--- Thomas Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Garwood, Robin" wrote: >
> I believe that we are well past that point, and > if > race continues to be played for obvious > political > advantage in every issue in which a racial > minority is > involved social justice will inevitably take a > step > backwards. > Mr. Swift: If we (people of color) "played the race card" every time we had be violated, there would be someone talking every second of the day. If we got political "advantage" for calling attention to just the physical violations against our persons, we would control the City Council and the State Legislature as well as all political parties. I know women are battered every 13 seconds, I wonder how often violent racist acts are committed against people of color in this country? I choose not to even fully address the "unknowning" racist comments and remarks that were made in that post or for that matter have been made in this thread, because those violating people of color will argue until they are blue in the face are not "racist", nor were their comments, "they are just facts". I wonder whose standards those facts are being judged? I wonder whose reality we must deal with. The victim or those "looking" on and "judging", primarily those who are not of color. It is a very interesting phenomena to me that those that are oppressing believe that they have the right to decide what is racist and what is not. Kinda like the police investigating themselves. This appears to be victim blaming to me. Matthea Little Smith Powderhorn Park 9-4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
