[quote]Professor X wrote:
His was probably the most blatant considering he actually thought that way of thinking was OK since other people in his suburban community spoke that way.[/quote]
You’re right, but this was the only post in this whole thread that spoke to the author’s racism. The ONLY one.
There is absolutely no evidence at all in any response in this thread save the one mentioned above that demonstrates your point. Not one. WHERE is it ever alluded to that the action of this one piece of shit is representative of the entire Black race? You’re seeing something that simply isn’t there, bro. I urge you to reread those posts as there is no malice intended by any, covert or otherwise. “Black” is used as an identifying adjective, nothing more.
Again, where is the implication ANYWHERE that this relation was made in an attempt to “make it seem as if these actions are equally distributed throughout society”? You’re pulling this out of thin air. For the record, Prof. X, YOU were the first one to mention the Rodney King case, albeit to make the point that this case was not an example of a hate crime (a point on which we agree). However, I used the Rodney King reference to make a point that the VIDEO of this incident is more telling of a hate crime than the VIDEO of the Rodney King beating. It is only with the additional evidence of past incidents and allegations that the status of that video gets raised to that of showing a hate crime. In the absence of any additional information (like we had with the R.K. trial), we have to at least concede that there exists an elevated reason to suspect a “hate” element given the attacker’s reference to the victim’s race when singling him out for a beating. Referring to the attacker as “black” and the victim as “white” in the context of this message board is clearly for the sake of identification. To avoid even mentioning something as obvious as race would constitute a self-consciousness that shouldn’t exist if race is truly to ever cease being an issue at all. Referring to the attacker is the “big, black dude” doesn’t seem to reveal size discrimination to you. Why do you jump on one adjective as being indicative of hatred, and not the other?
That may be true, although I still think this would be a story due to the existence of the video and the fact that the patrons ignored the beating. However, it would have been just as big an issue as far as race is concerned had the races been reversed. And you know this is true. What do both those things say about society? In my opinion, they say the same things: people are too hung up on race. Aleksander (sp?) is a perfect example. If every time someone mentions race in a certain context it’s considered racism, then racism will NEVER go away. You can count on that.