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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]7962
(11,841 posts)Every time some idiot with a microphone, like he,r comes out with vile BS like that, it just re-enforces any racist opinions that ARE still out there. We just get more of "See, "they're" all like that". Oh, she had a tough kindergarten? Tough shit, thats life. Shit happens to all of us at one time or another. Does my cousin being abused 30 yrs ago by 3 black boys when she was 8 mean its ok for her to hate blacks, "as a group"? She doesnt, but I guess if she wanted to, she'd have a good excuse
And I think if the numbers of racists were anywhere near that big, there's no way we easily elect a black president TWICE;
theres no way that majority white districts in Ga, where I live, elect blacks to represent them both state and nationally, or many other states that do the same thing. And yes, many of the older people who were of age back in the Crow days HAVE changed. Listen to John Lewis talk about meeting one of those who had actually beaten him in AL. and how HE changed.
But again, if we're just going to continue to assume most/all whites are racists in 2015, then its a lost cause anyway. Wonder what it will be like when the majority of the population is Hispanic!!