“Regarding black criminality: if you expand the definition of criminal to include crimes by OMISSION, then yes, that would greatly increase the number of black “criminals.” It may even increase it to the point where you could claim that MOST blacks (over 50%)are criminals. But, keep in mind that that would also expand the number of criminals in EVERY racial category. So by definition the number of criminals would at least double for EVERYONE across the board. Comparing racism to criminal behavior is like comparing apples to kumquats, because unlike being criminals, blacks (as a collective) cannot practice racism.”
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I’d like to know what evidence you have to support that assertion. Are you suggesting that the crime rate is the same in every community in America? If you are, I’d like to see supporting evidence of that. If not, and crime is, in fact, higher in the Black community, it would still result in Black people being unfairly singled out. So I vehemently disagree with this “Omission Theory,” because it would only serve to support, and justify, the further profiling of Black people. It would also justify the “Stop and Frisk” policy.
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You also stated that Black people can’t be, collectively, racist. I assume you’re basing that on the invalid theory that one must be in a position to assert power to be racist. But that’s easily debunked. The work “racist” is a noun. In other words, it’s a frame of mind. In addition, the very contention that one group of people can’t be just as racist as another is a racist statement in itself. If Black people can be racist as individuals, and we can – if a brother is holding a gun on a White man, for that moment he becomes the most powerful person in the world to the victim – all such people have to do is form a collective (or a gang) to be collectively racist. So black people CAN be racist. But again, that’s not even necessary since, again, being a racist is a frame of mind. We simply don’t have the power to effectively assert our racism.
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And then you indicated that MOST White people are racist. Since you don’t know most White people, I’d like to see the data that your basing that statement on. Please provide me with a link. As I pointed out in my last comment, you can’t charge a person with malevolence simply because they’re engaged in self-preservation. If I witness a bank robbery on don’t put my life on the line to save Wells Fargo’s money, does that make me an accessory? Really!!!? Because that’s what you’re suggesting.

My sincerest apologies for calling you “Dr.” I think I was thinking of Dr. Watkins when I typed that. My bad.

Now on to your statement: Usually I find your contributions interesting, but I must say I’m a little disappointed with your using the straw man tactic to insert false claims in an effort to steer the conversation to an argument that you find it more convenient to attack. You keep responding to my commentary as if I’m saying ALL white people are racist, when I have said nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, the entire last paragraph of my previous comment stated just that. Even though I don’t think ALL white people are racist, I do believe that MOST (meaning majority, average, greater than 50%) of them are either casual racists or complicit in racism. Be ye not deceived by white people and their rhetoric: the average white person is only a non-racist to the point where their white privilege is either threatened or eliminated(e.g., affirmative action).

Again, one can either be guilty by action or inaction. Take the case of a child molester. If you knew that your neighbor was molesting children and you failed to alert the authorities, don’t you think that a reasonable person would say that you are complicit in the crimes as you allowed the crimes to continue even though you had the power to potentially stop them? I think you’d agree with that. This is how racism works within the white community. While many whites may not be actively discriminating against and oppressing others, their awareness and tacit acceptance of the practice makes them just as culpable as the perpetrators. You can choose to continue disagreeing with me but the facts of life just do not support your disagreement.

Regarding black criminality: if you expand the definition of criminal to include crimes by OMISSION, then yes, that would greatly increase the number of black “criminals.” It may even increase it to the point where you could claim that MOST blacks (over 50%)are criminals. But, keep in mind that that would also expand the number of criminals in EVERY racial category. So by definition the number of criminals would at least double for EVERYONE across the board. Comparing racism to criminal behavior is like comparing apples to kumquats, because unlike being criminals, blacks (as a collective) cannot practice racism.

Again, stop straw-manning me. I never said ALL whites are racist. I do, however, stand by my assertion that MOST whites are guilty of racism through either action or inaction. If that wasn’t the case, then explain to me how racism is able to not only stay alive, but to thrive?

It’s great that you want to judge people on their individual characters (and you should). However, you can’t deny facts. If the average white person wasn’t guilty of practicing racism, then a black man with a master’s degree would have a higher probability of being hired for a job than a white man with a criminal record and not the reverse. Think about that for a moment or two.

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First, I want to point out right of the bat that I’m not a doctor. I haven’t earn that title so it would be a disservice to those who have put in the effort to allow that to pass.
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But I have to respectfully disagree with you point of view. People are individuals, and ALL people should be assessed on their own merit. That’s one of the primary arguments used to invalidate White racism so it would be inconsistent, hypocritical, and disingenuous not to adhere to it now. One of the angriest complaints that comes out of the Black community is over many people’s tendency to broad-brush and profile Black people, so we shouldn’t do it against others in this discussion.
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You also used the argument that White inaction against racism. Specifically, you said, “Most white people are guilty of racism by omission, meaning that they are aware of racism, when and how it is applied, and the victims of racism, but they do NOTHING to either speak or act against it.”
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If we use that standard, we also tend to validate White bigot’s allegation that ALL (or MOST) Black people are criminals by virtue of the fact that they KNOW about crime yet do nothing to act against it. So through extension that implies that While cops are correct in profiling ALL Black people.
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So there’s a fundamental problem with trying to indict ALL White people, the sword cuts both ways. Any argument that you make alleging that they are ALL a certain way, contradicts our insistence that all of us are not the same. There’s only two kinds of people in the world – good people, and bad people, period. While some are fond of using the argument that the White man has PROVEN his tendency toward brutality, that argument SEEMS to work, until it’s closely examined. As we speak, Black people are in Nigeria killing one another with the kind of brutality, and in numbers that we can’t even imagine over here:
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — “The Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries Niger and Chad, warning the fighters were prepared to carry out suicide bombings in the countries sending troops to help fight the militants.
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“The Islamic extremist group has fought a five-year insurgency against Nigeria’s government, leaving 10,000 people dead last year alone. The violence has forced some 157,000 people to seek refuge in Niger, while 40,000 others have gone to Cameroon and 17,000 are in Chad, the U.N. said. Almost 1 million Nigerians are internally displaced, according to the country’s own statistics.”
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Like I said, people are people, and some are good, and others are bad.

