Reply #70: you are not talking about racism [View All]

[Two Americas]

You make some points about tactics and strategy for the political Left, but what you are talking about is not racism.

We cannot discuss racism without someone feeling put out that they have been - heaven forbid - "called a racist." That shuts down all discussion.

No one is saying that the victims of oppression are better human beings than those who benefit from or promote the oppression.

You are talking about who is and who is not a racist. Racism is not about personal qualities.

I can well understand why people might describe your arguments as arguments that support racism. That is not harming you or persecuting you. Could it be that it is having your arguments challenged that you resent?

I think that to be white in America is to "be" a racist, and I don't know why anyone would feel offended about that or resist it. Clearly, we are all part of the problem, we are all in this together, and we have all been raised in a racist culture and saturated with racist messages. But racism is not a matter of being, it is a matter of thinking, saying, and doing.