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I'm an older white guy. I can't help what I am in that regard. When I was younger, racism was very blatant in my area. Not that my family was racist. They weren't. I just know and experienced what real racism is. I witnessed it first hand. 

I put forth a real effort not to be that way in my life. In fact, I have had some very good black friends over the years. I don't think you can find one single black person that knows me that would say I'm racist by any stretch of the definition. 

I find it offensive to be called a racist when I haven't done anything to warrant the charge. I just "fit" into the category of a racist because I'm an older white male.

I can tell you, I've experienced racism from black people many times in my life. I been chased by black people simply because I chose to stop in a black neighborhood and dare tried to have a passing conversation. I've tried to make friends with black people that purposely sought to offend me because I did.

I try not to treat anyone differently because of their race!!!

I can't stand it when people like Hillary Clinton say we are all racists to some degree. 

Speak for yourself Hillary..... You don't speak for me!!!

Yes. Hillary is racist. She said she is racist and I believe her. She wants to keep black people on the democrat plantation. She, just like Obama, wants the black vote but she doesn't want black people to realize they're being used..... and given nothing in return. 

Yes. The Clinton family is racist.

Wait a minute! Are you saying that the rich White liberals like the Kennedys, who live in wealthy neighborhoods with few Blacks, are racist?

(09-27-2016, 01:40 PM)praise_yeshua Wrote: [ -> ]I'm an older white guy. I can't help what I am in that regard. When I was younger, racism was very blatant in my area. Not that my family was racist. They weren't. I just know and experienced what real racism is. I witnessed it first hand. 

I put forth a real effort not to be that way in my life. In fact, I have had some very good black friends over the years. I don't think you can find one single black person that knows me that would say I'm racist by any stretch of the definition. 

I find it offensive to be called a racist when I haven't done anything to warrant the charge. I just "fit" into the category of a racist because I'm an older white male.

I can tell you, I've experienced racism from black people many times in my life. I been chased by black people simply because I chose to stop in a black neighborhood and dare tried to have a passing conversation. I've tried to make friends with black people that purposely sought to offend me because I did.

I try not to treat anyone differently because of their race!!!

I can't stand it when people like Hillary Clinton say we are all racists to some degree. 

Speak for yourself Hillary..... You don't speak for me!!!

Yes. Hillary is racist. She said she is racist and I believe her. She wants to keep black people on the democrat plantation. She, just like Obama, wants the black vote but she doesn't want black people to realize they're being used..... and given nothing in return. 

Yes. The Clinton family is racist.

i don;t think you are a racist....... ....... but i do know other non-whites who claim all white people are automatically racist... whether they look down on anybody else or not.... simply because they live in a society that has allowed them to benefit due to their race ... and who because of their color have been given considerations over and above the considerations given to people of other races...... ..... i for one do not believe that..... and in fact i see a little bit of racism at work in the minds of those who do believe it...... ...... 

but i do believe that most whites on the u.s. mainland.... or people of european ancestry there.... really are treated better on average than people considered minorites..... i also know it;s very hard for most white people from the u.s. mainland to understand that concept until they either travel or live for an extended time, in a place where everyone is truly equal or where even what they call a reverse racial bias in the country as a whole exists against them......... ...it;s only when they don;t get that special consideration they are accustomed to... then start to complain as if they believe they deserve it ...and are being mistreated by those who don;t see them as anything special.. that i begin to agree with those who would label them racist..... 

(09-27-2016, 10:53 PM)aleshanee Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-27-2016, 01:40 PM)praise_yeshua Wrote: [ -> ]I'm an older white guy. I can't help what I am in that regard. When I was younger, racism was very blatant in my area. Not that my family was racist. They weren't. I just know and experienced what real racism is. I witnessed it first hand. 

I put forth a real effort not to be that way in my life. In fact, I have had some very good black friends over the years. I don't think you can find one single black person that knows me that would say I'm racist by any stretch of the definition. 

I find it offensive to be called a racist when I haven't done anything to warrant the charge. I just "fit" into the category of a racist because I'm an older white male.

I can tell you, I've experienced racism from black people many times in my life. I been chased by black people simply because I chose to stop in a black neighborhood and dare tried to have a passing conversation. I've tried to make friends with black people that purposely sought to offend me because I did.

I try not to treat anyone differently because of their race!!!

I can't stand it when people like Hillary Clinton say we are all racists to some degree. 

Speak for yourself Hillary..... You don't speak for me!!!

Yes. Hillary is racist. She said she is racist and I believe her. She wants to keep black people on the democrat plantation. She, just like Obama, wants the black vote but she doesn't want black people to realize they're being used..... and given nothing in return. 

Yes. The Clinton family is racist.

i don;t think you are a racist....... ....... but i do know other non-whites who claim all white people are automatically racist... whether they look down on anybody else or not.... simply because they live in a society that has allowed them to benefit due to their race ... and who because of their color have been given considerations over and above the considerations given to people of other races...... ..... i for one do not believe that..... and in fact i see a little bit of racism at work in the minds of those who do believe it...... ...... 

but i do believe that most whites on the u.s. mainland.... or people of european ancestry there.... really are treated better on average than people considered minorites..... i also know it;s very hard for most white people from the u.s. mainland to understand that concept until they either travel or live for an extended time, in a place where everyone is truly equal or where even what they call a reverse racial bias in the country as a whole exists against them......... ...it;s only when they don;t get that special consideration they are accustomed to... then start to complain as if they believe they deserve it ...and are being mistreated by those who don;t see them as anything special.. that i begin to agree with those who would label them racist..... 

Well said. In such situations, I don't see racism as much as I do social structures. If that social structures falls along racial lines, then it might very well be racism. For example, there are many people of European ancestry that destitute. They fall into a social structure or classification that is at odds with a racial distinction.

The same can often be said in large Black communities. In such communities there are several different social classes. Those that prosper often take advantage of those who don't. There is a reason blacks have owned/own and sold slaves themselves. It was all about the money. Some want to see racism in such things but its often just about the money.