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| Reply | Next | Previous | Up ]From: Horace
Date: 23 Apr 2001
Time: 23:14:42
Remote Name: 203.16.172.8
You wrote:
<Neither you nor I may be responsible for the existence of the problem of racism. But the fact that we are talking about racism is proof that racism does exist.>
Obviously it exists. I have never said that it didn't. In fact I have said that it is worldwide.
You wrote:
<I have described a situation that I do beleive is a problem. I am here to solve this problem. If your purpose here is not the same as my purpose here, then I see no purpose in interacting with you.>
The problem is that you think racism is centred on some giant conspiracy of white people. That is plainly incorrect. For one thing, anyone can be a racist. All you have to do is hate someone because of their race. If you don't have a race (as you claim) then you cannot suffer racism.
You wrote:
<Now for your questions. Why do I beleive White people invented the concept of race?>
That is not what I asked.
I want to know on what basis you think that it was white people who invented the concept of race. I know of absolutely no reason to beleive that race was originally a white concept.
You wrote:
<They are the smartest most powerful people in the universe and what they say "goes.">
On what basis do you say that white people are the smartest? I know of no respectable research that backs that assertion.
You wrote:
<You could tell all the White people to treat Josh like a White person and if all White people agreed then I would not be Black.>
I think you are losing it Josh. Race is not a figment of my (or anyone elses) imagination. It exists. It is not a basis upon which to treat people differently, but it exists. I could tell a person with jet black skin that they are white but that would not make them one iota whiter.