Originally posted by ScottK:
Although with the definition of racist:
"The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race. "
See, never once in did I express any beliefs of superiority or discrimination. There are important issues that deal with race, and there probably always will be. Having an opinion on the issues doesn't inherantly make you a racist. That only is the case if you use the ideals in the definition you listed above to form that opinion.
Example: Saying "AA doesn't work and isn't fair to ALL people" is not racist; saying "AA doesn't work because more quallified prople are geting left out of jobs" is. The second comment is because it assumes that the person getting the job isn't quallified.
There are definately racial issues in this country, but everybody is so damn scared of being called a racist that they avoid them like the plague...that's not the way to correct them.
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