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Title: Gregory Rodriguez: The buffoons [of racism] aren’t the real problem
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URL Source: http://rocnow.com/article/opinion-syndicated-columns/20103090339
Published: Mar 10, 2010
Author: Gregory Rodriguez
Post Date: 2010-03-10 11:52:31 by Ferret
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Comments: 63
News flash from the University of California San Diego: Party-animal frat boys sometimes engage in stupid, offensive and even racist stunts! For weeks now, outrage over a fraternity party that encouraged guests to mimic and mock ghetto culture has embroiled the La Jolla campus in old-school political theater. Then, in a separate incident, a noose was left in a university library (a student anonymously took responsibility and apologized). And finally, a pillowcase made to look like a KKK hood appeared atop a statue of Dr. Seuss. In a diverse society, such incidents — which draw cleavages between groups — should be taken seriously. But such antics really don’t signify our race problem today, and no one should think that indignation, marches, sit-ins and “days of action” against buffoonery constitute an effective struggle against racism. It might be satisfying to draw lines against the clowns, but it diminishes the difficulty of the real challenge before us. Racism exists; it’s still a significant inhibitor of social and economic progress. And given the country’s majority-minority future, we simply can’t afford not to be preparing more minorities for positions of authority and leadership. This isn’t the unsubtle, in-your-face racism of your imagination. The real bad guys aren’t the easy-to-caricature toothless hillbillies of television dramas or some overweight, tobacco-chewing Southern sheriff. straight out of a half-century-old Life magazine. They don’t leave nooses as calling cards. Somewhere along the line, the fight against genuinely entrenched racism — the kind that keeps millions from achieving their dreams — turned into a slapstick struggle against ill-behaved clowns such as Michael Richards, John Mayer and foolish frat boys. A few years ago, while I was in Mississippi, I met a prominent self-described white supremacist who didn’t need a Klan hood to do more than his part to oppress African-Americans. During the height of segregation, he didn’t torch crosses in the dark of night; instead, he wore a suit and tie and put the economic squeeze on fellow whites who didn’t toe his racist line. In my presence, he never once cursed blacks or used the “N-word.” You can be a highly effective racist without all the obvious trappings. So much of our contemporary discussion of racism is really about propriety, insensitivity, symbolism and insults. Lost in the media tumult over incidents such as those at UCSD is a sensible definition of racism. To my mind, it is, in essence, the assumption or belief that an individual is intellectually or morally inferior by virtue of his genetic makeup. . Particularly when held by authority figures — teachers, police or employers — it can limit the life choices and mobility of the people who must endure it. Sometimes racism is linked to hostility or antipathy, but not always. You can think and act on the idea that someone is inferior without hating him or her. For that matter, you can hate someone without feeling superior. Although the latter is harmful to society, it’s not as insidious and difficult to identify as true attitudes of racial superiority. Personally, I’d rather know that someone hates me outright for my background than suffer the treacly dishonesty of racial condescension. All of this is not to say we should let offensive comments or antics slide. My point is that the bigger struggle is against the assumptions that many people still carry about the human capacity and potential of whole groups of other people. These more pervasive forms of modern racism tend to be expressed more indirectly. Contemporary racism is less and less about outright discrimination and more in the implicit expectations that, say, lead educators to demand less from some groups of children or supervisors to funnel minorities into lesser roles. Don’t obsess over the party, the noose and the hood. Today, what we have to fight is less the old clanging symbols than the quiet racism that keeps people from seeking and reaching their highest potential. Rather than self-righteously standing up against clowns, we should all be asking ourselves whether we too assume that a person’s race automatically makes him less valuable than we are. ——— ABOUT THE WRITER Gregory Rodriguez is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Readers may send him e-mail at grodriguezlatimescolumnists.com.
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#24. To: All (#23)
there comes a point where you have to wonder about the systematic destruction of boomers, who were supposed to be the best generation ever in america. demoralize them into apathy, and the rest is a piece of cake.
The healthy mind & spirit prefers harmony to the dissonance and distortion which has become part of the daily diet of noise that we are subject to.
I see psyops everywhere.
are you accusing me of being healthy in mind and spirit?
Pardon the presumption, gr.
I see psyops everywhere.
here's my reasoning: how can anyone who's been swimming in the american cesspool for nearly 67 years be healthy?
i will admit that my ex-wife reportedly said, after the divorce, that i was the sanest man she'd ever known. but if i was so sane, why did i marry her in the first place?
"Free your mind. Your ass will follow." - Junior, Platoon
I see psyops everywhere.
i got a not-so-wholesome feeling about you. why is that?
That's a strange remark. I have no idea why you feel the way you do.
I see psyops everywhere.
anyhow, just to continue the sequence... kennedy was killed in 63... which was a change-of-command ceremony in which control of america passed from americans to israelis. the boomers, who were supposed to be the best-educated, most-powerful generation ever (by virtue of their numbers), were deliberately fucked up by the sexual revolution, womens' lib, drugs, and whatnot until they abandoned, in terminal apathy, everything but money. good. awareness of peak oil (which the big players saw coming from eons away) crept into the picture, and the rest is history.
So, what else is new?
I see psyops everywhere.
i dont, either. it's just a feeling. maybe i will eventually come to love you like a brother, or my ex-wife.
Now that's scary. ;)
I see psyops everywhere.
what it boils down to, is this: i dont like you.
OK.
I see psyops everywhere.
i guess it could be that my feeling of distaste for you comes from the same place in the human psyche as belief in "chemtrails". that would be a giggle, wouldnt it? on the other hand, i never claimed i was sane.
I don't believe in chemtrails. AFAIK, the gov't may be playing with reflective metal particles up there for one reason or another, but I'm not in with mass chemtrail story that wududiz is promoting.
