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[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what racism is, Kevin.

What word would you use? Governmentist? Perhaps "reverse discrimination" is more palatable. It is hypocritical to accuse an entire body (in this case "Government") of being against an entire race.

Do you have a problem that I accuse a black man of being racist? I have never seen a definition that says that racism can only be applied towards any one racial group. By using a combination of 1) accusing the government of being all white, and 2) saying the government is against "people of color" is, well, racism.

So to answer your question that has now come up of "but he never said that the government was all white people", I remind you of this statement by Wright:

“The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.”

"The government ... against people of color." In other words: the white people are doing this to the black people.

Originally Posted by dictionary.reference.com

rac·ism –noun

1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Furthermore, nowhere in those quotes you provided does Rev. Wright assert that all white people desire to do anything to all black people.

I never said "all" and I never meant to imply it.

If you disagree that he implies the government is (predominantly) white, then the argument ends there and we disagree.

But just because I use the term "racism" against a black man, don't say I have a "fundamental misunderstanding of what racism is." I know what it means and I chose to not limit its usage.



I hate carrying on this debate in this thread as it is not about Barrack any more (sorry CP).