again, mass murderers are slightly disproportionately non-white.

In other words, there is no evidence whatsoever that mass killings are a characteristically white phenomenon.

And there never was.

In fact, the group most disproportionately represented on the Mother Jones chart is Americans of Asian descent. While only 6 percent of the population, they have been 15 percent of the 31-year period’s last 20 mass killers, 13 percent of the last 30, and 9 percent of the last 66. This is quite interesting, too, since Americans of Asian descent have a very low crime rate in general.

So in light of this, why are whites implicated in mass killings? The answer is one word:

Prejudice."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/...lly_white.html

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I read it. Just more of the same.

Thank God for black conservatives who are exposing this ........ for what it is.

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What is white privilege and how do I get some?

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That black man that had his spine severed....the cops involved were not all white. Two were black

That kid? If was pointing the gun AT people. Mind you, the cop rolling up that close to the kid was a huge mistake. They should have been able to get behind their car and order him to drop it

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I was driving with a black friend. A cop pulled me over and I blurted out "Why is he pulling me over?"...without skipping a beat, my friend said seriously "Because Im black"

The cop pulled me over for expired tags. He didn't question my friend or ask for ID.

My friend ASSUMED it was because he was black

I was at a restaurant. I got there just before closing. After a few min they locked the doors. Several min later a black man tried to get in, but he could not. They said "We are closed". He said "but I see others eating. Is it because I am black?"

It really was closed. He assumed it was because he is black

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Right now I am watching a video from the convention highlighting all the wonderful things Trump did for New York City. Sadly, I'm sure most Democrat voters view this as a minus, a result of "white privilege" instead of a hard working man with a dream. What made America great is now viewed by the Democrats as something that needs to be abolished.

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If you printed that on a t-shirt I bet you could sell quite a few.

:icecream

EDIT: Especially if it included a black-and-white photo of some poor Appalachian toddler with dirt on his face.

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Excerpt from Article:

Just let that sink in for a minute, then ask yourself why Black people are angry when they talk about race.

The reality of America is that White people are fundamentally good, and so when a white person commits a crime, it is a sign that they, as an individual, are bad. Their actions as a person are not indicative of any broader social construct. Even the fact that America has a growing number of violent hate groups, populated mostly by white men, and that nearly *all* serial killers are white men can not shadow the fundamental truth of white male goodness. In fact, we like White serial killers so much, we make mini-series about them.

White people are good as a whole, and only act badly as individuals.

People of color, especially Black people (but boy we can talk about “The Mexicans” in this community), are seen as fundamentally bad. There might be a good one- and we are always quick to point them out to our friends, show them off as our Academy Award for “Best Non-Racist in a White Role”- but when we see a bad one, it’s just proof that the rest are, as a rule, bad.

This, all of this, expectation, treatment, thought, the underlying social system that puts White in the position of Normal and good, and Black in the position of “other” and “bad,” all of this, is racism.

And White people, every single one of you, are complicit in this racism because you benefit directly from it.

This is why I don’t like the story of the good samaritan. Everyone likes to think of themselves as the person who sees someone beaten and bloodied and helps him out.

That’s too easy.

If I could re-write that story, I’d rewrite it from the perspective of Black America. What if the person wasn’t beaten and bloody? What if it wasn’t so obvious? What if they were just systematically challenged in a thousand small ways that actually made it easier for you to succeed in life?

Would you be so quick to help then, or would you, like most White people, stay silent and let it happen.

Here’s what I want to say to you: Racism is so deeply embedded in this country not because of the racist right-wing radicals who practice it openly, it exists because of the silence and hurt feelings of liberal America...

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No. I feel no guilt for being white. The article wasnt about guilt. Read it or get out of the thread.

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The article is ALL about white guilt. I read the article. I'll leave the thread when I feel like it.

Stop micro-aggressing me.

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So, even if the premise of the article was accurate, what can white people do about any of this outside of denying ourselves equality under the law for an extended period of time?

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The more I think about racism in our country, the more I agree it's about bigotry of low expectations. Lower income children are not expected to achieve at the highest level or to respect authority as much as higher income kids. Lower income kids are praised when they achieve something mediocre, while the same achievement in better schools would be shamed as not good enough.

The goal of lower income children (mostly) is to graduate from High School and find a job. College is something that can be a dream. In higher income families, going to college is not even an option. In many Asian families, not being in the top 5% of their class is a shame!

The reason higher income children succeed more in life is because they were given very high expectations from parents and their school system all their life. Are they smarter than lower income children? NO! It's just that expectations from low income families and their school system are low. This is the bigotry of low expectations!

Case in point: Remember when Oakland schools tried to introduce Ebonics as a viable alternate in the inner city schools? Bigotry at it's worst!

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The author makes the false assumption that everyone thinks whites are good and blacks are bad, generally speaking. Hogwash. Blacks are their own worst enemy. They have overall squandered the victories won by the Civil Rights struggle. They have chosen to celebrate their weaknesses instead of their strengths. The article seems to imply that they have brought not one problem on themselves.

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Bump.