Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing unresolved racial issues.Well, maybe that's because we get called racists every time we say anything about race. We have been conditioned by political correctness to avoid the topic altogether. When you change that, Mr. Holder, then we can talk.
Unresolved race issues? What unresolved race issues? Oh, he means reparations, I suppose!
ReplyDeleteI think Lance just proved Craig's point.
ReplyDeleteI'm not, Lance, although usually when criticism over racial issues is expressed, it is directed at the white man, which makes sense (in some cases) because we are the majority. I am responding to his comments as a white person, though, for the reasons I mentioned in the post, and because that's what I am.
ReplyDeleteI liked this editorial on the topic:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/opinion/21blow.html
The author references a test you can take (and links to the online version) on racial attitudes. I took this test a few years ago and was surprised by what I found. (My roots are extremely caucasian, but I feature myself to be balanced and not prejudiced.)
But the author also chastises Holder for being confrontational rather than conversational, which is what I think you're getting at here.
It is so hard to figure out how to have any discussion, even with good friends who don't happen to be white. Or even to kind of "model" potential positive outcomes to such conversation. (Though difficult conversations can sometimes have good outcomes.)
Thanks!
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I took that test, it said I was slightly biased towards white over black. But it also said I was biased towards jew over other religions, and that I associate women with science and males with liberal arts. Basically that whichever one came up first I did better at. I mean, I don't dislike Jewish icons, but I don't think I subconsciously favor them over pictures of Jesus. And I like being a women in science, but I definitely feel like a minority.
ReplyDeleteI guess it was interesting but I'm not sure I would put a whole lot of stock in it.