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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Jews

Remember, too: It was the Persians who permitted the Jews to return to Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple.

I'll be fair and admit that this is at least a very colorful tirade but - content, you won't impress many people with the logic - mainly because anyone can drink pop-culture Koolaid, its not a gift.

Addressing some of the topics you brought up before:

Why do African Americans go to jail more often than their English counterparts? I might have to ask that about that regarding England as well. Here the problem is they were raped twice - first by slavery then by guys like Elridge Cleaver and Saul Alinsky who decided to use them as the prolatariot to institute socialism - that and the poverty they were in created also another layer of problems; mainly the attitude that unless your successful through sports or music, if you go through the 'white man's' system - you'll be hated by your own race to a large extent for being an Uncle Tom, a sell-out, for not being authentically 'black'. That kind of hatred and biggotry toward their own though is political, a larger and larger minority of more conservative African Americans is growing who wants to get off the system and wants nothing to do with the culture that's abounded for the last thirty years through guys like Sharpton, Jackson, and yes - Wright to add another. The most disgusting thing that our lib congress did recently was shooting down the school voucher system in DC - for a second the honor students had a chance to get away from the inner city schools; teachers unions however couldn't have that happen because its really about them not the kids (much like its about the auto unions not GM/Chrysler/Ford).

Why did Katrina disproportionately hit blacks? I have to ask why the flooding in the midwest two years ago that caused so much devastation and destroyed all kinds of property only hit whites? Regardless of what you believe in a religious scope; acts of nature are under no one's control. It is however perfectly fair to ask questions such as "Why weren't these people evacuated?" "Why weren't the levies in better condition?" "Why wasn't FEMA there immediately?". Answering those questions in order the mayor and state governor failed miserably in corroborating the evacuation efforts, the local and state governments barely spent a dime on the levies (Louisiana was a very politically corrupt state up until Katrina - that got people angry enough to vote out the powers that were and clean house enough to flip it around completely). As for FEMA waiting 3 days? We have some pesky provisions in the constitution regarding states rights, military being sent into states - Bush screwed up horribly in the way he always did; barely mumbled a word in his own defense or explained why things were done as they were.

Pro-lifers blowing up abortion clinics - that's a weird one to bring up, especially if you want to bring it up as something symbolic of 'all things American'; mainly on its pure rarity but also that you realize we're looking into laws that will force doctors to perform abortions regardless of what their religious outlook is and to do so could be removal of their right to practice medicine and even jail? Our country fights with words over abortion issue, mainly in the sense of just how much human potential is deleted from existence and there is a *lot* of legitimate ethical concern to be had regarding the practice thereof.

Coming back to again, African Americans/African Brits being in jail more than their WASP counterparts - it is the difference of the amount of crime caused and I'll agree with some of the socialists here that poverty breeds crime, I think those of all colors thrown in jail are thrown in jail over crime not color - the act matters but, true enough, the economic conditions of the cultural group set the stage. Here's where a conservative (likely Republican) and a liberal (Democrat) differ - liberals want to give them more or do things to redistribute income to them by taking it from the rich; sounds noble on emotion impression for all of a minute until you realize that it does absolutely nothing to help them mobilize. A conservative (again, likely Republican) would rather give them the keys to the kingdom in terms of education, all the opportunity to excel, to become upper class or upper-middle class, plenty of African Americans do so. The real institutional racism - its in the race bating business and the handout culture; afterall if a minority ceased to be victimized whether by true racism or evil or by its own shadow - certain parties would lose a huge voting block. Its why people in the U.S. will also speak the same rambling drivel in the U.S. as well about the Evil Empire of the U.S. and how we oppress religions, genders, peoples, and when you do the math and research - the really gruesome thing you find is that its liberalism suppressing and holding these people down because they'll constantly be driving them to extort rather than achieve.

To me, when people run on about the topics you brought up - it sounds like they went to college and got brainwashed rather than taught.

To openly deny discrimination of blacks in the USA is so ludicrous as to border on the insane. Do your own research. There's lots of information on the web.

Sand is right though. Even in the good ol' 21st century, discrimination against people of colour is widespread in North America (I'm not going to pretend Canada is perfect, I'll openly talk of its racism, they can't just point a finger south and pretend to be superior) as is the system of white privilege. Things are still not equal, and if you chalk it up to personal failings of People of colour, then you're deluding yourself in the ways in which white privilege works in society today.
Even as a type this, there are still some parts of the country where people of colour have to fear driving, neighborhoods where they are bullied out of moving to, and jobs they are denied based on prejudice, and it's not just in the deep south either.

Using the example of "But I have black friends who made it!" is ridiculous and ignores the larger picture. And talking about conservatism is derailing the point, liberals and conservatives are equally racist. Racism isn't just people saying the "n" word and crossing the street every time you see a person of colour approach.
Racism comes in many ominous, more subtle forms, such as having certain expectations for how people of colour are "supposed" to act, the way that racism is treated in the media (The recent craigslist killer is a perfect example, people are howling about how unexpected it is that he would do "such an awful thing", whereas if he had been a black man, I guarantee the level of surprise wouldn't be that palpable) and even simple every day acts, such as expecting a cookie and a pat on the head from your black friends because you don't have a white hood stashed in your closet. That is racism. That is reinforcing unfair social standards that are hurting non white people and keeping them from having equal footing in society.
If you want to end racism, the fastest and most effective way to do it will be to check your privilege in at the door, realize you are living with unfair advantages owing exclusively to your skin colour (as well as your gender identity, sex, economic status, etc) and be aware of how these unfairly affect everyone, and do your best to learn how to undo these unfair, largely ignored problems.
Denying your privilege and pretending everything is peachy keen for everyone if they just work hard is perhaps the most dreadful form of racism imaginable today.

Also Sand, these breezy one-liners really have to go.

But that is part of his charm.