tb87670: We got a black president. They are 'proven' equals, yet still want special treatment. 85% of jail population is black people yet they only make up about 15% of the general population in America. They can call me a honkey but I can't call them a n****r. Any thoughts on this?
Pretty much, but you're a racist for saying such things according to the media.
My girl and I talk about this all the time with sexism, most fo the time the media treats women as these poor fragile creatures that need protection, otherwise there is sexism, but the idea of them needing more protection in general is sexist.
The media loves to label everything... racism here, sexism there, and it's all based on surface level thinking, nothing substantial or proven. It's pretty sad.
And yeah that website is lame... imagine a website that celebrates White culture, it would be on CNN as racism before the hour was done.
Cambrey: During Obama's campaign I was listening to the Washington and Wisconsin public radio and there were lots of debates about racism in America. And I was truly shocked by the definition of racism given by all those journalists and experts people concerning racial issues. They
all agreed that black people cannot be racists because they don't have any power in America. If you don't have power, you cannot discriminate people. Even if there is some truth in that, I totally disagree with that definition. Racism is a human feeling not matter what color is your skin or your social position.
As a graduate student I can tell you that sociologists, africana studies and most other majors dealing with race teach that exact definition. It's a liberal guilt thing, drives me up the wall. I debate it in class but the professor always comes back around to a Black man with no power not being able to be a racist, and that is the right answer on the test because he says so.
I agree there is a fundemental difference in institutionalized racism and personal racism, and institutionalized racism can only exist if one group has power over the other, but personal racism can exist in anyone, anytime, for any reason, power or not. Also the government has power, so if the government in general makes a racist law, like say affirmative action, then it matters not the color of the victim or the color of the law maker, it only matters who is affected... the government might be mostly White, but it still inacted a racist law against Whites, which is institutionalized racism.