I don't know how or why "race" came into this conversation or where you got it from, but for the record, since you did mention "race", there are some things you need to get a grip on.
1.The issue of "race" is not going anywhere anytime soon.
2. Our people did not start the "race issue" and because we are not in power in terms of controlling anything like "media, education, politics, religion, or economics, we are powerless to make an issue like "race" dissapear from the minds, the media, the politics, the education, the religion or the economics that presently govern and influence the thoughts and behavior of the world's people.
3. Therefore, when issues come up on this forum or anywhere that smells of "white supremacy" or "white historical, political, religious, social or economic distortion, those of us who understand the role of our people regarding such, naturally speak out in terms of if and what our relationship to it is or was.
4. I want to also refer you to an earlier write up I did a while back regarding if "Our People Could Be Racist"
Okay people, lets be rational and objective about this. I say, based upon history that the answer is NO ! A black person can not be racist. However, before stating why this is so, let us turn to "The Oxford Companion To The English Language" for a better definition of this word so that we have some clarity. Mind you, this is not the definition of black people, but of the highest authority of White people. It is as follows:
1. The word Racism is of European origin. French.
2. Although often presented as scientific, especially in the wake of Darwinism, such a theory serves to buttress the assumption that one's own race is superior to all others. It may follow from this that one's own race therefore has, among other things, the right to control (and, when deemed necessary, enslave and even exterminate) people of races that are taken to be inferior or undesirable. It was used to justify European expansion and taken to extremes by the Nazis during world war two and continues to underpin the concept of white supremacy.
Okay, time for class to begin ! Based upon their own definition, no black person can be a racist. Based upon the definition,which is theirs, it is a system of control. Therefore racisim is a system of white people, by white people, that is used to control, enslave, and exterminate anyone not classified as white.
The key words to understand is that it's a system of control. What do black people control ? We don't control our education, they do. We don't control the economics of this country, they do. We don't control the health care, the entertainment industry, the produce, the laws, the religions, the banking system or anything else as it relates to anyone...including ourselves. We know who controls all of this, and based upon their own definition of their own word, the only racist in the world are white people !!!
The only thing that black people can be is prejudice, because we clearly do not have the system, the control or the power to be racist. How we may ask does this affect anyone on a personal level ? Well lets face it, if you don't like someone because they are white, it means absolutely nothing at all.
If on the other hand a white person don't like you...whether it be on the job, at the realestate office, the bank, the police, the judge, the hospital or anyplace at all...it carries a lot of weight and can affect your life on a personal level. THAT IS POWER, THAT IS CONTROL, THAT IS RACISM !!
Therefore you are affected by it to such a degree that you can not see that we as black people must deal with it on their playing field until we are in power enough to build or establish our own field. You can try to be as color blind or not race conscious as you want to be...that will only mean that you are spitting in the wind...a hard blowing wind....cause the world is not moving, seeing, thinking or feeling the way that you do. Now, who is out of step..."you or the world"??
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