Replies to '09/22 Are You a Racist?'

I can't believe that you are saying that you are not racist?  People who agree with this are definately racist.  I admit there are some black people who have very bad attitudes and there are black people are racist against white people.  Hello, there are white people with bad attitudes, and white people who are racist!  You can't judge all black people by the few who are racist!  I am married to a black man, and have a biracial daughter, I don't like people for who they are and not what they look like.  I am not going to judge every black/white/hispanice/whatever race for what they look like, try looking at who they are/how they act and not how they look!

I am no expert, however, I have a few thoughts for you...First, this country that you call home is the richest country in the world...Why?  To start, the country was taken  (quite violently I might add) from the Native Americans who were almost completely 'exterminated' from existence.  Shortly thereafter, the founding members of this country decided to reap the benefits of 'free labor'.  That's right, SLAVERY!  For hundreds of years, the country was built on the backs of slaves.  What was their great reward for building the richest nation in the world...RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION that is still rearing its ugly head today!  I know what you are thinking...slavery was hundreds of years ago...Well, it wasn't that long ago when overt racism occurred right in our own backyards, anyone heard of Jim Crowe!  Today, you may be thinking that African Americans and other minority groups have it easy in today's society, however,  there is still a strong stigma to being not white in this country.  Being a minority effects everything from where you live, to the quality of your education, the amount of wealth you accrue in your lifetime, etc. etc. etc.   The one thing that you must understand is that race is NOT biological, it is completely contructed socially and politically.  I would like for you to clarify what you mean by "The government would rather give money to others so they can come to this country but they forget the people who are natives of the USA."  Please clarify who you consider to be a native of the USA.  Please also tell me the last VICTIM of a crime who was a minority that was splashed across every news outlet (in response to this quote "they do get more coverage because they claim racism so much that people are afraid to respond to the truth".  And one last thing, what is the TRUTH that people are afraid to respond to?  I will be waiting on pins and needles for a response!  Thanks

I am in no way a racist, If I dislike someone I have a definitive reason for my dislike.  But Grandmafuz is right the media and the goverment always rush to the aid of blacks first out of fear of being called a rasist.  It's a big load of garbage that blacks are treated like second class citizens, the black youth of America have a much better chance at getting a free college education than white students, and God forbid they get turned down for a job!  whether they were qualified or not they can cry discrimination.  I beleive that no one is responsible for you for you, so if you make bad life choices you need to sleep in the bed you made. 

Before anyone calls me a rich white person, that has led a life of privelege: When I was a child my family was poor as dirt but I didn't become a high school dropout, a criminal, and I didn't start having children 15 either.  My sweet but uneducated parents worked like dogs to provide us with the basic necessities  In turn this taught me and my siblings to become hard workers as well, not free loaders