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In reply to the discussion: How is a "Gen Lee High School" any different from a "Heinrik Himmler High School"? [View all]NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)legacy, and you will find the type of ignorant cheering section of idiots, that can deny the known years of child molestation plainly in his view .... all for the band to play the fight song to a winning team. They only see what they want to see.
same group that watches an ISIS video of peoples head being cut off,.... but can't condemn ISIS ................ can only "inform" how brutal Christianity was 400 years ago. It's pretty ironic what some will tolerate for the sake of believing they are right.
people on a mission can't see the reality of a situation because of their own personal objective,...... same is true for holding dear to the Confederate flag. I truly believe most people that want to keep it, are not wanting to keep it out of a racist black people hating culture. The Northerners were not innocent in the slave trade, but that is the part of history "Southern Haters" don't ever acknoqledge.
The one that always struck me as odd, was the term "African American". In the rush to label ourselves as "politically correct", or "sensitive" or what ever, nobody raised the point that 1-Not all black people are from Africa, AND 2-Not all people from Africa are black. Slowly "person of color" is now the accepted politically correct way of refering to a black person, but in order to clearly define a racist view ......... "white Hispanic" is perfectly acceptable, the fallout from someone being called a "white black" would be incredible....ironic isn't it ? A white 25 year old calls someone nigger, he is an ignorant racist, but a black 25 year old calls someone nigger, ...that's no problem. Even though BOTH 25 year olds have no concept of slavery, having BOTH been born in 1990.
I think the key to overcoming racism will come when " 85% of those surveyed believe the Confederate Flag to be a racist symbol " is a normal and everyday way of describing an issue. And we see the end of " Racist White Southerners, cling to the failed policy that allowed the righteous Northern Army to crush the bigoted white supremisist huckelberries in the civil war" Kardashian style reporting.