NewsVine_Mariyam
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I've never denied that there is such a thing as black racists or black separatists but the same is true of any group irrespective of the racial or religious makeup even, just as an example.If could take the black racist out of the debate or conversation, then your words would ring loud and proud, but to deny the fact that you have black racist in high places among your group who can take your megaphone anytime they want to is what continues to keep the white people's gaurd up...... These racist cause a huge amount of trouble when it comes to race relations in this country. The same goes for the white racist as well.
The topic of this thread as I understood it is not about individual racists (of any race) and the damage that they're inflicting upon society but the black and white race as a whole. Because of the legislative history and court rulings I don't see how anyone can make the claim that the white race is not more racists than the black race with a straight face. It is not factually true therefore it's impossible to claim that it's true. And that's what all the back & forth on this thread has allegedly been about. There are several members who refuse to acknowledge the origin of the country because presumably they would then have to acknowledge it's racist roots and they just can't deal with those facts so they continue to ignore them and pretend they have no bearing at all on the institutional racism of today.
My parents grew up in integrated environments although for them it was more a situation of being one of the few black families in their predominantly white neighborhoods. We also lived in a neighborhood that was predominantly white (Compton) when my parents moved in that later became predominantly black and then we moved to the suburbs which was another integrated neighborhood that was predominantly Asian (Japanese) although our neighborhood and middle school was very diverse - Asians, Whites, Blacks, Somoans, Hispanics, East Indians, etc. And although I as well as my younger brother & sister have experienced isolated incidents of racism when we were younger, it's nothing like what I've experienced in the last 20 years, in fact it's very targeted. The advent of the internet we're sure is a contributing factor.It's great that you can thank those who were white, and had stood in the gap for your people (if you are black),and this being way back in the day, and even unto this very day.