Race Free Zone responds to comments
I keep hearing this "You can't understand unless you're black," excuse all over. It's the same as saying, "I've lost the reasonable discussion, so I'm going to claim that only blacks can possibly understand, which eliminates my having to pay attention to anybody else's opinion." It you want to lie to yourself, that's your business. At least accept that many prominent blacks who are skilled race relations experts, scholars, politicians, and successful businesspersons are saying exactly what Race Free Zone is saying, and they're . . . black. Many of them came out of poverty in the real Jim Crow era, and managed to ignore race obsession and make good on the American promise. Please scan our "Quotables" section to read their own words: Shelby Steele, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, John H. McWhorter, Ward Connerly, Star Parker, and more. If you only take the word of blacks, there they are.
This is not new--it goes back to the slaves, like Frederick Douglas, who rejected paternalism and encouraged blacks to make it on their own because America was the one place where they could do that. When we say that "real racism" is mostly gone, we're referring to the old-fashioned kind of racism that resulted in such ridiculous moments as a white father's not letting a black medical specialist work on his child. I provided a very clear example so the readers would understand.
While there is still racism because that's natural and will never completely go away, largely because of the paranoia encouraged by social programs, the media and squabbling over money, set-asides and hand-outs, America is much better than ever before in history for a person of any heritage to "make it here." It's still one of the best places in the world for a person of any color to succeed. Only those who are held back by the chips on their own shoulders are doomed to fail in America.
My Hispanic son will never be affected by racism because he will simply shrug and move on to the next best opportunity, rather than wallowing in self-pity and victimhood. He's not a victim and he knows it. He's in charge of his life. Notice that I did not say he would not ENCOUNTER racism--I said he would never be AFFECTED by it. That's because what happens to you is random, while how you react to it is your own choice. Go out into the world and be a person. Don't be a color. Be an American.
Diane Carey - Race Free Zone
This is not new--it goes back to the slaves, like Frederick Douglas, who rejected paternalism and encouraged blacks to make it on their own because America was the one place where they could do that. When we say that "real racism" is mostly gone, we're referring to the old-fashioned kind of racism that resulted in such ridiculous moments as a white father's not letting a black medical specialist work on his child. I provided a very clear example so the readers would understand.
While there is still racism because that's natural and will never completely go away, largely because of the paranoia encouraged by social programs, the media and squabbling over money, set-asides and hand-outs, America is much better than ever before in history for a person of any heritage to "make it here." It's still one of the best places in the world for a person of any color to succeed. Only those who are held back by the chips on their own shoulders are doomed to fail in America.
My Hispanic son will never be affected by racism because he will simply shrug and move on to the next best opportunity, rather than wallowing in self-pity and victimhood. He's not a victim and he knows it. He's in charge of his life. Notice that I did not say he would not ENCOUNTER racism--I said he would never be AFFECTED by it. That's because what happens to you is random, while how you react to it is your own choice. Go out into the world and be a person. Don't be a color. Be an American.
Diane Carey - Race Free Zone
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