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They are trying to do something constructive -- good for them!
"We have the real power to do something, to use the money we spend every day to solve our problems," Maggie Anderson said
Originally posted by wayno
That they seek to help their own racial minority is in no way a threat to the comfortable racial majority. Get a grip already.
Wikipedia
Although the term 'racism' usually denotes race-based prejudice, violence, discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have varying and hotly contested definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups. The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular racial group, and that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief. The Macquarie Dictionary defines racism as: "the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule or dominate others."
Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
along with a culture that is predominantly bankrupt of morality.
Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
its just confirmation of decades of policy that holds up minorities as "special" and "better" than the majority
Originally posted by saturnine_sweet
since using the race card to deflect all criticism of Obama has gone so well.
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
a lot of black-owned businesses are poorly run and organized so they already are one foot in the ditch.
Originally posted by drwizardphd
There is no such thing as the "black community" any more than there is a "white community". By implying that there is a black community you're advocating segregation.
Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to post by saturnine_sweet
If black people decided to buy only from whites, in an effort to support the poorer white communities, why would this be bad?
I agree that it shouldn't be "us and them," but calling this racist is hyperbolic. It's not racist to help a demographic that needs the help.
Originally posted by drwizardphd
Originally posted by logician magician
... lol
I know that sarcasm is a lost art on the internet, and I certainly hope your entire post was sarcasm. Assuming it was, well done!
There is no such thing as the "black community" any more than there is a "white community". By implying that there is a black community you're advocating segregation.
Folks, we all belong to one community: the American one. If we start shunning local businesses because they are run by people with different skin colors than us, how is that not racist?
If I walked into a restaurant, and saw that it was run by a black family, or an Asian family, or a latino family, and I refused to eat there because they weren't white, everyone would call me a racist. Black people who fought so hard for equality shouldn't be looking for any opportunity to throw it away. The woman in the article says she is suffering because of her decisions. Why would you suffer to exclude whites and other groups' businesses from your life?
It's new-age racism, and as long as black people do it, its A-OK.
Originally posted by sliceNodice
These people, and the people who support them are unwittingly destroying the reputation of the blacks. The media loves showing minority empowerment like a monkey loves its crack.
The media is run by a bunch of feminists who sympathize with the blacks because of their similar 'struggle' for equality throughout history. What they don't realize is that the human race cannot be equal. We need leaders... Now, this may anger about 90% of you, but the truth must be spoken and defended. The white male is better suited for leadership in this world, deal with it!
Originally posted by Republican08
Not as much racism this is, but I view everyone in America, as American, i'm 90% canadian hereditary wise, but I've lived in America 75% of my life, ergo I'm an american, if your great ancestors lived in Africa, but your parents, grandparents and you lived in america, your american, get over it. Your not African American, and all those hyphenated names, you pay the same taxes us white people pay.