California Girl
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Well, let me introduce myself. I'm a Black man ( I hate the term african-american) from the state of Kansas. Well spoken, intelligent, no criminal record, and a suburbanite. I came here via a google search looking for other sites that are involved in discussions about racism and stumbled across this one. I was hoping to find some interesting topics and perspectives on racism across various sites. I'm very open minded with an overall emphasis on racial harmony.
However, looking at the topics that are created in this forum, it's not hard to ascertain that most of the people posting here are White, which is not a problem for me, but I must admit, I was rather 'stunned' that I saw an overwhelming number of topics here that for the most part, are discussing the negative aspects of other races and posting links that cast people of other races in a negative light. At a glance, there's not much difference so far when comparing this site to others like Stormfront.org, etc... I promise to look past the first 3 pages of topics in this forum after posting this introduction though.
Now, I'm not one to say that there are not problems within my race, or any other races, but it is really productive for the majority of the people to post the things that they post and still call it 'Race Relations'? For someone looking in from the outside, this looks more like a lot of people who are focused on the negative aspects of others, and love to go out of their way to attempt to prove why other ethnic groups should be considered barbarians, degenerates, etc... rather than actually discussing racism.
So I'm here to ask this. I'm here to discuss racism and how we can combat it. Am I in the right place? Or should I just move on?
Wow, Storm front is a rough one. It's national to if you can believe it. I don't believe in racism. It is dead, but its legacy is used as a weapon to invoke white guilt by folks like Al Sharpton an d Jesse Jackson. Its not just them either, You have La Raza and others as well. The white racist are relegated to Jerry Springer ware they belong, and in time the others I mentioned will follow. Racism is also a tool used by all sides to manipulate the weak minded to achieve a goal, and is quit effective at that. The best thing to do is be gentle with what you find under rocks when you flip them over, and lead by example. remember that ass holes come in every color. I am new to and Welcome.
Can I just say..... it may be 'dead' for whites. But blacks are entitled to look back and feel pretty damned negative about our history. We need to understand that they have every right to ask hard questions. And we have to find the answers to those questions.
It's true that the vast majority of whites are not racist, but we have benefited from how previous generations treated our fellow Americans because of their skin color. That's why we have Affirmative Action (which I disagree with but I have come to understand why we have it). No matter how hard the life of any white American, it has - until very recently - been significantly harder for blacks. We need to accept that and acknowledge it as a reality instead of dismissing it by saying 'it's not like that any more'.
But.... I totally agree about Sharpton and Jackson. They fan the flames of racism - and they do it for money and power. As long as they keep spreading their hate, we will continue to have issues.