The past has consequences. Take a spouse with a long history of infidelity. The spouse is trying to clean up his or her act. A big project has come up at work requiring the spouse to work late into the night on many days. Is the other spouse looking for infidelity or simply suspect because of the demonstration of the same patterns that previously were due to infidelity? Is the other spouse looking for infidelity or simply trying to protect him or herself from being used and hurt yet again?
Sure, racism happens a lot less than blacks think it does....but its not unnatural and should not be unexpected that blacks assume racism given the history of this nation. It happens (racism), however, a lot more than whites think it does, which is rather unnatural given the history of this nation and how intransigent most people are in their beliefs and views.
Racism and homosexuality have flipped flopped. There was a time where racism was socially acceptable and homosexuality was not. Racist were out in the open and homosexuals were in hiding. Homosexuals, because it was not socially acceptable, carried and presented themselves as heterosexuals. They married, had children and went about in an effort to be undetected as homosexual. Some, however, found ways to meet up with other homosexuals clandestinely to actualize on their real attractions. Back then, it did not seem like there were a lot of homosexuals relative to today when social acceptance brought them out the closet.
Today, racist do what homosexuals used to do. They try to blend in as non racist. They have friends who are black or maybe even romantic relationships with people who are black. They don't openly say racist things and they know what things not to say. The penalty today, for being an overt racist, is similar to the penalty of being overtly gay in an era where homosexuality was not accepted. A racist whites person in hiding, can commit an act of discrimination unbeknownst to any other white person. The black person may then accuse that person of being racist.......then all other white folks jump in the white persons defense, because they never heard him say the N word and that he has black friends.
Keep in mind that Dylan Roof, the white guy who shot those 10 blacks in a church in SC had a
black friend. White people can be racist and their racism not known and shared with other whites, just like people can and have been homosexual and never share that they are homosexual with others....unless they feel that they are the same way. Some whites, however, want us to believe that if a white person is racist, he will share that with friends and family. That is the way is used to be, but today there is too much of a cost professionally and morally in being an out in the open racist. The fact that people try to hide their racism seems to be lost among many whites who will only acknowledge racism as an issue if it is out in the open. How many times have you heard on the news the neighbor say their neighbor accused of some crime like child molestation or something else...."was a nice guy" or "did not have a clue" etc? That happens MOST of the time. You will not know if you are living next to a sex offender unless its reported. They will not share it with you. Yet, people don't want to say the same about racist. People act as if racist go around announcing and sharing it and that blacks are just making it all up......
The ultimate goal of racist......is to discredit blacks claims of racism, leaving only black inferiority to blame for the black condition of inequality. Its like the guy who just walked into a sworn of gnats. The only thing is that other people cannot see the gnats, but just see the guy flinging his arm and seemingly acting mentally unstable. The racist, analogously speaking, does not want people to know that the black person has walked into a sworn of gnats. The racist just want people to think the black guy is naturally crazy.
