D4Christ
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Me thinks this guy suffers from survivors guilt. Let me put it this way using a quote from another article about exposing racism in Mississippi;
It feels like a new Citzens Council is being resurrected in the States. But unlike their kin from yester-year they don't warn whites against using toilets behind blacks, or how inferior and lazy the black man is....this new council screams at the top of its lungs that whites are are the unporportionate victims of crazed black youths with no fathers, roaming the country in search of helpless whites to attack. These people have no interest in the past and how these events used to work out in their favor and perhaps shaped the future they complain about. It's all about today.
This author sees the past as somthing to forget. He can't even define whites when it comes to their past arrogance and dominance. He calls them "so-called" whites. However, when it comes to black on white crimes he does not hesitate, white is white. He summarily dismisses the fact that America is the rich, prosperous nation it is today because it made it's inital wealth by destoying the cultures around it.....Natives to the reservations, stolen Africans forced to work for no wages, and Mexicans kicked out. How many of us think we could and would get rich if we started a company where you didn't have to pay wages and got rid of all of your competition?
He reduces the the ugly reality of colonialism, racism and priviledge by hinting that it is not fair to assume white culture must apologize for these events or could not exisit without these events. But American culture is not defined by just white culture. America exists specifically because of what was able to accomplish...on the backs of others. American culture is defined then by many events, the good, bad and the ugly of which many cultures and groups took part in. If he doesn't like the part his ancestors played that is his problem.
This author states,
And where did he learn history? So-called minorities? He needs to think about why the requirements for hiring and admisssion where put into place to begin with. Where was he when these injustices were being practiced openly against other groups. Since when is getting hired based on what you know versus the color of your skin a "social norm." I guess blacks are also exempt from the social norm of being able to catch a cab in New York too.
This author is also off about his comparison of Warren and Trayvon. I don't care if Trayvon was a prostitute or a boy scout. His background has nothing to do with the fact that he was coming home from a store and was being followed by someone with a gun. When the two came face to face, and no matter who got the best of who, Trayvon was killed and the crime needed to properly investigated. It wasn't going to be until his parents made noise about it. Now that is in the courts, its up to the courts to decide.
Warren is a white Demoncratic Senate Candiate who apparently told her schools she was Native America. Warren states her great-great-great grandmother was referenced as Cherokee Indian on a marriage license and that her family always spoke of her Native heritage. The author states outright that she lied because Warren admits their is no proof of her ancestory. Really? We are supposed to believe that in racist America, where having a drop of black blood could get you killed if you were found trying to pass, whites with "other" blood would be keeping record?
Warren only played by the rules that Whites wrote. Having families hide their ancestory is common in this county. Now that it can work to some's advantage some expose it. America's chicken's have come home to roost.
It's a blame game....Zimmerman is being persecuted unfairly, because black youth in general are criminals (as many here believe) and it is ususally the Zimmerman's being attacked or .....when blacks are attacked by whites their cases are dismissed, ignored or go univestigated with no fair hearings, trials, etc...
But what does that have to do with Trayvon's case? So what the media yells, black/white...or are we all unthinking morons who only believe what the media tells us. Trayvon could have been gray and the case would still stand. And how does exposing the far "left" and "right" side of racism in this case help further the cause of Christ on this Christian forum. What is really being accomplished?
Blessings,
Dee
Me thinks this guy suffers from survivors guilt. Let me put it this way using a quote from another article about exposing racism in Mississippi;
It feels like a new Citzens Council is being resurrected in the States. But unlike their kin from yester-year they don't warn whites against using toilets behind blacks, or how inferior and lazy the black man is....this new council screams at the top of its lungs that whites are are the unporportionate victims of crazed black youths with no fathers, roaming the country in search of helpless whites to attack. These people have no interest in the past and how these events used to work out in their favor and perhaps shaped the future they complain about. It's all about today.
This author sees the past as somthing to forget. He can't even define whites when it comes to their past arrogance and dominance. He calls them "so-called" whites. However, when it comes to black on white crimes he does not hesitate, white is white. He summarily dismisses the fact that America is the rich, prosperous nation it is today because it made it's inital wealth by destoying the cultures around it.....Natives to the reservations, stolen Africans forced to work for no wages, and Mexicans kicked out. How many of us think we could and would get rich if we started a company where you didn't have to pay wages and got rid of all of your competition?
He reduces the the ugly reality of colonialism, racism and priviledge by hinting that it is not fair to assume white culture must apologize for these events or could not exisit without these events. But American culture is not defined by just white culture. America exists specifically because of what was able to accomplish...on the backs of others. American culture is defined then by many events, the good, bad and the ugly of which many cultures and groups took part in. If he doesn't like the part his ancestors played that is his problem.
This author states,
And where did he learn history? So-called minorities? He needs to think about why the requirements for hiring and admisssion where put into place to begin with. Where was he when these injustices were being practiced openly against other groups. Since when is getting hired based on what you know versus the color of your skin a "social norm." I guess blacks are also exempt from the social norm of being able to catch a cab in New York too.
This author is also off about his comparison of Warren and Trayvon. I don't care if Trayvon was a prostitute or a boy scout. His background has nothing to do with the fact that he was coming home from a store and was being followed by someone with a gun. When the two came face to face, and no matter who got the best of who, Trayvon was killed and the crime needed to properly investigated. It wasn't going to be until his parents made noise about it. Now that is in the courts, its up to the courts to decide.
Warren is a white Demoncratic Senate Candiate who apparently told her schools she was Native America. Warren states her great-great-great grandmother was referenced as Cherokee Indian on a marriage license and that her family always spoke of her Native heritage. The author states outright that she lied because Warren admits their is no proof of her ancestory. Really? We are supposed to believe that in racist America, where having a drop of black blood could get you killed if you were found trying to pass, whites with "other" blood would be keeping record?
Warren only played by the rules that Whites wrote. Having families hide their ancestory is common in this county. Now that it can work to some's advantage some expose it. America's chicken's have come home to roost.
It's a blame game....Zimmerman is being persecuted unfairly, because black youth in general are criminals (as many here believe) and it is ususally the Zimmerman's being attacked or .....when blacks are attacked by whites their cases are dismissed, ignored or go univestigated with no fair hearings, trials, etc...
But what does that have to do with Trayvon's case? So what the media yells, black/white...or are we all unthinking morons who only believe what the media tells us. Trayvon could have been gray and the case would still stand. And how does exposing the far "left" and "right" side of racism in this case help further the cause of Christ on this Christian forum. What is really being accomplished?
Blessings,
Dee
