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by JosephThePoet from Barrie, Ontario Canada

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Why is it that when blacks vote over 90% based on race it is called pride but if the whites did the same thing it is called racism?

Catering to people who are constantly promoting the race difference between us is racism.  Imposing quotas based on race is racism.  We denigrate all blacks by implying that they are less then white people when we enforce quotas to hire them based on their race instead of their intelligence, experiences, or ability.  Why should white racism be promoted under the pretence of correcting for the black racism of the past?  Racism cannot be stopped if all we are doing is changing the group that we are currently promoting racism against because all this does is fan the flames to further encourage race based hatred.  And why should we punish a white person for something he/she was not involved in years ago and pretend we are making up for a previous injustice?  Abusing an innocent person or group today does not make up for the abuse of a different innocent person or group years ago.  Going after people and companies that promote racism hatred is slow but the only real way to fight racism.

Can you imagine what would happen if a group tried starting a White Entertainment Television or otherwise promoted any white race based group?  It is time the Media and politicians quit catering to the blacks who promote race differences but they are too afraid of the power those people have to organize large groups of racists to protest against them, and because they have convinced themselves that helping promote black racism, that they call black race pride just like white racists call their ways white race pride, somehow helps the poor pitiful blacks.  If they really want to help the poor mostly black neighbourhoods then they should be race blind in their group names and simply help the whole neighbourhood of people instead of encouraging continued anger among the races by those who are seeking to blame and strike out at someone for their suffering.

Using the past as an excuse to continue racism in a new form doesn’t help any of us.  There is no excuse to promote a group separate from the rest of us based on colour.  We should be promoting how we are all alike, which is our desire to be able to enjoy a decent life and raise a happy family, not looking to separate us from each other based on such pitiful differences like skin colour.

If I have offended any racists, of any colour, tough!

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statueman read my blog view my photos
May 28, 2008 | 7:11 AM

"Why is it that when blacks vote over 90% based on race it is called pride but if the whites did the same thing it is called racism?"

That is the only line I've read so far... but before I read any further I just wanted to say that most of the folks you might be trying to talk too just stopped reading.

"We denigrate all blacks by implying that they are less then white people when we enforce quotas to hire them based on their race instead of their intelligence, experiences, or ability."

Wow... glad I kept reading.

"Going after people and companies that promote racism hatred is slow but the only real way to fight racism."

Getting better all the time...

"...to help the poor mostly black neighbourhoods then they should be race blind in their group names and simply help the whole neighbourhood of people instead of encouraging continued anger among the races..."

Well OK then... good solid opinion editorial blog. I don't know if you're black or white... liberal of democrate... pundit or poet... Oh wait! sorry.... you Joe the Poe!

statueman read my blog view my photos
May 28, 2008 | 7:18 AM

A trap for a future endeavor
staked on mistakes of the past
continually reminded and blinded
by biases we deem will last
Hath given to us a great quandry
We can't tell our hands from our feet
So let's all meet today to do laundry
And agitate ourselves till we're neat

Speedy62269 read my blog
May 28, 2008 | 8:17 AM

Is this a repeat of a blog about a week or two ago?

JosephThePoet read my blog
May 28, 2008 | 1:05 PM

Yes speedy, I had originally posted it under the News section and decided it should instead be under the Politics section.

Mutatis-Mutandis read my blog
May 29, 2008 | 1:29 PM

"A trap for a future endeavor
staked on mistakes of the past
continually reminded and blinded
by biases we deem will last
Hath given to us a great quandry
We can't tell our hands from our feet
So let's all meet today to do laundry
And agitate ourselves till we're neat"

I liked that. Did you write it statueman?

And I also agree. I stopped reading and glazed over the blog after the first line. I am white male and I will vote for Obama. Am I sexist for voting for me gender, or racist for voting against my race? Or do I just like Obama. Quite a quandry.

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I have diplomas in electronics and computer programming, and an employment background that includes security, supervisory, and laser communications components manufacture and trouble shooting. I am receiving a small provincial disability support and am trying to earn a living as a poet. My first poetry book "Life is a Puzzle" by JosephThePoet can be found at: http://www.barnesandnoble
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