Topic : 09/22 Are You a Racist?

I appreciate your post, and I appreciate all the police officers and their families. With this being said, it is true that most police officers are not racist, but many are. Racial profiling happens. Is racial profiling an excuse for the high number of blacks in jail? No, and I don't believe this is what Dr. Phil was saying ( I hope not ) . I think I would consider myself a "liberal" and I take offense to your stereotype of us! Just because I am a liberal doesn't mean that I think racsim is to blame for all of our social woes in this country. It is a real problem, but is just one part of the social problems. Thank you! 

MY (NOTE:MY) Opinion: 

I agree that the MAJORITY of people claiming "racism" are the blacks.  But let s all understand that as long as we have freedom, we will always have differances and we will always have that double standard.......about sexual woman being easy and sexual men being heroes, about mexicans, blacks, asians...whatever.  If you ever notice, commercials always have the perfect "mix" of races.....isnt it sad that most of us are no longer racist but are forced to be scared of unintentionally hurting someone and then being called a racist, that we have to think and rethink the things we do?  I am not a racist because I understand that everyone is there own person and that just because the majority of 'whatever' do/say/think alike, it does not mean ALL of them/we do.  Example:  I am from Texas and I say "y'all", like a lot of other texans, but I dont ride horses, wear wranglers and boots with spurs.  Like Liz says , every race has its good and bad citizens.......we need to stop walking around eggshells with everyone.  Look, MOST whites hurt Native Americans by breaking 400 of there treaties.....but that has changed, its time to live life.  MANY, not all, hurt African Americans during the Slave era, but that is changing everyday......we are a different culture now.  Can someone please tell me how many people would get burned, fired and attacked if there was a WHITE ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION (WET) like there is a BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION (BET) channel????  We are creating this standard for one another by being too scared to JUST BE.---JUDY 

That was beautiful! Well put 

I DO agree with you on this one.......I dont think MOST people are racist, but the Media sure is.  Lacy Peterson, Rest In Peace, got sooooo much attention yet that same week Scott was on trial, 2 of the same cases were shown on my Southern Texas news station and it got 2 minutes each.  The differance: They were Mexican.  It's not even the majority of people.....it's not like whites are calling stations saying "Oh My God, you cannot show that cus they are Mexican or poor"....Lets not blame it on a race....it's the people who have actual control of the Media.  Sure, some are mexican/asian/black...whatever, but the Media  (reporters,journnalist) have the means to get these stories out there and they dont.  Not even this whole media thing is to blame on one race alone, if we are gunna point fingers, we should point them at ourselves for not standing up and doing something.   

THIS POEM SAYS IT ALL: 

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
 

Pastor Martin Niemöller  

Thats what I said....... 

well put