Who's More Racist: Blacks or Whites? (Ep 11)

I have friends in Mexico, Canada, Jamaica, Scotland, Ireland, well...the British Isles...Panama, Cuba (yes...don't tell the U.S. government, okay?), Trinidad and Texas...it is an independent nation, correct?...well, at least THEY think they are!...and I've ALWAYS realized that they all are just like me...peel away the governmental, religious and economic layers and I have not seen any racism, intolerance or bigotry exhibited by the REAL people of any place I've been!

Of course, I don't "do" the tourist traps...I go out to where the ordinary, average human beings work and live and I have been welcomed into their homes and treated like an honored guest...everywhere I've visited.

Maybe it's just the way I am and the way I come across to others but I have felt kindness and love of the NORMAL people in each country I have been blessed to have met.

Some of these friendships have lasted for decades now. I now know their grandchildren and have gone through their loss of parents and grandparents as I have and if there's one thing in common I've witnessed is we're ALL human beings with the same needs, wants and desires.....a roof over our heads, food in the pantry, clothes to cover our bodies, education for our children and just enjoying life to the fullest.

I am not the exception to the rule....I am just like them...and they are just like me!

I kind of like the Politichicks. They are so crazy they make me smile. That's good once in a while =)

Hi Buckeye.

Well...howdy do, right backatcha, V!

I see you and I are holding the fort down early this A.M.!

BTW, did you get settled in to your new surroundings in NM? It must have been a culture shock moving from Texas to there!

I have not received this one yet, but some as bad. One of my republican friends sends me pictures, not a citizen, brought our country down. This person claims to be religious. Some times she sends religious material, that I respect her beliefs. I fineally blocked her e-mails. When she called me she swore she wasn't racist, just felt the president wasn't good for our country. I had to tell her she was racist and I didn't think much of her religion. her god if he believed in sending this vile stuff thru the internet. No more friendship.

When I see right wingers, congress, teaparty being interviewed and ask if they believe the President is a citizen. They go thru so many around and about the question. It has to be pryed out of them to say, yes he is a citizen. I always since an undercurrent of hostility, Non belief. Perhaps undercurrent was the wrong word to use, yet I see, hear, read statements that I know are not words of truth. I see a congress that would never help our president, just to get rid of him, yet are not happy with their own candidates running for the office. I see some of his own party not stand by him. Yes, there is still racism, hate in our country.

I remember when segregation was prevalent in this country. It was bad and for a while I thought would end altogether in another generation. Then when Barack Obama became president I saw it's ugly head raise again.

I was so proud to have lived when the first black man became president as I would have been if the first women had become president. I have learned since that many do not have my pride. The worst part is he is working at helping the middle class, not the top money earners.

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Cheers for YOU for calling her out on her well-hidden racism.
Without a doubt, there's racism aplenty in our society. It's taught at the knees of mom and dad - "different is BAD."
Investigating it further, it's usually based on fear and ignorance - of the unknown mostly, but fear, plain and simple. What follows that fear is the need to BE superior, and the only way to accomplish that is to subjugate "the other" - the "different."
We must "breed it out" of our society or we'll be taken down by the bogeyman instead of "real" destructive occurrences and issues - issues we can tackle and to which we can make changes.
Day by day: "Teach your children well."

Good comment hardytoo. I agree with you and thank you. She knew my feelings about my party and was not a friend or she would have respected my feelings.
I have always heard the best way to lose a friend was to talk religion, politics and oh yes borrow money =) Good to see you back on line. Happy New Year. May 2012 be better.

I think it does the vast majority of us a disservice who feel the same way you do by those who focus only on the few that cause and perpetuate hate and division upon so many.

The analogy of one rotten apple spoiling the whole basket is so true.

All we need to do is learn to toss that apple away when it turns bad and the rest of us can live in peace and harmony!

You're such a kindhearted person that I can understand why it grieves you so. It does me, also.

But we MUST remember...there's more of us good apples than those bad ones!

And I agree with you...like you did with that incorrigible bad apple that enjoyed spreading bad "vibes"...toss 'em into the "garbage pile" of lost souls!

We don't need their kind anywhere near us or in our lives with their habits of spreading that vile bile like smelly manure!

May the New Year ahead be a cheerful and prosperous one!

It does grieve me Buckeye. I worked with her for about 30 yrs. and never saw that side of her. It didn't just grieve me that she didn't respect me but all the other people on the e-mail besides me that she sent.

I re-read what I wrote. I wish they would put a spell check on here. I was bad!!

I know the story you told me is true. Thank you for making me feel better. Heart of gold=)
Have a good day!

But by turning away and not acknowledging their existence be considered a form of enabling?

Should we not counteract their insipid inanity with condemnation of their promoting of hatred?

Ignoring them doesn't cause them to become invisible. Rather, it emboldens their antisocial behavior.

If you were to ask me.

I'd prefer to not trouble trouble until trouble troubles me....and what they profess is troubling to me.

If you may recall the age-old statement..,

"First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me."

