If you truly believe white racism against others is dead, well then there is little chance that reality will convince you differently. White racism is alive and kicking, it lives and breathes is many a man and woman. And not just in the US but in many countries.he
But the reality is that 7 in 10 African Americans have personally had instances of racism/discrimination.
Like a woman blaming that a black kid had touched her butt, going on a tirade against the kid. Or the 2 teens who fought in a shopping center, both guilty of fighting, white kid place on a seat but the black kid gets handcuffed immediately.
Or the white grandmother who was driving her black grandson to work after church, before getting pulled over and the 18 year old black man handcuffed because they thought he was robbing the white woman.
And other races and differently colored people get the same treatment. White racism is alive and kicking, it may be less socially acceptable than before, but it still exists pure and simple.
Perhaps you are too young to remember where we were in 1960.
Back then the government actually supported judging a man by the color of his skin.
Many companies only hired blacks to clean or cook.
An argument could be made that a small private business should be allowed to hire whoever they choose, but for a big company to do so was different.
The government, which collected taxes from everyone regardless of race, had no right to discriminate in any way. This was just wrong.
My guess is that some small "Family Businesses", still get away with discriminating, but those who do will have a hard time competing with the guy down the road who hires the best person for the job.
For 50 years white men have paid for the sins of their fathers. The government has discriminated against white men as a way of fixing past injustices. I think twenty years would have been enough, but 50 years?
No one in the current workforce was discriminated against because they were black.
Only white males can honestly make that claim.
How is that not progress?
My father considered the "N" word to be disrespectful so I wasn't allowed to use it.
That said, lots of people used it, and seldom did a week go by when I didn't hear it.
Back then mostly white men used the term. It has been decades since I have heard it used by a white person.
However, I do hear lower-class blacks use that word quite often.
We now have two black Supreme Court Justices. We have had a black President who won by a pretty good margin.
Most of our big cities are run by black folks.
Nearly every white boy has a black sports hero.
If you are asking that every single white person stop discriminating against blacks, you have a point.
My guess is that we are as near to being perfect as we are ever going to get.
Maybe you should check your own perfection score before you continue to demand perfection from others?
Thanks!