01-23-2004, 06:41 PM
Quote:"Black racists in America are some of the worst hypocrites I have ever encountered, who are unable to look forward. Again I am struggling to see your point. I would put it to you that at least the black racist, as opposed to the white racist, is able to see the past."
You did indeed miss the point, perhaps due to my inelegance of expression. The perpetuation of the myth of the past as the present condition and its attendant justifucation for their discrimination/racism/hate is the hypocrisy that so frustrates me.
Quote:I would put it to you that at least the black racist, as opposed to the white racist, is able to see the pastWhat? You claim a white racist can't see the past? Where do you get that from? He seems to me trapped in the past. The problem is with the view each and any racist has with the present and future!
That line of yours is nonsensical. Both the white racist and the black racist see the past through different lenses, both cracked, and both apply it to the present and future differently: IMO under flawed premises. What made ML King's message so strong was his firm moral and principled foundation.
"At least a black racist can . . ." What, you are excusing racism? That's not Bishy like at all.
A black racist trapped in the past is as bad as a white racist trapped in the past: I excuse neither, as neither sees a future with the other in it as a good neighbor, which is the whole problem to start with.
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John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete