There is a medical problem with being blind to race(CA Prop54-Another lie from the Houston Chron)

The usual liars at the Houston Chronicle ^ | 9/1/03 | MARISA TREVIÑO

[speekinout]

We'd never know just how much more difficult it was for African-Americans and Hispanics to get bank loans or home mortgages,

Those are mostly based on credit ratings. It's been years since I had to have an interview for a loan. I suppose people named "Kweisi" or "Gonzales" might think their problems are race based, but I'd guess that credit ratings are the problem.

And we wouldn't have known that in some cities where "minorities" constitute a substantial portion of the population, candidates of color never seem to get enough votes to win an election.

How can that be racism? It seems to me that the racist view is the one that thinks minorities are too dumb to vote.

[exDemMom]

The author of this article sounds like a very good, loony left, friend of mine who sports a "Racism is Typical" bumper sticker. I asked him recently (while camping up in Pt Reyes, in the SF Bay area, really beautiful by the way) whether he really believed that, and he replied that he believes that "racism is woven into the fabric of society."

The reason that the left is so focused on race and racism is that they are personally very racist and assume that everyone else is as racist as they are. Instead of admitting their own racism and confronting it, they want some socialist utopian "solution" that will make them feel good about themselves (and their deep-rooted racism) without doing anything about the problem.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

The reason that the left is so focused on race and racism is that they are personally very racist and assume that everyone else is as racist as they are.

I don't think that's right. I think the problem is that their political positions are more tenable when based on the assumption that most people are racist. I don't think leftist are any more racist, as a group, than anyone else.

[exDemMom]

I don't think that's right. I think the problem is that their political positions are more tenable when based on the assumption that most people are racist. I don't think leftist are any more racist, as a group, than anyone else.

I'm speaking from my personal experience. Between work and family, I know only two other conservatives (hubby and son). Most of the racism I hear expressed is very polite, and very condescending. For instance, the attitude that leads to affirmative action (i.e. quotas) is based on a fundamental belief that certain people are inferior. Examine any liberal belief on race, and it basically comes down to a belief in the inherent superiority of one group over another. I think a lot of liberals are very racist, but unwilling or unable to confront it or acknowledge it openly.