[librasoul22]

Neicy81: I think your posts would be MUCH better received if you would just clarify rather than disparaging everyone, calling them "hun," reciting dictionary definitions, and telling people to read. If people understood, they would not ask you to clarify. If you are going to make a statement, best to have info to elaborate on it so that the ignorant may be enlightened. Otherwise you will send people like Tom Earp on an exclamation point rampage.

Now on topic: Racism, prejudice, whatever. Blacks (or whatever your term of preference is) attribute 'racism' to those with POWER (as some have already stated), and in America, this means whites only. Whites equate racism with skin color. Fine. Agree to disagree, just know the disparity exists.

My two cents: Since we have now turned to breaking down words, "racism" itself is just BS. Why? Because the word "RACE" is BS. There is no such thing. There is ETHNICITY, CULTURE, HERITAGE, ANCESTORY, NATIONALITY...and then there is SKIN COLOR. "RACE" is nothing more than a divisive measure that is used to classify and segregate.

From my view, about 80% of people's arguments in this thread are insignificant. Before you hit the the reply button ready to flame me, please consider this: Your ONE experience and that ONE Militant Black Man, and any other SINGLUAR example CANNOT...

let me emphasize that...

CANNOT

be used to indicate any sort of alarming trend.

For example, James Byrd's dragging death was a horrible hate crime. But does it mean that ALL white men in Texas are racist and capable of committing such an act? No it does not.

Now when the original poster of this topic or ANYONE can come up with SEVERAL instances of African-Americans/Blacks/etc. committing hate crimes on a Caucasian-American (or any sort of widespread form of discrimination/oppression), then maybe there will be a valid issue.