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Hello I don't agree, You said: "I am disgusted wi...

2009-08-03T14:28:49.862-04:00

Hello I don't agree,

You said: "I am disgusted with the phrase "race card." Period. Any commentary that uses it, I lose interest."

How can we continue a dialogue with anyone if we keep focusing on the words that should or should not be used rather than the message that is being communicated? With all the political correctness going on in the U.S., it gets increasingly harder to express ourselves with honesty.

You also said: "I prefer to read the scholarly works of Gates than blogs that dismiss racial issues."

Hmm... I am not dismissing racial issues. I'm only suggesting that perhaps there are other factors at play in many of these cases we call racially motivated. I'm only wondering if there is any way to look beyond the race.

Instead of the age-old "you're a racist"--"no I'm not" dialogue, which goes nowhere other than more rules about political correctness, maybe we can look deeper into the underlying reasons from a broader perspective.

Otherwise, we are only masking the symptoms.

I think one way to take a step in the right direction is for all sides to validate other views by attempting to see it from the opposite perspective. These matters cannot continue to be only about who's right and who's wrong, nor can it be resolved by agreeing to disagree. I look forward to the day when we can all have the courage to say, "I can see your perspective and I may have been wrong."

Perhaps that's too idealistic?

It has given President Obama the oportunity to get...

2009-08-02T15:00:10.095-04:00

It has given President Obama the oportunity to get into this issue of Race. I think he is right that Black & Other Minority races are treated like this around the world & not just in America.

Blacks in London are treated the same as America.

In the Irish areas of London in the 70s & 80s, Irish People just to be beaten up & arrested on Weekend mainly for just been Irish.

Minority's always have had a tough time & continue to have a tough time.

I am disgusted with the phrase "race card." Period...

2009-08-02T14:47:13.587-04:00

I am disgusted with the phrase "race card." Period. Any commentary that uses it, I lose interest...then again, I prefer to read the scholarly works of Gates than blogs that dismiss racial issues. I could easily say that the writer of this blog is playing the "power card." Yes...see how silly that reads? Belittling someone's experiences and views by using the word "card" as if someone's experiences and views are a "game" is racist within itself and dismissive. The only way the phrase would have validity is if there was no history of centuries of racism and someone was claiming prejudice without a history and perspective to support it.