tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post6954285905328980999..comments2023-09-01T07:29:17.454-04:00Comments on [un]Common Sense: Racism is a VerbEddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579585545543464648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post-44716932146673894522011-04-19T13:36:12.792-04:002011-04-19T13:36:12.792-04:00Even those who don't benefit from the system s...Even those who don't benefit from the system seem opposed to ending it. I couldn't believe the sharply racial comments I heard in Florida and the South. From people who clearly were working class. Up here it is more subtle. Down there it is sharp and ugly. And wtf?? What do they have to gain? Someone who they can look down on? Maybe so, because if there is one thing that seems to infuriate a "white trash" person it is a middle class black person. <br /><br />I use the term "white trsh" to make a point; it is not part of my vernacular.Benni Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post-13915837058337059142011-04-19T13:10:36.672-04:002011-04-19T13:10:36.672-04:00You raise some good points, Bennie. Most importnal...You raise some good points, Bennie. Most importnalty, in order for the full drisrsity of the american experience to floursih, those institutional baaiers need to be taken down. even if there weren't any white racists, racism would still flourish in this coiuntry. Unfortunately, those who benefit from the system, see any dismanlting of insituttiional racims as a threat. the whole US conservative movement is predicated on this percieved threat.Eddie Daedalusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553815707336774090.post-14498318932273427232011-04-19T12:59:04.961-04:002011-04-19T12:59:04.961-04:00One of many reasons that we need more diversity in...One of many reasons that we need more diversity in the work place, more people of color, is that racial comments/actions tend to flourish in an all-white or all-black environment. Blacks can't do a lot to mess over whites, because they lack the numbers and power. Whites can do a lot to mess over blacks and they do. <br /><br />There is a direct connection between what people feel free to say and what they end up doing. Benni Jonesnoreply@blogger.com