I see psyops everywhere.
well, then, i guess you can quit PMing me, cant you?
I wrote you three to which you replied in a civil way. There's something unwholesome about your attitude, I gotta say. Be glad to comply with your request. Have a nice day, as I am out of here & have work to do today.
I see psyops everywhere.
When you look at the sheer volume of accumulated photographs and reports one cannot, if one is objective, but conclude that there is some form of large scale spraying program ongoing. I have seen it personally on too many occasions.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
if that's your call, that's my call, too. i still dont like you.
i still dont like you. Seems like you are having problems making and keeping friends around here, eh groundresonance?
please post altitude, temperature and humidity of the airspace in which the airplanes were photographed.
"making and keeping friends" is not a priority. sorry.
ROTFL. Maybe "they" want you to get a life and enjoy the world around you. Hey! The goals of the sinister ... Shadow Government ... could benefit you in some small way.
Which Government Agency do you work for?
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
sorry. Don't be sorry, it's not as if I'm broken hearted over it...
ROTFLMFAO. Maybe you need another drink? "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
why are you unable to admit that pictures of "chemtrails" are invalid unless they're accompanied with flight data ---including altitude, temperature and humidity?
Hmmm, now where have I heard THAT before... Now if you start calling people around here KOOKS, I'd really begin to wonder about you buck.
When you saw the "sprayings" what happened to you? Some majiical experience that got you dancing in the streets?
Original_Intent is so funny, I can't help my belly-laffter. I am writhing in sheer laffs.
Misspellings aside - hysteria is a manic trait. "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
O_I, you are too phunney. You continuously bring tears to my eyes because of the laffter I am experiencing.
O_I, you are too phunney. You continuously bring tears to my eyes because of the laffter I am experiencing. Please feel free. But don't miss your Basket Weaving Class.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Beyond the government spraying chemtrails on us, how do you enjoy the government social/ethnic and racial equalities through brute force law? Isn't that a matter of spraying, too?
The government denying them and changing the definition of the word 'contrails' should be a red flag to anyone that's aware of their M.O. The non-believers' ridiculing of the believers is always a good indication of what the truth is. One of the main reasons I continue to post this stuff. Their reaction is like a barometer.
Case in point.
You can always tell you are on to something good and valid that the government does not want accepted among the general public by the number of "de-bunkers" it draws. I have long been convinced that so-called debunkers, such as the Less Than Amazing Randi, work for, directly and indirectly, various government agencies such as the FBI (Feral Bureau of Instigation), and C.I.A. (Cocaine Importation Agengy). So, rule of thumb, is likely that the more debunkers and public attacks someone, or some group, attracts the more likely they are one of the good guys.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Since you wanna shoot that blank again, I tried to remember the last time I was addressed with those words. Had to reach way back in the mem'ry bank to recall an example. It was on a playground way back when, and I was a little boy. I was talking to a little girl. Cheers.
I see psyops everywhere.
#25. To: groundresonance (#22)
...but i have to confess, if it werent for stuff like this, i would write humanity off.
#26. To: randge (#25)
The healthy mind & spirit prefers
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#33. To: All (#31)
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#35. To: randge (#32)
I have no idea why you feel the way you do.
#36. To: groundresonance (#35)
#37. To: randge (#36)
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#40. To: groundresonance (#39)
#41. To: randge (#40)
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#42. To: groundresonance (#41)
#43. To: randge, wudidiz, all (#40)
AFAIK, the gov't may be playing with reflective metal particles up there for one reason or another, but I'm not in with mass chemtrail story that wududiz is promoting.
#44. To: randge (#42)
There's something unwholesome about your attitude, I gotta say.
#45. To: groundresonance, randge (#44)
if that's your call, that's my call, too.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#46. To: Original_Intent (#43)
accumulated photographs
#47. To: FormerLurker (#45)
Seems like you are having problems making and keeping friends around here, eh groundresonance?
#48. To: Original_Intent (#43)
When you look at the sheer volume of accumulated photographs and reports one cannot, if one is objective, but conclude that there is some form of large scale spraying program ongoing. I have seen it personally on too many occasions.
#49. To: groundresonance (#46)
#50. To: groundresonance (#47)
"making and keeping friends" is not a priority.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#51. To: buckeroo (#48)
#52. To: Original_Intent (#49)
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Which Government Agency do you work for?
#53. To: buckeroo (#48)
ROTFL.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#54. To: Original_Intent (#51)
When you look at the sheer volume of accumulated photographs and reports one cannot, if one is objective, but conclude that there is some form of large scale spraying program ongoing. I have seen it personally on too many occasions.
#55. To: FormerLurker (#53)
#56. To: buckeroo (#55)
Original_Intent is so funny, I can't help my belly-laffter. I am writhing in sheer laffs.
Got Sterno?
#57. To: Original_Intent (#56)
The buffoons [of racism] aren’t the real problem
#58. To: buckeroo (#57)
The buffoons [of racism] aren’t the real problem
#59. To: Original_Intent (#58)
#60. To: Original_Intent, randge, FormerLurker, all (#43)
When you look at the sheer volume of accumulated photographs and reports one cannot, if one is objective, but conclude that there is some form of large scale spraying program ongoing. I have seen it personally on too many occasions.
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#61. To: Original_Intent, buckeroo (#59)
Isn't that a matter of spraying, too?
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.” ~ Rose F. Kennedy
#62. To: wudidiz (#60)
The non-believers' ridiculing of the believers is always a good indication of what the truth is. One of the main reasons I continue to post this stuff. Their reaction is like a barometer.
#63. To: groundresonance (#44)
i still dont like you.
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