No it wasn't, but we are also not back in the 60's and 70's. We are in the here and now.
I don't see them saying anything about the black comedian calling the white guys crackers, honkys, whitey all that stuff.
That's because they're COMEDIANS. We all know that what they do on stage is a joke. It's not as if anyone here wouldn't laugh at a properly targeted racist joke because it does expose just how ridiculous these thoughts really are. Also, last time I checked Lisa Lapanelli is a comedian who calls out people of ANY race. Dave Chapelle does the same thing. I could go on, but I think you catch my drift here.
I don't see them rising up against the singers going on about niggers, ho's, bitches and what not.
Apparently you haven't been paying attention to some of the movements being made in the Hip-Hop community to drop the "N-Word" from their records and to stop calling women bitches and ho's. Many rappers actually follow this credo. For others, it's their right to say it. You know, free speech, anti-censorship and all. The only real way to combat all of this is to not buy their records. Effect them in the pocketbooks and they change their tune.
I haven't seen them at the black on black shootings decrying them.
Someone's been drinking the "stop snitching" Kool-Aid a little hard. When in fact, many people have voiced opposition about black-on-black crime. Here's a classic example that was played on all of the music networks, colleges & FM Radio stations featuring LOTS of prominent black musicians and rappers.
YouTube - Self Destruction
I have seen them at every thing that happens involving a white person and a black person though.
Yes, and I've seen the exact opposite. So what does that tell you?
Why are we not in the here and now? Today, we have this problem, today we have a half black president, today George Busch is not president. Stop with the back thens.
Because as we are seeing, the "here and now" still has a lot of similarities to the back thens. What's the point of saying we're in 2009 when people still have mentalities, beliefs and treat people like we haven't even desegregated schools?
You know heaven forbid that a white guy try to assassinate this president. It will be racial, despite the fact that every other president who was assassinated was done so by a white guy.
And if it's a latino, Asian, Native Indian or whomever it would get the same type of treatment.
Yes it has taken us a long time to stop our racial injustices. Now, how many years to we have to be told that they happened?
It'll continued to be told as long as it still exists. Part of the reason why some people don't want to hear about it is because the past still haunts us. Nobody ever forgets. We can only try to live our lives in a way where we don't repeat it.
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Why do I have to be made to feel like I did something wrong for being born white?
Let's not act like "poor whitey" now. Nobody is even doing that here.
Why is it if I don't agree with something my president does, I am racist?
Absolute bullshit. Only people with guilty consciouses would ever feed into that rhetoric. There are ways to form critiques about Obama and the current administration without resorting to something racial. Many on this board have done so. Even the most liberal of political pundits, like Maddow and Olbermann have ALSO done it. The problem is, certain people don't think before they open their mouths or type their hateful rhetoric. They do this, all the while ignoring what actually constitutes as a racist statement.
Why is Wilson saying you lie racist, but Sotomayor saying I as a Latina woman can make a better decision than a white man not racist?
Who in the hell said this?
Of course both comments are racist in nature. Yes, even Wilson's even if he didn't say a slur. It's more than just the words being used... actions peak just as loudly. But now that we have both of these issues under one umbrella, which one is more offensive? And be honest... they're not on the same level or magnitude.
Who propagates racism? What exactly is racism and who decides what is and what isn't?
We all do. But as human beings we can also decide what is a serious issue and what is a pointless rant. That's like saying all apples are apples, ignoring that some may have a slightly different taste.
We don't want racism, but we want affirmative action. You know I went to a meeting of the Black Nurses Association when I was recruiting for the Navy. I have a last name that is a predominately black last name. When I walked in the first thing the president of the association said was "I didn't think you would be a white boy." "I don't think we can go on with this". Now I was taken aback but got them to listen to me. After I told them about what the Navy could do for nurses and what not, she then asked me what special treatment would the Navy give to a black nurse. I told her none, they get treated like everyone else who volunteers to join. She said she couldn't endorse any of her members joining the Nurse Corp in the Navy without special treatment for black nurses. Seriously what is someone supposed to think about that? Why do you deserve any special treatment because you are black?
OK... I don't even know what that whole thing is about.
But if you're trying to twist this one isolated incident into one where you paint all black people as those who need special treatment, then you haven't learned a thing about racism yourself. What's the point on calling it out if then you engage in similar thought or action?
We should point it out when it happens. We don't. We allow it to keep going on.
It goes on whether we like it or not. We can't tell people not to think or feel how they choose to.
Has anyone asked why the Black Congressional Caucus is still allowed to exist?
Because it hasn't been ruled as illegal or unconstitutional.
Do we still buy albums and go to concerts where the singer uses these hateful words in their lyrics?
Of course we do. And I still laugh at Dave Chapelle sketches & The Boondocks.
Everyone who points their fingers saying you are a racist also forgets there are three more pointing back at them.
Which is why we need the ability to look at each incident and find out exactly what harm it causes. When people on this board hide behind their anonymous profiles and call me a "dumb queer", a "boy", a "sodomite", a "cancer to my own race" or a "stupid nigger" (just to throw a few names thrown at me over the last 3 months) it's easy to shake it off. When a cop, holding racial grudge, physically grabs you and inflicts harm on you it's a different thing altogether. The problem is, many people just want to lump both of these all as one thing and move on... not looking at what's really happening underneath. It's easier to get over a forum insult... not so easy when one physically assaults you. That's just one example, but I hope you catch my drift.