I don’t want to hear about what whites have done in the past because the truth is, despite this, the majority of them say and do nothing to act against the every day racism that they know to exist. What you are referencing is a very small faction of white people that protested and demonstrated side by side with blacks during the Civil Rights. Those whites certainly did not represent the average white person during that day. Don’t even get me started on the Vietnam War. Whites were protesting because they did not want to see THEIR sons killed in the war. Their protests had nothing to do with black people. That was a terrible example to underscore your point. The average white person’s silence where racism is concerned makes them just as complicit as the rabid racists who use their influence to oppress others. If this were not the case, then you wouldn’t see such discrimination in employment, housing, education, medical treatment, and the legal system where blacks are concerned. In order for racism to survive and THRIVE it takes more than just a few rabid racist to make it work. It absolutely requires the complicit approval of the MAJORITY of the white race to make it a success.

Now, don’t let this suggest that I’m speaking in absolute terms by saying that ALL whites are racist. This isn’t what I’m saying. I am, however, saying that the majority of whites (meaning the average) practice racism either through action or inaction. If this weren’t the case then you wouldn’t see such disparities in the areas of life mentioned above and you’d see a lot more vocal opponents to the “system.”

I think I MIGHT be able to teach you to punctuate properly, and based on your mentality, probably a lot more. Your response seems to imply that Black people are ignorant, yet, I’ll bet I have at least 20 IQ points on you.
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“Racists tend to be the mediocrity of White society, so they try to use the fact that they were born White to define themselves and to compensate for their lack of personal value. Their entire sense of self-esteem is based more upon group association than individual value and accomplishment, and their entire claim to personal significance is, “Well, at least I’m better than them.”
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“That’s what’s driving radical conservatives so crazy about President Obama -he’s walking, breathing, evidence that they cannot claim superiority by virtue of the color T-shirt they were born in, and that simple fact alone is causing them to suffer a severe attack of cognitive dissonance before the eyes of the entire world. That’s also why they’re so determined not to allow President Obama to be successful, even if it means destroying the country – and international corporatists are using the social division inherent in those sentiments to lower the standard of living of the American middle class.
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“Thus, this entire nation, and the future of our children, is being threatened by the desperate attempt of a handful of insecure bigots to maintain their delusions of superiority, and as far as they’re concerned, if the country has to be sacrificed for that cause, so be it.”
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WHY CONSERVATIVES HATE BARACK OBAMA SO INTENSELY.

http://wattree.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-conservatives-hate-barack-obama-so.html

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Divide And Conquer

And finally, believe me, brother, I’m not one of those altruistic do-gooders, running around preachin’ “all we need is love. ” Frankly, I don’t care who you hate. I’m simply being perfectly, and selfishly, practical here. I just don’t want your blind hatred to sabotage MY chances of survival. When you listen to Scott Walker below, notice that he’s not saying A THING about race? He’s talking about EVERYBODY – that includes me, and that’s my concern. And many White folks feel the same way that I do, because they know it also includes them. But our problem is, we’ve got to get through to the rest of you hardcore haters, because you threaten to bring us all down. You tend to be more in love with your hatred than you are your freedom, and your way of life.
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The United States is currently in the exact same state of flux as Germany was in the 1930s just before the rise of the Nazi Party. So you’d better wake up, brother, and start thinking past some of that anger and emotion. Because, unless you’re a very strong swimmer, your very ass (and the asses of your children) is on the line.
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http://wattree.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-agenda-as-explained-to-very-angry.html

That statement demonstrated that you are an idiot.

Bullshit! We put a black liberal in charge of the country and all he does is blame whitey whenever something goes terribly wrong.

All skilled workings out to leave this country and let you idiots finish running it into the ground. Once you all starve to death we can move back in and move over.

I must be pretty stupid to spend so many years in school and working my ass off for no money when you brilliant black liberals have it all figured out!

All this time I’ve been studying hard in school and paying taxes only to find out that I’m the enemy of Black America. And of course we need Obama to save the country by destroying the enemy (me) for the crime of not working for free.

Wow I’ve been doing it all wrong all these years! Thanks black liberals! Wait one moment while I go send in my job resignation! woowoot! I can’t wait to go snort crack for the first time ever!