vegangirl

whats racism? is it the lady that walked by me at the mall today and in answer to her sons question of ," why does he have that on?"(pointing toward the black lady who had one of those kid harness' on her son), she answered" because they're animals"? would that ugly bitch qualify as racist or a bigot, or both?

Bootstraps...not in the least. What I am saying is that, the problem is poverty and non-education...not race.

If you live in a shithole, it is not because you are <race>...it is because you are poor, and uneducated and likely have been raised by generations of poor and uneducated. Frequently, due to a regions history, one (or more) minorities will make up a large majority of the poor, uneducated population.

But their race has nothing to do with what's currently holding them down...it's their poverty and lack of education that's holding them down. As long as the problem gets addressed as an issue of race, nothing will be accomplished...as race is not ultimately the problem.

However, there are endless resources to end poverty and ignorance, which is the problem. These resources need to be implemented by both the individual (the so-called bootstraps) as well on a governmental scale to wipe out the poverty and non-education that is propagating continued poverty and non-education.

As for the definition of racism, I just think it's critical to the next step in racial unity to realize that identifying an individual, positively or negatively, and making assumptions about what their culture is based on race is just as much a form of racism as is "...because they are animals..."

We will only be a united community once race holds no bearing one way or another and cultural/religious preferences are accepted on an individual by individual basis with total disregard to genetic heritage.