Are Blacks More Racist Than Whites? Most Americans Say Yes

[Taz]

Blacks are more racist these days because we're letting them get away with it. I know I don't care.

 

[AKIP]

This is one of the first subjects I talked about when I started posting on message boards. Are Blacks on average more racist than whites?
I've always believed that they are. Something that I discovered growing up was that almost every black in America thinks about race every day, whereas most whites don't. There's a reason for this, but this simple fact is being used by the left to divide America.

A Rassmussen survey asked the question 5 years ago, and my guess is it would be even worse today.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.

From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.

Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.

Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist.

Overall, just 30% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Fourteen percent (14%) describe them as poor. Twenty-nine percent (29%) think race relations are getting better, while 32% believe they are getting worse. Thirty-five percent (35%) feel they are staying about the same.

These figures reflect more pessimism than was found in April when 42% gave race relations positive marks and 39% said race relations were improving. However, the April number reflected all-time highs while the current numbers are more consistent with the general attitudes of recent years.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 1-2, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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Blacks are slightly more optimistic about the current state of race relations in American than whites and Hispanics are. But 37% of blacks and 38% of Hispanics believe those relations are getting worse, compared to 29% of whites.​

Links

Questions - Racism - July 1-2, 2013 - Rasmussen Reports®

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics - Rasmussen Reports®​

No matter which definition of racism you choose, I believe that we must agree that the U.S. has a history of preaching, teaching and believing that whites are superior to blacks and all other peoples. Ours is a history of not only believing this, but in persecuting and oppressing those we have held to be inferior (we even went so far as to use the Bible to "prove" their inferiority). Today I believe any person can be prejudiced and prefer the company of those who are like them. I do not believe that black people in this country can be racist because they do not, as a group, hold the power and position to oppress anyone else.

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

 

[mudwhistle]

most americans are white

this isn't rocket surgery

Rocket science.

 

[mudwhistle]

This is one of the first subjects I talked about when I started posting on message boards. Are Blacks on average more racist than whites?
I've always believed that they are. Something that I discovered growing up was that almost every black in America thinks about race every day, whereas most whites don't. There's a reason for this, but this simple fact is being used by the left to divide America.

A Rassmussen survey asked the question 5 years ago, and my guess is it would be even worse today.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.

From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.

Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.

Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist.

Overall, just 30% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Fourteen percent (14%) describe them as poor. Twenty-nine percent (29%) think race relations are getting better, while 32% believe they are getting worse. Thirty-five percent (35%) feel they are staying about the same.

These figures reflect more pessimism than was found in April when 42% gave race relations positive marks and 39% said race relations were improving. However, the April number reflected all-time highs while the current numbers are more consistent with the general attitudes of recent years.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 1-2, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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Blacks are slightly more optimistic about the current state of race relations in American than whites and Hispanics are. But 37% of blacks and 38% of Hispanics believe those relations are getting worse, compared to 29% of whites.​

Links

Questions - Racism - July 1-2, 2013 - Rasmussen Reports®

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics - Rasmussen Reports®​

No matter which definition of racism you choose, I believe that we must agree that the U.S. has a history of preaching, teaching and believing that whites are superior to blacks and all other peoples. Ours is a history of not only believing this, but in persecuting and oppressing those we have held to be inferior (we even went so far as to use the Bible to "prove" their inferiority). Today I believe any person can be prejudiced and prefer the company of those who are like them. I do not believe that black people in this country can be racist because they do not, as a group, hold the power and position to oppress anyone else.

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

 

[AKIP]

This is one of the first subjects I talked about when I started posting on message boards. Are Blacks on average more racist than whites?
I've always believed that they are. Something that I discovered growing up was that almost every black in America thinks about race every day, whereas most whites don't. There's a reason for this, but this simple fact is being used by the left to divide America.

A Rassmussen survey asked the question 5 years ago, and my guess is it would be even worse today.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.

From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.

Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.

Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist.

Overall, just 30% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Fourteen percent (14%) describe them as poor. Twenty-nine percent (29%) think race relations are getting better, while 32% believe they are getting worse. Thirty-five percent (35%) feel they are staying about the same.