And trust me, they're coming for SOMEONE! And they believe it's their inalienable right to use Second Amendment "remedies", too!

Perhaps that is why the Stalins and Hitlers came into power by not having enough thinking and caring "voices" speaking out loudly to prevent insanity to propagate!

I cannot disagree with the logic. It has been shown to be true too many times in the past.
However, for myself, personally, I found I cannot focus on the many wrongs within our society and our system.
I was drowning in despair! I finally came up for air...withdrew from Current and other news sources for a couple of months, and when I finally settled back in, except for acknowledging the many wrongs, and posting a few on a website I have, I decided to concentrate more on environmental issues...(hence the studies/degree I am working toward in Environmental Science) at least I FEEL as though I can make an immediate impact on small things.
As for the other....I do not want to lose my balance anymore....
And I do really believe talking heads such as these will leave nothing when they pass, as they are nothing now.

I was taught
Little by little one goes a long way so keep on the journey

Despair that can be felt by an individual can be countered by the coming together with like minded people who want change!

You should not suffer the indignities of injustice alone! That's why we should learn to band together to fight against tyranny of politiicans and those who support their snide agendas!

After all, it's We The People who should be leading the charge against intolerance and bigotry!

You and me....together! Well, along with a whole bunch of others who see peaceful and harmonious life as worth fighting for!

And whenever anyone professes the myopic perception these 'ladies' demonstrate we should all call them out on it. Every time!

Ignoring what they say only gives them license to spread their ignorance.

Just stating a fact....

True. The problem is that those who listen to these twits cant be swayed by reason or logic. They're content to wallow in their ignorance. They enjoy being hateful. They enjoy thinking they are morally superior. You just cant fix stupid and these ladies are the epitome of stupidity. Especially the "actress/comedian"

You and I are in total agreement there!

We need to nip this crapola in the bud when it rears its ugly head!

Black or white doesn’t mean anything other then what weight it is given in society, people are not born racist, they are taught racism, but it takes a strong mind to castoff the herd mentality, some people can and some people cannot.

Therein, lies the biggest part of the problem: It's a learned behavior.

- dingy. those chicks are "dingy". +^d

I have to agree with Kenny... Perhaps instead of Politi-chicks, they should call themselves Loonettes. It would be closer to the truth.

Cooool, I accept!

That is a given! :)

U B Kewl in my book!

LOL

}8^)

Awesome, and you too Bill! :)

Great post - really needed a good laugh!! However, these particular "loonettes" give bats a very bad name... bats are so cool (as are loons ....) - These boneheads are just plain STUPID. I guess they give "stupid" a bad name too.
LOL - and happy new year, Bill!

I have been remiss in my timely replies....May you and your loved ones see a prosperous, joyful, peaceful and with good health to all in the New Year to come!

With regard to mankind, there is only ONE race - the Human Race. If humanity was divided into different races, they could not produce offspring, or could only produce sterile offspring (think mules).

Bill,
I don't mean to be an art critic here, but what has been placed on this symbol is wrong.

from Wikipedia:
Yin yang are not opposing forces (dualities), but complementary opposites that interact within a greater whole, as part of a dynamic system. Everything has both yin and yang aspects as light cannot exist without darkness and vice-versa, but either of these aspects may manifest more strongly in particular objects, and may ebb or flow over time. The concept of yin and yang is often symbolized by various forms of the Taijitu symbol, for which it is probably best known in western cultures.

There is a perception (especially in the West) that yin and yang correspond to evil and good. However, Taoist philosophy generally discounts good/bad distinctions and other dichotomous moral judgments, in preference to the idea of balance.

"I don't mean to be an art critic here, but what has been placed on this symbol is wrong."

Well....how's the 'change'?

I don't think the other "pic" actually was inferring anything other than what it stated, but the use of the Yin/Yang symbol was inappropriate.

Hard to diagree with logic.

+^d

}8^)

Actually, I prefer to use the term homo sapiens rather than the word "race".

My ancestors believed that all peoples and tribes in the world were like the different colored flowers of one meadow, as I do now. All are beautiful. As children of this Earth they must all be respected.

You do have a point about the way things are...white superiority...
but it was the use of the symbol.....and thank you for acknowledging that.

Well, I "ain't" prefect! (the 'misspelling' is intentional...for those who would skewer me alive for inadvertantly doing so!)

The "Critics of Current" are one tough bunch! I must mind my "P"s and "Q"s!

LOL

Uh....misspelling??? I usually do not criticize about spelling.....I use Firefox and it catches almost every word I misspell...I am always correcting:))

OOOPS! Did I do that? I wasn't referring to you....it's those who rip me a "new one" whenever I make grammatical, typographical or errors in the misuse of words.

But I don't mind the criticism...I'm still lar'nin!

And one day I shall become edumacated...with their "help"!

LOL!!!

}8^)

that remind me of the song
it is hard to be humble

good post thanks
Happy New Year

Right backatcha, cmc101!

I'll be glad to see 2011 go into the history books!

and oh what a history!!!