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Re: Re: WOW
Originally posted by RUgreek
Racism is being misconstrued by the black community, not because they don't understand but because they can't accept the fact that they do not OWN the word.
Wow, thanks for telling me what I think about the word racism and that I think I own it. I never knew that. I guess you learn something new everyday 
Since we are trying to breakdown Racism, the word race appears to be BS to you. Why? Honestly, there are different categories of individuals/groups in this world. They are different RACES.
WRONG!
Race is a PURELY SOCIAL CLASSIFICATION. There is no scientific basis for it, it is created wholly by individuals. The same way that the meaning of racism is relative, so is the meaning of the word RACE.
And so you're open-minded self says, well gee, only white people commit hate crimes against black people, so what's up with that?
She never said or implied that. What she SAID was
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.
There is a world of difference in saying that you can not use one incident as evidence of a trend, or of a general feeling and saying that blacks don't commit hate crimes.
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