Saying racism is over is the new saying you have 'a black friend'

[decocker 7,198]

I don't understand why some of my fellow white people have become racism-deniers. Perhaps they hope to focus their energy on other things, like being the primary purchasers of rap music.

I think most rational people, white or black, can acknowledge, as Obama did in his comments, that things are better than they used to be, racism-wise. But we've still got work to do.

And I'd like to help.

A long-standing go-to move for racists has been to declare themselves nonracist by pointing out that they have "a black friend." Consider Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana justice of the peace who made news in 2010 for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told The Associated Press at the time. "I have piles and piles of black friends."

Well, now that there are white people saying racism is over, it seems logical that black people are going to need "a white friend" — specifically "a white friend who believes racism is not over."

I'd like to be that white friend.

If you're black and a white person says to you, "C'mon, there's no racism in America anymore," just say, "I disagree. And I have a white friend named Rex who also disagrees."

Case closed.

By taking advantage of my skin color and my unwillingness to accept that we live in a post-racial America, we can join together and drown out the noise of the Nugents and the knuckleheads.

Then, perhaps, we can focus on the racism that does still exist. And work toward a day when a person can say "racism is over," and not sound like a complete moron.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-23/news/ct-met-huppke-race-20130723_1_racism-george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Racism is both a learned and inherent human behavior. So, no, racism is never "over". However, as human beings, we can stop reinforcing those natural tendencies to feel more comfortable around people that look like us, and find ways to celebrate those things that make us different, while looking for those things that make us the same.

Start by opening the borders.

[decocker 7,198]

Start by opening the borders.

start by taking an economic sociology class.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

start by taking an economic sociology class.

???

[decocker 7,198]

people who insist that the playing field is now even for whites and blacks, need to take a class in economic sociology.

[mota bhai 2,675]

did he say that? i don't see it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

people who insist that the playing field is now even for whites and blacks, need to take a class in economic sociology.

So, the comment wasn't aimed at me. I have recalled the hounds that shoot out killer bees every time they bark.

[decocker 7,198]

So, the comment wasn't aimed at me. I have recalled the hounds that shoot out killer bees every time they bark.

no, of course not.

[Karee 4,190]

I got rid of all my black friends. All they ever want to talk about is the Zimmerman trial and the verdict. I replaced them with non-English speaking Hispanic friends. I don't know what they talk about, since I don't speak Spanish. It's actually more pleasant. They maybe talking about the trial and verdict, but I can't tell.

[decocker 7,198]

did he say that? i don't see it.

no, i did.

[SMOKE 1,426]

people who insist that the playing field is now even for whites and blacks, need to take a class in economic sociology.

i don't have the time right now...so please answer this for me. you have a poor white kid, black kid, asian kid, and a latino kid all living on the same street. how does the white kid have an advantage over the others?

[decocker 7,198]

I got rid of all my black friends. All they ever want to talk about is the Zimmerman trial and the verdict. I replaced them with non-English speaking Hispanic friends. I don't know what they talk about, since I don't speak Spanish. It's actually more pleasant. They maybe talking about the trial and verdict, but I can't tell.

the only talk i hear of the verdict is on vj.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i don't have the time right now...so please answer this for me. you have a poor white kid, black kid, asian kid, and a latino kid all living on the same street. how does the white kid have an advantage over the others?

The white kid could probably shoplift easier without getting caught.

[decocker 7,198]

i don't have the time right now...so please answer this for me. you have a poor white kid, black kid, asian kid, and a latino kid all living on the same street. how does the white kid have an advantage over the others?

he's white.

[GandD 5,966]

So, the comment wasn't aimed at me. I have recalled the hounds that shoot out killer bees every time they bark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLCZjw2FXPE

Frack, so i can embed youtube with my iphone but not google chrome. I got it.

Edited July 25, 2013 by GandD