Racist or ?

[Bart]

I learned something watching the Bill Maher show "Politically Incorrect." A black activist of sorts launched a scathing attack on whites for their inherent racism, which governs their lives and associations. A female guest asked him if Queen Lattifa (sp?) was racist for saying she dislikes performing for a white crowd.She only receives inspiration from the mutual give and take sharedbetween herself and the brothers'n sisters in concert, a black thang don't you know, whites don't understand it.


The activistin response said Queen was not racist and he also seeks the company of blacks over whites andonly listens to black music and so forth and was in fact proudto admitit. The lady told him he was just as racist as any white person. Oh, nono no he said, he was not racist ... he simply has preferences!!


How clever of him! Well then, I can also have my preferences and be proud of them. My mother used to say, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

 

[Bear-Arms]

They cant be racist you know they're black, Duh!

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Like Farakahn and others have said, blacks cant be racists because they are in the minority,I beg to differ. Besides, he's never been to the Mississippi Delta!

 

[right winger]

The prevailing ideological orthodoxy is that whites cannot under any circumstances organize or have any collective racial interests. This is ruthlessly enforced, not by blacks but by white elites.

I don't worry so much about what blacks are saying or doing. Black racism is enabled and promoted by white anti-white forces. The problem is that most white Americans agree with the nonsense that because most "leaders" in this country are white and most of the very wealthy are white, that this country is led in a pro-white direction. The same mindset applies to sports, where they believe that because most of the owners and GMs and broadcasters are white, that whites must be getting a fair chance and probably more than a fair chance to compete.

 

[Bart]

Bear Arms, you've stated something whichhas been drummed into us. Using my on - line dictionary I looked up the word racist. It gave the standard definition but it's interesting to note the examples used.Emphasis is given tothe words anti-semitic and anti-black.You'll not find the term anti-white, can we guess why not? The insinuation is whites are not victims of racism. Since racism is directed towards minority groups such as semites (jews) and blacks, they can't be the racists. Who then are the racist culprits?


adj 1: based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks" 2: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion [syn: antiblack, anti-Semitic, anti-Semite(a)] n : a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others [syn: racialist]

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Yep, the dictionary is very telling at times. Go back and look at an old dictionary from the 60's or before. I bet you'll see some differences, and not just on racist.

 

[JD074]

Right on, Right Winger! We are our own worst enemy.

 

[Bart]

Story about black district attorney of Louisiana, a very interesting read. The firings were in 2003, this is the first time i heard of this. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=627207



Eight days after taking office, Jordan fired 53 of 77 white non-lawyers in his office investigators, clerks, child-support enforcement workers and the like and replaced them with blacks.
Months later, most of the whites sued him, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission later made a preliminary finding that Jordan had been racially biased.

Jordan and a top deputy who testified admitted that experience was not necessarily their top consideration in filling openings. Instead, they made it plain they were looking to populate the office with loyalists.

The whites' lawyers argued that many of those who were fired had far more experience and scored higher in job interviews than blacks who were either hired anew or kept on.

The whites testified that they found themselves suddenly jobless, in late middle age, after years of working in law enforcement agencies, including the New Orleans Police Department.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I wouldn't live in New Oleans if it was the last city on earth. That place is as close to God forsaken as you can get.