These figures reflect more pessimism than was found in April when 42% gave race relations positive marks and 39% said race relations were improving. However, the April number reflected all-time highs while the current numbers are more consistent with the general attitudes of recent years.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 1-2, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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Blacks are slightly more optimistic about the current state of race relations in American than whites and Hispanics are. But 37% of blacks and 38% of Hispanics believe those relations are getting worse, compared to 29% of whites.​

Links

Questions - Racism - July 1-2, 2013 - Rasmussen Reports®

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics - Rasmussen Reports®​

No matter which definition of racism you choose, I believe that we must agree that the U.S. has a history of preaching, teaching and believing that whites are superior to blacks and all other peoples. Ours is a history of not only believing this, but in persecuting and oppressing those we have held to be inferior (we even went so far as to use the Bible to "prove" their inferiority). Today I believe any person can be prejudiced and prefer the company of those who are like them. I do not believe that black people in this country can be racist because they do not, as a group, hold the power and position to oppress anyone else.

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

 

[mudwhistle]

This is one of the first subjects I talked about when I started posting on message boards. Are Blacks on average more racist than whites?
I've always believed that they are. Something that I discovered growing up was that almost every black in America thinks about race every day, whereas most whites don't. There's a reason for this, but this simple fact is being used by the left to divide America.

A Rassmussen survey asked the question 5 years ago, and my guess is it would be even worse today.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.

From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.

Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.

Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist.

Overall, just 30% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Fourteen percent (14%) describe them as poor. Twenty-nine percent (29%) think race relations are getting better, while 32% believe they are getting worse. Thirty-five percent (35%) feel they are staying about the same.

These figures reflect more pessimism than was found in April when 42% gave race relations positive marks and 39% said race relations were improving. However, the April number reflected all-time highs while the current numbers are more consistent with the general attitudes of recent years.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 1-2, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

------------------

Blacks are slightly more optimistic about the current state of race relations in American than whites and Hispanics are. But 37% of blacks and 38% of Hispanics believe those relations are getting worse, compared to 29% of whites.​

Links

Questions - Racism - July 1-2, 2013 - Rasmussen Reports®

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics - Rasmussen Reports®​

No matter which definition of racism you choose, I believe that we must agree that the U.S. has a history of preaching, teaching and believing that whites are superior to blacks and all other peoples. Ours is a history of not only believing this, but in persecuting and oppressing those we have held to be inferior (we even went so far as to use the Bible to "prove" their inferiority). Today I believe any person can be prejudiced and prefer the company of those who are like them. I do not believe that black people in this country can be racist because they do not, as a group, hold the power and position to oppress anyone else.

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

 

[AKIP]

No matter which definition of racism you choose, I believe that we must agree that the U.S. has a history of preaching, teaching and believing that whites are superior to blacks and all other peoples. Ours is a history of not only believing this, but in persecuting and oppressing those we have held to be inferior (we even went so far as to use the Bible to "prove" their inferiority). Today I believe any person can be prejudiced and prefer the company of those who are like them. I do not believe that black people in this country can be racist because they do not, as a group, hold the power and position to oppress anyone else.

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

 

[mudwhistle]

I guess we never had a black president, Attorney General, or Supreme Court Justice then.

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

 

[AKIP]

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

Of course republicans are always against democrats policies. That is the nature of being the opposition party. Democrats are also always against republican policies. However, we are not talking about that. We are talking about an America that generally believes that black people are inferior to whites and think blacks 'ruin things'. There was a lack of confidence in the position of the presidency for no other reason that the race of the President. Its not about the emotion of hate. That has little to do with it. Its about thinking blacks are inferior and hence unqualified relative to some other white person.

 

[IM2]

One of the symptoms of racism is not being able to figure out things that don't take a lot of intelligence, when one has intelligence.

Blacks only ascend to positions of power AT THE WILL OF WHITES, in a white majority nation. Its not the color of the individual, but the color of the individuals who gets him there and keeps them there who has the power. Obama never had power because he was always beholden to the white majority and there are checks and balances in the system that are also dominated by white majority rule.

