Wouldn't know what Jeb said in 1960. He woulda been a kid then anyway.
But no I don't see where she's saying that either. Everything I read was about numbers. Nothing about how anybody sounds or acts, nothing about 'not wanting them' (in fact I saw the opposite).
You could say she's implying comments about a quota system. But you can't say there's a value judgment in there. I don't see any reference to any kind of behavior at all.
I think you are just failing to read between the lines. If their race, and their moving in was no issue, then why bring it up at all?
"Reading between the lines" meaning "inserting content that was never there" is not rational argument.
You need a
causation. You need a causation that leads the subject to take a position
specifically on account of their belief that said race is inferior.
And that is not present.
Culture clash does not count.
Say wut?!?
So, if you complain about blacks moving into your neighborhood, but never say they are inferior, it's just a cultural issue, then you are not a racist.
Are you reading what you are typing?
I'm actually writing it.
Maybe you should read it again slowly.
The hypothetical person above may or may not be a racist. But there's nothing in your hypothesis that tells me either way.
And that means I don't have the right to just go plugging it in because I feel like it. Because I don't know that causation for a fact.
Follow me?
We can't just walk around hanging labels on people we don't know for shit they never said. That's exactly what keeps us divided. Don't y'all get that?
Your hypothesis is flawed.
If a black man attacks a white man for no other reason than he is white...the black man is racist, whether he believes the white race is inferior, superior of equal is irrelevant.
It is not only relevant, it is
required. That's what racism MEANS.
rac·ism
ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Don't sit here on the internet and try to change the dictionary.
And this was your hypothesis, not mine. I don't have a hypothesis. I have a definition. And it's not holding up in this thread, any more than it held up in the last several race-baiting threads I jumped into.
By the way -- in your example above it's hard to imagine a scenario where he attacks the guy on the basis of race
without the underlying belief in a racial superiority --- but what if he's simply scared out of his wits by race-baiters like this thread and countless others constantly yammering "they're out to get you, they're coming for you, be very afraid"? What if he's thinking not "he's inferior" but "he's out to kill me, gotta strike first"?
See -- THAT is why I jump in and correct this race-baiting bullshit. It foments and feeds this crap. Then we have a Ferguson explosion and act surprised.
If a black woman is troubled by Asians moving into her public housing unit for no other reason than their race, she is a racist...whether she believes the Asian race is inferior, superior of equal is irrelevant.
See above for relevance and cruciality.
And to the instant case, the Councilwoman gives no indication that her being "troubled" (and it's not
she that she says is troubled but her
constituents, speaking for whom is what her job is) is based on what race the incoming are. If anything it seems to be a story about
quotas in the NYCHA and how they're being managed -- which could be a prelude to a question of discrimination. Are we not allowed now to examine questions of discrimination? We have no indication that there is, but ... we're not allowed to even raise the question now? Really?
Nor is either she or they "upset" -- yet another morph of the story I have to put back where it belongs:
Ms. Cumbo told
Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority, at a hearing of the council’s
public housing committee that residents in her district are perplexed that so many non-English speaking immigrants are moving into certain developments. The African-American Councilwoman stressed that she appreciates the rich cultural heritage Asians bring, but that many people wonder why the new arrivals are being allowed in to the apparent exclusion of others.
"perplexed" -- not "upset"...
"to the apparent exclusion of others" --- the quota question.
Am I the only one who actually
reads these articles?
If a white man doesn't rent to a black family for no other reason than they are black, it doesn't matter if it's because he thinks they are inferior or he doesn't like black culture...he is displaying racism.
Those are the facts...argue against them until the cows come home, that still won't change them.
On the contrary, your third example provides a perfect example of a causation that may not be racism at all. Maybe he sees said black family and decides "I don't want to hear rap music" and refuses to rent on that basis -- because they're black and he makes the assumption. But that is (a) a
cultural assessment (e.g. he might not make the same decision if the black family is an old couple without children) and (b) a fallacy of hasty generalization. But without the underlying belief "blacks are inferior", it's not racism. People refuse to rent, or hire, or associate with, other people because they're young, old, Muslim, men, women, any number of reasons. Doesn't necessarily mean they think their target is 'inferior'.
I don't like rap "music" myself. But it's got zero to do with the race of the person playing it.
This trend of jumping up, pointing fingers and crowing "dat's wacist" every time a mosquito sneezes has just got to go.
