I caught Michelle Malkin on C-Span’s BookTV, mostly because I was laying in bed flipping channels in the middle of the night and saw her name on the screen and stopped to listen. She was speaking at Oberlin college.
Although I’m not a Michelle Malkin fanatic, visiting her blog everyday, I do stop by occasionally and pretty much agree with most everything she writes. I’ve never heard her speak before the BookTV thing, but I must say that she kept me interested.
One thing she said that seemed to get a few people in the audience pissed off, and I’m paraphrasing here, was that black people in America experience less racism now than they did in the 40’s and 50’s. Or actually, she TRIED to say that, and had to rephrase it when one person in the audience really got bent out of shape. But I agree with her.
How can you NOT agree with that? Do you think Rosa Parks would agree with it? I think she would. After all, Mrs. Parks wasn’t arrested in this decade for sitting in a “non-colored” section of the bus. She wasn’t arrested in the 90’s or even in the 80’s, either. There are no more segregated buses. That alone would make me say that although racism does now and will always exist in America, it is not as bad now as it once was. In fact, there are no segregated water fountains, restrooms, restaurants, etc in this country anymore, either. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s not forget about education and job opportunities. How can so MANY people disagree that racism isn’t as bad now?
If you do disagree, go ahead, use the comments section to blast me. I don’t care. But if you think it is as bad as it was in the 40’s and 50’s, then I wish I had a time machine to zap you back for about a month.harrington adam naball catherington saintsinfidel ringtone allahgreen allan jaidon codringtonringtone allblacks haka555 ave leveringtonleverington philadelphia ave 100north mo city 1601 corrington kansas Map
Well, I think there IS as much, if not more, racism in the US today. The only real difference is that it’s more often than not practiced by blacks.
Yes I agree with that. What I’m talking about is racism against black Americans.
A lot lot less on your point Mel, and a lot lot more on David’s. LMAO
I caught that on tv as well. Really enjoyed it. What is funny is that Malkin is not white so it really hits home when she speaks the truth on racism.
Good post, I’m going to link to it if you don’t mind.
silverstatesecrets.blogspot.com
Exactly, Silver!
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Being an outsider, i.e., not an American but living in America and “seeing” things from a perspective other than an American’s, I have to say that the few instances of racism I have encountered tend to be mainly -from- blacks.
I’ll tell you a little story, about my own life experience.
I met my first black man when I was 17. I was playing cricket (a wonderful english sport) and I turned around after bowling and saw a black kid. My first thought wasn’t, “oh wow, a black kid”, it was, “wow, what a great bowler” (he was). I think that this shows the difference between english and american societies in a way. The English were the first democratized nation to abolish slavery and because of this, and a lack of any racism issues so apparent as in the USA, this affects how we grow up. If you grow up never hearing the “n” word, you won’t use it, you will literally view it as abhorrent, or unworthy of a civilized tongue, thus you won’t use it. You will view a person, white or black, for what they can do, not for what your eyes see them as.
My next major experience with a “black” person was actually in the US, when I first came here. I was working in one of the first ISPs in Atlanta, and one of the reps was a wonderful black lady. She was eloquent, she was classy, she was well-educated, she knew her stuff. And not once did I ever think that she thought that she was being treated differently. That impressed me a lot. I’ll never forget her and I think that for the rest of my life I’ll always view a black person, male or female, as I saw her, a bubbly lively personality, vivid, full of energy and life.
But after that I met a black guy some years later, who always complained about being put down by whitey, how he was mistreated etc., and I had to think to myself, was that true? was he really treated differently, or did he just think that because he was black, he had to say that, and that automatically, people would treat him differently?
So I have two perspectives now. I’d like to think it doesn’t exist, and in general, in daily life, I don’t think it does. But I do think that some sections of society, mainly the poor, but NOT those who work hard for a living, view life literally in terms of black and white. And that’s a shame. Because from what I have seen in America, people from all walks of life have so much to give, and Americans are so generous, that if this one stumbling block were truly overcome and a thing of the past, America would not be just another great nation (and there are many “great” nations), it would be the greatest.
Wow. Well, I know it can’t just be ignored when someone says they’re a victim of racism, because I know that racism does still exist, and in a huge way. We DO still have groups such as the KKK here in the US, after all. I’m only saying that it isn’t as bad as it once once. But I DO think that there are people who use the race card just because they can. Not just black people, either. And Rich, I totally agree that if Americans had the mentality of Brits where color is concerned, we would be a really great nation.
I have to be VERY careful about my e-mail address.
What is the best addy for me to use to get to you? I’ll drop you a line.
silver
Ok I opened up a random inbox.
silverstatesecrets@yahoo.com
:-)
Quick! Bombard that email address!
go for it!
Thanks, got it, lol
lol Rich
Malkin is great. She says what a broad percentage of the public thinks, and this was a perfect example.
They get bent out of shape because it affects their ability to use the race card to bully people around.
Racism stinks!
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the racism paradigm has indeed shifted. with all of the successful african americans in popular culture, people have finally given some long overdue respect to these folks. racism is so not evolving our human race.
i’ve noticed that the respect seems to stop in the middle east.
9/11 fears perhaps??
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