Farrakhan could never be president of the United States.....because whites would fear what he would do with his power, so they would never give him power over them. A white majority America will NEVER give power to an individual that threatened whites. All this talk about Obama as a racist president is pure BS. They only represent WHITE FEARS of a black person essentially doing what white people have done for their people, however, Obama could have NEVER got elected without a solid amount of whites voting for him, even though the majority of whites voted against him. He did not have the power....the white electorate did.

Often time Whites rule through proxy, if not directly. Obama was a proxy.

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

His economic policies saved this country and he apologized for nothing. So as AKIP said, you didn't like Obama because you didn't think a black person should be president. You won't admit it, nobody white ever admits being a racist. We know that.

 

[mudwhistle]

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

Of course republicans are always against democrats policies. That is the nature of being the opposition party. Democrats are also always against republican policies. However, we are not talking about that. We are talking about an America that generally believes that black people are inferior to whites and think blacks 'ruin things'. There was a lack of confidence in the position of the presidency for no other reason that the race of the President. Its not about the emotion of hate. That has little to do with it. Its about thinking blacks are inferior and hence unqualified relative to some other white person.

Democrat policies are designed to create poverty. And most of the beliefs that blacks are inferior is inherent in the Democratic Party, not the Republican Party. Did you know they think blacks are too stupid or too poor to get proper I.D.??????

 

[mudwhistle]

The reason Farrahkan could never be president is because too many of his racist speeches are recorded.

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

His economic policies saved this country and he apologized for nothing. So as AKIP said, you didn't like Obama because you didn't think a black person should be president. You won't admit it, nobody white ever admits being a racist. We know that.

I know some racist Whites.
I also know some racist blacks.
From what I've learned many conservative blacks who go to church are repelled by Whites. One girl my nephew (who is black) brought home couldn't eat dinner with me because my white skin made her nauseated.
And I've never seen 5 whites beating up a black guy on a bus for no good reason. I have seen 5 blacks beating up a white guy though.

 

[MizMolly]

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt in regards to intelligence. Thus, I assume that you or any one who concludes that blacks are more racist than whites, are as smart as I am...if not smarter. Hence, if I know that the belief that blacks are more racist than whites is false, what prevents people like you from knowing it too?

If an intelligent person cannot figure out the correct answer to a simple question, when all the information is there to get the right answer, its because the intelligent persons intellect is being subdued by emotions and prejudice. There is a clear reason why people like you have to be "educated by force" on such matters. Its because you don't want to be educated, but rather, to believe what your prejudice and emotions want you to believe. Even when forced fed the truth....you stick your finger down your throat to throw it back up.

America has as many racist whites as it has ever has in its history. What different today is that there are also many whites who are not like that and don't feel that they have to pretend to be that way or to be silent about the racism of other, just to get along and fit in. There are a lot of racist white people and there are a lot of white people who are not racist. The former just seek to camouflage themselves as the latter.

There is no way to prove that. So please spare us.
You have history on your side but like almost every thread on race you post in, you dont have the present.

Take away the past and the present ceases to exist. The present is simply the reaction to the past and every action creates a reaction....often equal and opposite.

The past is just a memory.
Removing memories doesn't erase the present. The past is merely a tool one uses to deal with the present.

The past is not a memory, as it existed whether you witnessed it to remember it or not. The past is ENERGY that transcends the temporal continuum. The energy of the past illuminates the present.

How many generations do we go back?

Just so I can be ready.....


I'm guessing that the only cotton you picked came out of an aspirin bottle.

True?

True, what about all the white descendants of the whites who died fighting for blacks to be free? Their lives were cut short, thus they didn't live to succeed in life. How would anyone determine who gets what and how much?

 

[IM2]

There is no way to prove that. So please spare us.
You have history on your side but like almost every thread on race you post in, you dont have the present.

Take away the past and the present ceases to exist. The present is simply the reaction to the past and every action creates a reaction....often equal and opposite.

The past is just a memory.
Removing memories doesn't erase the present. The past is merely a tool one uses to deal with the present.

The past is not a memory, as it existed whether you witnessed it to remember it or not. The past is ENERGY that transcends the temporal continuum. The energy of the past illuminates the present.

How many generations do we go back?

Just so I can be ready.....


