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HuffPo Writer Warns: All White People are on the "Racism Spectrum Until Further Notice"
The Social Memo ^ | 3/17/17 | Aurelius

Posted on 03/17/2017 1:09:55 PM PDT by rightistight

Justin Cohen, a contributor to the Huffington Post and former member of the education policy committee for President Obama's 2008 campaign, stated that his goal for 2017 is to have white people realize that we're all on the "racism spectrum" and that white people need to stop being so "sensitive" about being called racist.

His article, titled "Three New Year’s Resolutions For White America," detailed what he is working towards in the new year.

"Resolution #1: We resolve to stop being so damned sensitive about the word “racism,”" Mr. Cohen writes. "Racism warrants discussion, but White people put too many conditions on the discussion of the phenomenon... We do not have the luxury to orchestrate conversations about racism so that they’re more comfortable for tepid White people."

To this end, all white people need to understand that they are, at least, a little racist against people of color.

"Resolution #2: We resolve to realize that all White people are participating in racism," he writes, saying that people born a certain race automatically have a specific attribute.

"That’s right, I said all. Sorry to burst your bubble, White lady wearing an “Assata Taught Me” t-shirt," Mr. Cohen explains. "The majority of our people sided with the Ku Klux Klan to elect an overt bigot as president... All of us are on the racism spectrum until further notice."

Mr. Cohen's third resolution is to "resolve to organize our people around anti-racist ideas."

He writes, "For centuries, being White in America meant reaping unearned power and advantages, relative to people who are not White. America’s power structure, to an almost comical degree, still reflects that version of Whiteness."

Mr. Cohen concludes, "Anti-racist White people must continue to make racism unacceptable, otherwise the White supremacist vision will continue to build power. And win."


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: racism; socialjustice
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"The majority of our people sided with the Ku Klux Klan to elect an overt bigot as president... All of us are on the racism spectrum until further notice.

Does he mean Woodrow Wilson, the democrat? Or perhaps Lyndon Johnson, the democrat? Maybe he means Robert Byrd, one-time 'president' of the U.S. Senate, the democrat? Or, or, or...
41 posted on 03/17/2017 1:42:55 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: rightistight

The ones who seem to focus on what race you are part of seem to be predominately on the left.


42 posted on 03/17/2017 1:43:44 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: rightistight

They can stick their HuffPo


43 posted on 03/17/2017 1:46:08 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

where does that put uber racist spike lee (film director super racist)


44 posted on 03/17/2017 1:48:38 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: rightistight
I am so tired of hearing leftist bigots LEFTSPLAIN how we may or may not think.

Bloody fascists and communists all.

Justin Cohen and the Huffington Post think I'm a racist?

Since they're not open to rational conversations on the subject, the only response I have to them is:


45 posted on 03/17/2017 1:48:38 PM PDT by Maceman (Let's ban Muslims temporarily -- just until non-Muslims can freely practice their religions in Mecca)
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To: rightistight

SYA


46 posted on 03/17/2017 1:50:11 PM PDT by dforest
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To: rightistight

Try doing something abour ir, buttwipe.


47 posted on 03/17/2017 1:50:12 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: rightistight

Oh, don’t worry, Justin. I don’t care in the slightest anymore if I get called racist.


48 posted on 03/17/2017 1:51:19 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: jazminerose
Nobody is more obsessed with race than a liberal.

What else they got?

49 posted on 03/17/2017 1:51:41 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: rightistight

This guy is a jackass of the deepest conviction.


50 posted on 03/17/2017 1:55:48 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Make lemonade.)
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To: rightistight

White people will soon take the attitude of “OK, so I’m racist. F-— you, too”


51 posted on 03/17/2017 1:57:55 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: rightistight

Their white-shaming will end in killing young girls who want to fit in and who therefore over—use tanning salons to overcome their whiteness. This may be a stretch but is definitely the sort of response they’d have at the ready. “Millions will be killed by crazy far-left Huffers” the headline would scream.


52 posted on 03/17/2017 1:59:02 PM PDT by Anima Mundi
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To: jazminerose

Justin Cohen is Hitler (because I said so).

This will be my standard response to any lib attacking me or my tribe - they’re all Hitler.


53 posted on 03/17/2017 1:59:06 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: rightistight

Your warnings mean nothing to me commie liar. Look to your own kind for the real kkk.


54 posted on 03/17/2017 2:00:13 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: rightistight

I’m not sensitive about being called a racist. I recognize it for what it is - an attempt to shut me up.


55 posted on 03/17/2017 2:08:48 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: rightistight

Looks like he would have a lot to worry about in a muzzlim country. Like tall buildings.


56 posted on 03/17/2017 2:11:39 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

I want to know why white liberals look so weird. I want to know.


57 posted on 03/17/2017 2:15:46 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: rightistight

The effective response to “You’re a racist!” is “So what?”


58 posted on 03/17/2017 2:19:58 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: rightistight

Translation: shut up and put up with me browbeating you, you inherently inferior lower caste.


59 posted on 03/17/2017 2:20:15 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Little Pig

“Best response to being called “racist” is to reply “so?”’

Or...”so’s your old man!”

Or....(rack-rack) “Bring it, jerkface!”


60 posted on 03/17/2017 2:20:26 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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