How Can I Prove I am Not a Racist?
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Hmmn... I might be able to buy that, though I would need to see the article. And I also tend to be dubious about these kind of claims in general, they seem not reproducible and hard to substantiate.
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I wouldn't even try. As long as their is BET, NAACP, and a host of other RACIST orgs. I would just be a racist....Well, it's true.......
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Originally posted by mincingbeast:
Byte,
Very nice article on Slate.com recently (I'd link, but my blackberry link-fails) discussing a study on physiology and athletic performance. Cliff note version: the limb-length and center of gravity ideal for sprinting is best represented by West African (not generically "black" populations); the same is true of swimming and European populations. Beyond mere appearance, many physical characteristics tend to cluster with population groups. They are a product of an environment, and natural selection. They are biological.
http://www.slate.com/id/2260314
Go be delighted.
The original study tries to avoid the word race in favor of "heredity", which while accurate to a degree, is also a dodge that shows how spooked people are of the subject.
Its a small leap from pointing out the obvious and objective (West africans better adapted for sprinting than inuits) to some jackass declaring "blacks is dumb due to their race", so I understand the reluctance.
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You want some proof of racism in the Tea Party, Crappy? I'll give you just a taste.
We’ve all seen the poster now of Obama as a witch doctor. Dr. David McKalip forwarded it to fellow members of a Google listserv affiliated with the Tea Party movement.
The guy holding this sign? He’s the Texas tea party leader Dale Robertson
Carl Paladino, the Tea Party favorite for New York governor sent e-mails to friends, including:
- A video entitled "Obama Inauguration Rehearsal." The video shows an African tribesman dancing, and is apparently popular among white supremacists.
- An email with the subject line "Proof the Irish discovered Africa" containing a video of monkeys that appear to be doing a Riverdance-style jig
- A “motivational poster”:
- A photo of Barack and Michelle depicted as a pimp and a ho:
Then there’s this, from Tea Party protests:
And posted on the Twitter page of the Springboro Tea Party by Sonny Thomas, the group’s founder:
“Illegals everywhere today! So many spics makes me feel like a speck. Grrr. Wheres my gun!?”
That’s a sampling, enough for anyone to state “There is a racist aspect to the Tea Party movement”. One blogger said it perfectly:Quote:
Although there is lots and lots more, I rest my case..If they'd call them out, it would go a long way. They won't, they'd rather bitch about being called racist.
Regardless of all the well-informed, thoughtful members of the Tea Party movement, the racist Americans out there are migrating towards the movement. Since the leadership of the movement will not create a specific and clear statement declaring its complete and udder contempt for racism in any form, it by default embraces it.
I do feel sorry for the "good" conservatives out there. It must be difficult to make your voice heard among such rabble.
Personally, I never thought the entire Tea Party was racist, or even the majority of them, and I don't think many people do believe that. Those who ARE racist within their ranks get attention because they are overt, dramatic, and carry ugly signs. If the Tea Party didn't want to be called racist, they should make some effort to negate that appearance...certainly those people have the same right to show up and be heard, but if they'd been called out, or if anyone in the Tea Party had EVER said in any speech that racism was bad and they didn't condone it within their ranks, this wouldn't be an issue...the focus would have been on those who were overtly racist and it wouldn't have spread to the whole Party being called that.
However, when you have a convention and, in an auditorium full of Tea Partiers, the speaker says we should go back to the Jim Crow laws, the literacy test before you can vote, says people are allowed to vote who can’t even spell “vote”, and the crowd whistles, cheers and applauds him, the appearance becomes obvious.
As to individuals, racism shows up in the way people talk/write/act. It's not automatically assumed, but Wulf, you constantly use terminology that indicates the way you think of Black and Brown people, so it's natural people would come to the conclusion. It's a mentality--probably not a conscious one, but it determines the words that come to mind when you talk about other races. Doesn't matter who your friends/wives are, because we can't KNOW; you can say anything you want here, just as any of us can. The fact is that you WRITE in a way that shows a bias, that shows you feel they are "less than" in some way, and I don't think you can consciously change that.
Kirk, I don’t think anyone’s trying to force rednecks to be PC...that’s just not possible and surely everyone knows it. But when a group like the T
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Originally posted by mincingbeast:Quote:
Originally posted by mincingbeast:
Byte,
Very nice article on Slate.com recently (I'd link, but my blackberry link-fails) discussing a study on physiology and athletic performance. Cliff note version: the limb-length and center of gravity ideal for sprinting is best represented by West African (not generically "black" populations); the same is true of swimming and European populations. Beyond mere appearance, many physical characteristics tend to cluster with population groups. They are a product of an environment, and natural selection. They are biological.
Show me one Black civilization on earth that is beyond barbarism....I believe they have been on earth the longest and all other races evolved beyond them. They are so non-evolved they have no capacity for community or family EVEN in this country. Around the rest of the world, especially where there is no non-black influence, it is even worse. If I am wrong show me....Well, it's true.......
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_military_innovation_and_change
*shrug* Not much, and maybe it's just excuses.
The Zulus beat the British a couple times, before being crushed completely and decisively. And having decent military (with the highest tech being spears and shields), I'll admit, is not exactly a sign of being civilized.
Do we count the Moors and the Egyptians as African? Some of them were black...
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Kane, you've raised a rebuttable presumption of racism, and demonstrated half of why people are afraid to discuss race.
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Niki,
You can post all the pics and links you want, but all the circumstantial, suspect and irrelevant "evidence" you toss out, there's still nothing that ties the Tea Party and its platform to anything remotely being " racist ".
Leave the true racism to the professionals....
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Originally posted by mincingbeast:
Kane, you've raised a rebuttable presumption of racism, and demonstrated half of why people are afraid to discuss race.
Now beast, People are afraid of racism no longer. Sure, sheaffer may be afraid to ask Holder(the original announcer of America's fear of talking about Racism), about the black panther voter intimidation or his departments "alleged" guideline of not prosecuting black perpetrators of racism.
I am not, nor should you. Black people are the most racist on earth. They never talk about the nations good...It is always about the black community. Show me one other race that is that self absorbed. They are the true racist. They look out only for blacks and care nothing about others. I find the Black music awards and the thousands of other racist thingys...Hilarious
And I still say...Show me one black culture that has moved beyond barbarism..
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Rappy, are you wearing an ascot?
'Cause your ass got schooled by Niki!
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