We didn't hang that flag, say fraternity/Greenville, NC

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

When you favor black business over white business, because they are owned by blacks, thats racism. When you attempt to stack the city's boards and comm. with black people, thats probably racism. I'll refrain again from really calling him a racist, because I don't know what his motivations were. However, to many at the time, he seemed to heighten racial tension through is apparently biased actions.

A lot of (white) people feel that programs designed to level the playing field are "racist." That belief is based on a lack of social consciousness and tendency for some (white) people to feel as though many resources BELONG to "THEM." Thus when these resources are redistributed, many (white) people feel slighted rather than feeling that these resources belong to SOCIETY. But it isn't really about white people vs. black people. It's about power dynamics and how majority groups in power perceive threat to their opportunity and resource hoarding.

Originally Posted by shinerbock

As for throwing around the term "racist," I really don't need a lecture on it. After all, as a conservative on this board, I get called racist for simply saying things against affirmative action. There are probably better communities who should be served with your comments on the use of the term "racist"...

You DO need a lecture on it because you are doing the very same thing that people on the board do to you. You don't know what "racism" is just like many of your accusers don't know what "racism" is. This doesn't mean that you aren't racist but before I would call you a "racist" I would just call you "socially ignorant." Having a differing opinion is fine but the foundation for your opinions tends to be logically flawed and supported by both a covertly and overtly supremacist ideology.

I know that Conservative is not synonymous with bigot. I do not subscribe to most political categories and labels but I consider myself to be more Conservative than Liberal with exception for certain social welfare programs. However, Conservatives created and perpetuated the label of bigot and racist for themselves many years ago. They allowed the bigots and racists to be their most vocal representatives.