I'm guessing that the only cotton you picked came out of an aspirin bottle.

True?

True, what about all the white descendants of the whites who died fighting for blacks to be free? Their lives were cut short, thus they didn't live to succeed in life. How would anyone determine who gets what and how much?

OK let's play your little game of whites died for us to be free. Whites were free. They died choosing to fight. Let me repeat. The whites were free. The blacks were not. Blacks had no choice. In addition whites were paid for their labor, not owned as property, had the freedom to go wherever they wanted, not just where their owners said they could go, and were considered citizens with full rights. So I must ask, do you guys even think before you start posting these comments? What reparations would whites be entitled to for fighting to free people who were supposed to already be free according to the constitution? Really do you guys even think? You are paying reparations to Native Americans every year. So again, do you guys even think before you hit the post reply button?

 

[IM2]

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

His economic policies saved this country and he apologized for nothing. So as AKIP said, you didn't like Obama because you didn't think a black person should be president. You won't admit it, nobody white ever admits being a racist. We know that.

I know some racist Whites.
I also know some racist blacks.
From what I've learned many conservative blacks who go to church are repelled by Whites. One girl my nephew (who is black) brought home couldn't eat dinner with me because my white skin made her nauseated.
And I've never seen 5 whites beating up a black guy on a bus for no good reason. I have seen 5 blacks beating up a white guy though.

Yeah I know.

 

[IM2]

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

Of course republicans are always against democrats policies. That is the nature of being the opposition party. Democrats are also always against republican policies. However, we are not talking about that. We are talking about an America that generally believes that black people are inferior to whites and think blacks 'ruin things'. There was a lack of confidence in the position of the presidency for no other reason that the race of the President. Its not about the emotion of hate. That has little to do with it. Its about thinking blacks are inferior and hence unqualified relative to some other white person.

Democrat policies are designed to create poverty. And most of the beliefs that blacks are inferior is inherent in the Democratic Party, not the Republican Party. Did you know they think blacks are too stupid or too poor to get proper I.D.??????

Wrong.

 

[AKIP]

That is the point. Whites would not elect someone who will be racist towards whites. Thus, before a black person is elected president whites will ensure that he will do no harm and is safe. Thus, a black president really does not have the power to do wrong to white peoples, because his term and stay is beholden to them.

Horse Shit.
Obama was a racist and he set back race relations in America 50 years. Not only did he worsen racism by pitting blacks against cops but Blacklivesmatter helped create a negative perception of blacks by those of us who never held racist beliefs before. This was all by design.
Not to mention all of the race-merchants like Al Sharpton who ruined businesses and ruined lives with nothing more than accusations of racism. That is the power blacks have in America. Social Justice is nothing more than institutional racism.

Well....I am not going to try to convert a racist. That would just show my ignorance. That said, the deterioration of race relations by Obama is no different than how a black man showing up with a white women, holding hands, at a Mississippi diner circa 1950, would deteriorate race relations in that diner. Ergo, they deteriorate when whites gets pissed by seeing blacks doing something that they don't think they are supposed to do. Many whites were just pissed that a black man was president....and that in and of itself.....reduced race relationships.

Nonsense. A few maybe, but most of Obama's critics disliked his economic policies and his habit of apologizing for America to other nations that don't deserve an apology.

Of course republicans are always against democrats policies. That is the nature of being the opposition party. Democrats are also always against republican policies. However, we are not talking about that. We are talking about an America that generally believes that black people are inferior to whites and think blacks 'ruin things'. There was a lack of confidence in the position of the presidency for no other reason that the race of the President. Its not about the emotion of hate. That has little to do with it. Its about thinking blacks are inferior and hence unqualified relative to some other white person.

Democrat policies are designed to create poverty. And most of the beliefs that blacks are inferior is inherent in the Democratic Party, not the Republican Party. Did you know they think blacks are too stupid or too poor to get proper I.D.??????

Democratic policies, even MORE so, are the norm in Germany. Why is that one of the strongest nations, economically, in the nation with high standards of living?

