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elfsDennis Prager has an infographic up today that claims that "It is leftist logic to assume racism is always 'bad.'" This is hot on the heels of his recent "30 questions to ask your leftist friends," one of which reads, "Do you believe all Americans are racist? If you answer yes, would you tell the millions of Blacks in Africa and the Carribean who wish to emigrate to America that they would be making a poor decision?"
So let me answer it:
Yes, all white Americans have to think twice about their interactions with non-whites in order to manage the expectations drilled into them by their culture that non-whites are significantly "different," usually to their detriment, in some way. It's not enough to let minorities have the floor; to overcome the inherent racism around us, we must do what we can to actively yield the floor to non-whites when they have something to say, and to listen closely.
Let me turn Prager's question around.
The average white household in America has $175,000 in savings and equity. The average Black household has $17,150 in savings and equity. [Cite] Do you believe that this difference in accumulated wealth is (a) the result of an innate, genetic superiority of whites over Blacks, (b) the result of the superiority of white culture over Black culture, or (c) the accumulated outcome of the millions of interactions Black people have had with white people and institutions (which, remember, have TEN TIMES the money), or (d) the logical outcome of Blacks starting from having less than nothing (quite literally, in cases of Jim Crow debt peonage) while white Americans were already building equity and capital.
If (a), you're both racist and ignorant.
If (b), you're also racist, but you can no longer claim ignorance, but are openly embracing evil. You can't claim that Black culture exists in a vacuum, or exists despite and without influence by the overwhelming whiteness coming through daily media.
If (c), congratulations, you're aware of the problem. If you like the circumstances the way they are, you're both racist and again, openly embracing evil.
If (d), congratulations, you're aware of the problem. If you believe it's not your responsibility to do anything about the problem, again, you're both racist and openly embracing evil.
I believe Dennis Prager and Prager University preach evil. There is no other logical conclusion.
So let me answer it:
Yes, all white Americans have to think twice about their interactions with non-whites in order to manage the expectations drilled into them by their culture that non-whites are significantly "different," usually to their detriment, in some way. It's not enough to let minorities have the floor; to overcome the inherent racism around us, we must do what we can to actively yield the floor to non-whites when they have something to say, and to listen closely.
Let me turn Prager's question around.
The average white household in America has $175,000 in savings and equity. The average Black household has $17,150 in savings and equity. [Cite] Do you believe that this difference in accumulated wealth is (a) the result of an innate, genetic superiority of whites over Blacks, (b) the result of the superiority of white culture over Black culture, or (c) the accumulated outcome of the millions of interactions Black people have had with white people and institutions (which, remember, have TEN TIMES the money), or (d) the logical outcome of Blacks starting from having less than nothing (quite literally, in cases of Jim Crow debt peonage) while white Americans were already building equity and capital.
If (a), you're both racist and ignorant.
If (b), you're also racist, but you can no longer claim ignorance, but are openly embracing evil. You can't claim that Black culture exists in a vacuum, or exists despite and without influence by the overwhelming whiteness coming through daily media.
If (c), congratulations, you're aware of the problem. If you like the circumstances the way they are, you're both racist and again, openly embracing evil.
If (d), congratulations, you're aware of the problem. If you believe it's not your responsibility to do anything about the problem, again, you're both racist and openly embracing evil.
I believe Dennis Prager and Prager University preach evil. There is no other logical conclusion.
