More whites believe in ghosts than racism

MSNBC ^ | 05-05-2014 | Adam Serwer

[LambSlave]

I believe in the Holy Ghost, and I don’t believe in racism, so I guess he’s right. Stereotyping is a natural part of our survival instinct, we are designed to make rapid assessments based on the facts at hand. If those assessments are sometimes inaccurate, too generalized, or hurt someones feelings it does not mean they are not based on facts and real experiences.

[TheZMan]

We have a racist half black President who has done more harm to racial equality than the last 50 years of race baiters.

My wife was followed and taunted by two grown !@#$%^& the other day while taking a walk around our mostly white middle class neighborhood.

Racism is alive and well. So long as !@#$%^& keep up their thug-life-BS and I keep having to carry in case some F!@#$ng bonehead starts some !@#$, they’re never going to get anywhere.

I agree. Tired of their woe-is-me wrongheaded fakery and thug-life !@#$.

[workerbee]

Getting real, real tired of the constant race-baiting. Real tired.

Me too. It's all just become white noise.

[cripplecreek]

So how many blacks believe in ghosts vs racism?

[Osage Orange]

Wonder if Lew knows the Democrat party is the party of racism.

Wonder how much he knows....

[re_nortex]

[Osage Orange]

Totally agree with that.........

I could give a few anecdotal situations/experiences.

But I agree.

[Alex Murphy]

“More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism,” Abdul-Jabbar, a former center for the Los Angeles Lakers, told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. ”That’s why we have shows like Ghostbusters and don’t have shows like Racistbuster. You know, it’s something that’s still part of our culture and people hold on to some of these ideas and practices just out of habit and saying that, well, that’s the way it always was. But things have to change.”

"Since I joined these men, I've seen **** that'll turn you white."

[FrdmLvr]

If whites don't THINK about racism, then HOW are they supposed to be racists?

Can anyone answer this for me? Just WHAT are racists supposed to do be doing with their racism anyway? Okay, so someone's a racist. What follows? I've never quite gotten how what someone thinks about another race is supposed to play out.

[stanne]

My parents, teachers, neighbors and my church raised me to believe that Jesus came for all people.

My Constitution reinforces the concept that all men are created equal in the eyes of God, Roe v Wade and cultural acceptance and eventual rejection of slavery enlighten us to the fact that the supreme court can and does get it wrong even on big issues

Years working in hospitals, in upper Manhattan and in the military bring to light the fact that there is racism.
It is hateful, ignorant, vengeful, insidious, sabotaging and jealous. it is born of ignorance.

It is out there. The SEIU incubates it, as did the ‘social justice dept in the military

[Blue Highway]

good one thanks!

[RoosterRedux]

Slavery was not ended by Africans...it was ended by Christians.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

You got that right! And those I’ve known from Mexico are scared to death of ghosts.

And here I thought Kareem was attempting to make sense last week, guess old habits die hard, right Kareem?

[re_nortex]

“I aims to please, sir, and I’m pleased to aim!” — Malcolm Little

[Milton Miteybad]

Seems to me that being preoccupied with what other people may think of one's race, as Mr. Abdul-Jabbar apparently is, in and of itself, a symptom of his own racism.

Mr. Abdul-Jabbar will do well to leave his prejudices behind. These serve no one in any way, not even Mr. Abdul-Jabbar himself.

[driftless2]

If America blacks believe racism by whites is a bigger drag on their progress than their own failures, then they’re more delusional than people who believe in spirits. The truth is white racism accounts for less than one percent of black problems.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I had a civilized discussion with someone of another race about politics and when she brought up racism and Republicans, I asked her to give me an example of racism she had personally experienced in her lifetime or of someone she knew who had experienced racism.

She couldn’t give me an example of either.

[Fiji Hill]

since I’m Jewish, can I go into a German store and demand free stuff because of the Holocaust?

Why not go to an Egyptian eatery in Hollywood, Pasadena or West LA and demand some free halawa as reparations for being held in bondage by Pharaoh?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Of course not, but they use it as an excuse to get whatever they want..slavery was a horrible thing, but for people who didn’t even experience it in their lifetime to use it as a means of getting free stuff and getting victim hood is disgusting to those who actually endured slavery. I did not experience the Holocaust, my grandmother lost a few family members but I never knew them..our neighbor across the street lost her entire family, she still has the stamp on her hand with the numbers, she said she never will forget what happened to her and her family..but I doubt, even with all that she has been through, she would expect the Germans to give her “Free stuff” to make up for it

[Sarah Barracuda]

You know what, I can give that a try and see what happens