Posted on 11/25/2006 12:35:32 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Jim Crow died two generations ago. It does our society no good to attempt to right the wrongs of the past by perpetuating affirmative action, racial quotas, and the racial double standard.
Many may harbor bigotry in their hearts. But that's a matter of morality, not law. So to attempt to purge it by using the force of government is wrong and counterproductive. "Equality under the law" was the goal of the civil rights movement achieved by Dr. King and others, black and white, who struggled by his side. It would be a shame to see that lost in our attempt to right the wrongs of the past, by resorting to state sanctioned discrimination--just like the Jim Crow laws of the South.
It sounds to me like you've got a good dose of white guilt. In my opinion, black bitterness plus white guilt equals a dysfunctional multiracial society--with only escalating resentment as a result. "Equality under the law" is the law of the land. So at this point in American history, if one lacks the talent or the drive to succeed--they should have no one to blame but themselves.
"Why does "some low level" racism exist today?"
I lay that at the feet of the Poverty Pimps who have found that you can make a good living from stirring the pot and racial extortion.
ok that too... but that includes Jackson.
"BUT THAT"S DIFFERENT" is the motto of the Demmedia - the publicity arm of the Democrat party.
When the motto cannot be used with a straight face, then the item is buried on page A20 or not reported at all.
I would also say there is a lack of identity here in the US for Caucasians but the same thing is happening in Europe. We are telling kids you are part of the evil white genocidal imperialist, sexist, racist -- Republican voting evil doers.
Every program must have its share of blacks, Chinese,
This is an antidote of what you are talking about -- I was in a citizens police training class. They announced that we were going to be visited by a local TV station who was going to feature us on the Sunday community show.
There were no Blacks in the class but 1/3 were Asian, a Black alumni showed up for the filming of the show though. It appears that things on TV appear racist if you don't have the proper minority representation.
A loser?
Granted, he may have been a philanderer, a plagiarist, a treasonous communist sympathizer, and a race hustler ... but loser? That's a bit strong.
I agree. And the "hecklers" telling him he isn't funny, insulting his act, and calling him a "MF" was meant to do the same thing.
There are no innocent parties in this altercation, and neither's actions were justified. But only one has been called out for publich humiliation, and that is the double standard that has become so tiresome.
Your experiences not withstanding, Richards is not from the south, so don't blame the south for this.
This is the best column on race that I have ever read.
i think the schools promote it, too, by having their silly "clubs." how can these clubs not promote racism?
exactly, leave it alone... and the issue is dead.
one extremely liberal nephew even said that he thought George Allen was treated unfairly because of the macaca thing... i think they really do see the double-standard... and they kept bringing up the double-standard... i hope this is the beginning of Americans waking up to the double-standard...
i'm sorry... what issue? racism?
I don't see calling someone not funny equivalent to using a racial slur. One only applies to that particular person, one is an insult to everyone in that particular race. One is criticism of his choice of jokes, the latter an attack over something that no one has any control over.
I have seen very few Chinese, Asian or Hispanic on TV or in the movies except as background noise in crowd shots.
Both comments (all comments, actually) were hurled merely to hurt and publicly humiliate the other person. In that sense, they are the same.
Someone publicly telling me I am incompetent at my job is more hurtful than someone disparaging the fact that I have brown hair (or am of some national origin or live in the south or whatever). No, they wanted to hurt him and he in turn wanted to hurt them back. It seems that both were successful. If they had sat back and waited for the show to end, this episode would not have happened.
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