I was just reading a newspaper article written by a journalist who was slamming Glenn Beck. He views Beck's ranting from his own personal/professional experiences in life. I might add that this journalist is black, due to the picture that accompanied the article.
If you are reading this as a white person, have you ever considered how you would view the world/events/circumstances today if you were born black?
I have and I am sure that I would view everything differently.
I have had a lot of hardships in my time and if I was born black, I am confident that I would blame many/most of my problems on being black...like being turned down for a job, a loan, etc. It would be human nature to do so due to the events that have transpired in black history. But...the truth of the matter is that we whites have had our share of problems/failures to deal with and we can't blame it on the color of our skin.
To say that there is no racism today would be a ludicrous statement but logical thinking must replace racial thinking, by both whites and blacks, when making decisions on important issues.
Hopefully, one day we will all simply be called Americans without any mention of our race. I personally think that the expression African American should be dropped since this automatically points out that the person is black and seems to imply that they are not a pure American.
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