The O'Reilly (Racist) Factor

Great commentary...

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/63598/

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

but I Guess all of you think Isaiah Thomas is not a racist.

wtf does he have to do with this?

Cosmo wrote:

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Wow... that's the Race Card being played in record time.
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Are you the White Johnny Cochrane?

ha...i'm actually really related to the white Johnny Cochran

btw no e on the end of the last name for either of them

if he went to my homeboy tyrone's rib shack he wouldn't have ever made that statement. he would've pissed his pants. i go to this place alot..they got some kick ass bbq ribs, jerk chicken and pork and they sell kool aid too.. the kind you mix by hand..haha the place is fucking tasty but it isn't so normal all the time. there's been drive-by's and huge fights there all the time. food good enough to risk your life for..lol

MahoganySouls wrote:

The only thing I agree with in this whole thread is the idea that the color of skin isn't the problem, a specific sub-culture that is found within the black community is the problem.

So since not all blacks are thugs, gangmembers, criminals, welfare mongers, drug addicts or dealers, etc. racism is moot.

Fight the culture, not the color.

Color and culture are almost impossible to separate.

CorporateWhore wrote:

Color and culture are almost impossible to separate.

This is true in the sense that since color (ie race) is COMPLETELY culturally/socially constructed, and is not rooted in any scientific evidence cultural values come to define what someone being white/black/asian/latino etc means. If you don't believe me go check out the scientists who have worked on the human genome project, they all state, without fail, that there are no actual genetic races. There is no gene for black, or white, or latino, or mexican, or whatever, they can't find it, they have realized what most ethnic minorities have known for years, that false science was constructed to keep white people in power (and even then who actually counted as a white person has shifted over the course of history).

As such, color and culture are almost impossible to serparate in our heads, because color IS culture, it's created, and reified, and celebrated/hated by our culture, and often is used directly and indirectly by those in power to stay in power. This is an issue that is very difficult to get your head around, but when you think about it how dark does your skin have to be to be "black", or light to be "white", at what point in being black or white do you get the jumping gene for basketball, the slapshot gene for hockey, or the quarterback gene for football, or the gene to be president of the United States (hey 100% of all presidents were Caucasian does that mean 'white' people have the Presidential gene?). When you pull it apart like that you can see how stupid it is that we assign particular natural traits to particular races which have no scientific evidence to actually existing...it's like believing in god except even more ridiculous since there's actually scientific evidence that refutes it.

Maybe he was quoted out of context

by the way, i don't remember learning about Twista, Ludacris & Snoop Dogg in my African-America History class.

i was in the ghetto today and it was the most normal ghetto i've ever been to. just like any other ghetto i couldn't believe it was run by white folks, most of the houses owned or rented by whites. they do a good job running that ghetto. i really actually enjoyed my stay.

Originally Posted by Uncle Leo
You cannot really get away with calling anyone a racist, unless they use the N-word.

This is nonsense. A person can be called a racist by a culmination of their actions more so than a word.....N-word. Example: Refusing to associate with a close friend cause he decides to date someone of the opposite race and hating that friend for his choice. That's racist behavior.

Take a look at Top 10 Facts About Race and we can get a better understanding.

Also at "What is Racism? Who is Racist?"

How easy is it to identify a person's racial and ethnic background?
Now based on my writings here on MT and other boards what would you gather is my race?

Peace