Gawker: Fifty Years After the March, White People Are Still a Disgrace [View all]

[M0rpheus]

Last edited Thu Aug 29, 2013, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

While written by a non-POC, it's a pretty good read.

I found this paragraph spot on...

What white people fear, at bottom, is retribution. This is why discussion of actual injustice is supposed to be off-limits. Despite the glorious principles spelled out 50 years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, they lack a functioning concept of justice. To admit the harms of the past is to invite payback. When Andrew Breitbart raised a race panic over Shirley Sherrod, the real issue was that he and his followers were incapable of understanding Sherrod's story of transcending racial resentment. They were too trapped by rage and paranoia to get the point

There will be the usual sparks if this makes it to GD...

http://gawker.com/fifty-years-after-the-march-white-people-are-still-a-d-1216851674

ETA: Apologies... didn't include the stupid link!