The problem with you is that you are obsessed with left right politics. Everything as to be the result of left vs right politics. News flash, every issue is not due to republican or democratic, left or right. Some issues are just rooted in humans and the way they are, regardless if on the left or right. Black problems in America are born from white racism......not left right politics. Things you blame on liberalism don't cause similar effects on people in Germany and other parts of Europe. If liberalism was the true cause as you like to make it, then it would produce the same effect everywhere applied. Why not Germany? You only focus on politics to divert attention away from the fact that these issues in blacks are largely caused by white racism.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Take away the past and the present ceases to exist. The present is simply the reaction to the past and every action creates a reaction....often equal and opposite.

The past is just a memory.
Removing memories doesn't erase the present. The past is merely a tool one uses to deal with the present.

The past is not a memory, as it existed whether you witnessed it to remember it or not. The past is ENERGY that transcends the temporal continuum. The energy of the past illuminates the present.

How many generations do we go back?

Just so I can be ready.....


I'm guessing that the only cotton you picked came out of an aspirin bottle.

True?

True, what about all the white descendants of the whites who died fighting for blacks to be free? Their lives were cut short, thus they didn't live to succeed in life. How would anyone determine who gets what and how much?

OK let's play your little game of whites died for us to be free. Whites were free. They died choosing to fight. Let me repeat. The whites were free. The blacks were not. Blacks had no choice. In addition whites were paid for their labor, not owned as property, had the freedom to go wherever they wanted, not just where their owners said they could go, and were considered citizens with full rights. So I must ask, do you guys even think before you start posting these comments? What reparations would whites be entitled to for fighting to free people who were supposed to already be free according to the constitution? Really do you guys even think? You are paying reparations to Native Americans every year. So again, do you guys even think before you hit the post reply button?

"At least 620,000 combatants died during the four-year struggle; recent estimates put the total closer to 750,000, or more than 2 percent of the nation’s population at that time. More soldiers died in prison camps alone than America lost during the entire Vietnam War. Perhaps more to the point, some 350,000 Union soldiers died during the conflict, abolitionists in effect if not always in intent. Adjusted for population, that would amount to almost 5 million service deaths today, amounting to a blood sacrifice more than sufficient to redeem whatever moral or intellectual inconsistencies there are to be found in America’s founding documents.

And if that’s not sufficient? Well, then, nothing will be. But for most Americans—and for much of the rest of the world—it is more than enough. "
Blood Redemption

 

[MizMolly]

Take away the past and the present ceases to exist. The present is simply the reaction to the past and every action creates a reaction....often equal and opposite.

The past is just a memory.
Removing memories doesn't erase the present. The past is merely a tool one uses to deal with the present.

The past is not a memory, as it existed whether you witnessed it to remember it or not. The past is ENERGY that transcends the temporal continuum. The energy of the past illuminates the present.

How many generations do we go back?

Just so I can be ready.....


I'm guessing that the only cotton you picked came out of an aspirin bottle.

True?

True, what about all the white descendants of the whites who died fighting for blacks to be free? Their lives were cut short, thus they didn't live to succeed in life. How would anyone determine who gets what and how much?

OK let's play your little game of whites died for us to be free. Whites were free. They died choosing to fight. Let me repeat. The whites were free. The blacks were not. Blacks had no choice. In addition whites were paid for their labor, not owned as property, had the freedom to go wherever they wanted, not just where their owners said they could go, and were considered citizens with full rights. So I must ask, do you guys even think before you start posting these comments? What reparations would whites be entitled to for fighting to free people who were supposed to already be free according to the constitution? Really do you guys even think? You are paying reparations to Native Americans every year. So again, do you guys even think before you hit the post reply button?

You were not a slave, you are due nothing from slavery. So, you are saying because a white man was free but chose to fight for the blacks to be free, they aren't worthy of compensation too? If it weren't for them, blacks might not have gained their freedom.

 

[IM2]

The past is just a memory.
Removing memories doesn't erase the present. The past is merely a tool one uses to deal with the present.

The past is not a memory, as it existed whether you witnessed it to remember it or not. The past is ENERGY that transcends the temporal continuum. The energy of the past illuminates the present.

How many generations do we go back?

Just so I can be ready.....


I'm guessing that the only cotton you picked came out of an aspirin bottle.

True?

