Letters to the Editor
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Anahadwolves
What you say doesn't ring true. You generalization of "black people" gives you away. Of course there are black jerks like their are white jerks. But I am sure that all black people don't treat you the same. Therefore you nor I should judge all people based on a few jerks comments.
I have had the police after following me for miles finally stop me and ask me why I was driving through a certain neighborhood. I have had cashiers write on the back of my checks my race. I have had servers at resturants not want to serve me because of my color. I have had whites surround me after a football game and try to beat me up. But I have not judged all white people for what some have did. Because racism for me as a black person is something different then individual prejudices. All of of us have our prejudices which sometimes come out in mean and ignorant ways. Racism on the other hand is a political and power issue.
Racism is slavery,Jim Crow laws, state sponsored segregation,militias whose purpose is to destroy a race aka KKK,whole banking institutions which don't give loans to blacks, systems design to keep blocs of people from voting,eugenic practices by people to eliminate a race,media institutions which come out with a slew of books,movies and news articles which denigrate the intellegence of a group of people.
When some whites try to say that Rev. Wright is a racist many blacks shake their heads because they say if he is preaching racism he has to be the worst preacher they ever heard. The bible says "they shall know you by the fruit that you bear." Lets look at the fruit of Rev. Wright's racist preaching. Rev. Wright's church has fed thousands, sent many poor young men and women to college, produced lawyers,doctors, men and women that serve in community and in the arm forces. Lets see what he has not produced. Rev. Wrights so-called hate speech has not produce armed black militants,suicide bombers,are a group of people that will not vote for a candidate base on race. As a matter of fact his congregation like many blacks churches voted for Bill Clinton,Al Gore and John Kerry in recent years.
What many folks need to understand is blacks have some serious issue with racism in this country. We also feel we have the right to express our concerns with the way this country has addressed that issue because blacks although upset still go to war and fight for this country and that right to dissent. Rev. Wright was one of those that laid his life on the line so chicken hawks like Bush, Cheney,Rush,and others could call him a racist.