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From the looks of my current avatar, you might think i am a racist. not quite. back in America's early days, we made some grave mistakes in how we treated others, we are still grappling with alot of those issues even this week google "jena 6". back in the 1950's a series of civil rights marches began the progression to integration. A new organization was formed to further the cause of African Americans, known as the NAACP. in the early days they did some good work earning equal rights for all. around the same time, an organization that furthered the rights of White Americans, known as the KKK, was on its way out. Many people thought the KKK was an evil terrorist organization in place only to persecute black people.

Fast forward to 2007... the NAACP headed up by Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson is still in place. We are going from one extreme to the other. Whites used to get special treatment, now the Blacks are. Look at the work of the Revs. They could come across as racist against white people. The KKK as its known today is largely broken up with no central organization. Modern day KKK is not the same as the 1875 KKK. They are simply tring to make us remember our white heritage, much as the NAACP wants people to remember our black heritage. I feel its worth mentioning that a few months ago, a white teacher who graduated from the University of Maine went on to teach middle school in a predomintantly black school in Georgia, she became the target of race related hate speech and threats. School Administrators told her that being white she "should expect it" and refused to punish the students, she sued the school! if thats not special treatment i dont know what is.

Please Think About This Before Judging Me And My Avatar As Racist.

What i dont understand is why there can be an all black organization and everything is fine but even mentioning an all white organization prompts feelings that members are racist.

Think About it.

If members of KKK are so proud - show us your faces!

How about an organisation that promotes unity?

Helen

The point is: Who cares.

This is stupid. There's no such thing as "white" culture or "white" heritage. White is not a race, it's an appearance - not all people who look alike came from the same place or have the same cultural background.

Personally, I don't see in color. I see people based upon their actions and attitude.

This could be a good discussion. I'm gonna do some research before I just jump in tho.

could you imagine if there was a white celebration month? like hispanic pride and african american month. there'd be riots everywhere. i personally think that segragation is a fact of life, maybe racism takes it too far but in any big city you have the blacks living with the blacks, the whites living with the whites, the italians living with the italians etc etc etc. we should all try to get along though

Thought about it.
Even if you claim to not be, your avatar speaks to racism.
Thanks for playing.

EXACTLY! Separate But Equal was a great philosophy, but was poorly practiced.

What ive never understood was why a black man can call a white man "honky" or "cracker" but a white man cant call a black man a "n****r"

Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer) Rules!

Seconded.

and btw i voted yes, political correctness sucks. i like being white and i dont consider myself racisit at all. this is america son everything is for sale and everyone is garenteed the same right to organize. if you wanna make a organization for white people i say go for it

I find the beliefs of those in any racially-based supremecy organization offensive.

But, I am not offended by groups formed for the commraderie of those of similar nationality. Italian-American clubs, clubs to maintain African or Native American cultural heritage, etc.

Separate but equal leads minorities to feel inferior - even if the institution is equal. And it makes corruption far to easy. And it impossible for two racially separated facilitites to be truly equal.

In the end, you have to blend every race together, the best way to end racism is to get everyone to have children with those outside their race to the point the races are muddled you cannot tell one from the other anymore.

Also, the KKK is merely an extreme right wing white supremacy terrorist organization. A history of lynchings, overly "patriotic" (When you hear that word somebody is after your rights) and rabid anti-catholic sentiment. I personally support making membership a felony worth two decades in prison, they should be treated like any other terrorists.