True, what about all the white descendants of the whites who died fighting for blacks to be free? Their lives were cut short, thus they didn't live to succeed in life. How would anyone determine who gets what and how much?

OK let's play your little game of whites died for us to be free. Whites were free. They died choosing to fight. Let me repeat. The whites were free. The blacks were not. Blacks had no choice. In addition whites were paid for their labor, not owned as property, had the freedom to go wherever they wanted, not just where their owners said they could go, and were considered citizens with full rights. So I must ask, do you guys even think before you start posting these comments? What reparations would whites be entitled to for fighting to free people who were supposed to already be free according to the constitution? Really do you guys even think? You are paying reparations to Native Americans every year. So again, do you guys even think before you hit the post reply button?

You were not a slave, you are due nothing from slavery. So, you are saying because a white man was free but chose to fight for the blacks to be free, they aren't worthy of compensation too? If it weren't for them, blacks might not have gained their freedom.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Who freed the slaves?

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was limited to freeing only slaves in states that had seceded--slave masters in the border states that had remained officially neutral were exempt, as were any parts of the Confederacy already under Union control. Still, the document was a recognition that the goals of a Union victory to keep the United States together and the destruction of slavery were tied together and inseparable. Since the proclamation could only apply in reality if the North won the war, the Northern army became a de facto army of liberation--with slaves escaping to Union lines to gain their freedom.

Soon thereafter, the Union finally agreed to arm and train Black soldiers. Large numbers of Black men poured into the Union Army, more than half of them former slaves. Their sacrifices were enormous. Blacks suffered a casualty rate 40 percent higher than white soldiers (of the 38,000 who died, only 2,870 were actually killed in combat, reflecting the horrific living conditions for these soldiers.)

Black troops fought in nearly every major campaign. As a result of one battle alone in Virginia, 14 African Americans received the Medal of Honor. Yet these soldiers faced discrimination at every turn--racist treatment at the hands of all-white officers, disparity in pay, the worst assignments, outdated equipment.

Some white officers fought for the dignity of their troops. Robert Gould Shaw, the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, whose story was immortalized in the excellent film Glory, was one example. The entire 54th--including the white officers who weren't subject to unfair wages--refused their unequal pay for an entire year. Towards the end of the war, the government relented and granted full and equal back pay.

Not surprisingly, armed Black soldiers terrified the Confederacy, which vowed to return to slavery or put to death any so-called "slave insurrectionists" caught in uniform (as well as any white officers leading them).

Blacks also played a crucial role in the war effort from behind Southern lines--engaging in sabotage, strikes, individual acts of violence, conspiracy, rebellion and marronage (forming illegal communities.) These slave disturbances drained Confederate resources, with militia and army units forced to patrol at home rather than fight the Union Army.

Confederate President Jefferson Davis' own slaves eavesdropped on his meetings--and passed information to Union agents, who were often Black women.

One of the more brazen acts of resistance came on the morning of May 13, 1862. Robert Smalls and a crew of seven other slaves snuck aboard the Confederate ship Planter with their families and piloted it over to Union lines. Smalls joined the Union Navy--and later became a five-term member of Congress from South Carolina during the short-lived Reconstruction era.

African American resistance is important to note because conservative historians attempted to obliterate this record.

Who freed the slaves?

The U.S. Owes African-Americans Reparations, Says United Nations

The United Nations released its final report this week outlining a host of concerns about the treatment of African-Americans in the United States.

In short, it isn’t pretty, and it’s a reflection of what many activists have been saying for a long time.

The 22-page document issued by the U.N. Working Group includes 37 “manifestations of racial discrimination” in criminal justice, health care, education, and more.

Many of the conclusions relate to criminal justice, specifically policing and incarceration and their relation to history.

"In particular, the legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United States remains a serious challenge, as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent," the report states. "Contemporary police killings and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past racial terror of lynching. Impunity for State violence has resulted in the current human rights crisis and must be addressed as a matter of urgency."

The U.S. Owes African-Americans Reparations, Says U.N. Report

Those whites who died fighting were paid. You don't get reparations for choosing to join the army. And as you see if you can read are that the violations extend to today and are not just about slavery.