Posted on 06/24/2010 2:47:04 PM PDT by Starman417
Racism used to be defined (and should be defined) as opposition to people or things because of their racial origins. How the times have changed. From Outside the Beltway:
Former Black Panther Charles Barron, city councilman from Brooklyn, says only racists would ban vuvuzelas. Which he’d never heard of 30 seconds earlier.
Barron's reasoning? IF the vuvuzelas have a black origin, THEN opposition to the vuvuzelas is racist. Nothing about whether the opposition has anything to do with race:
Absolutely it's racist, because if that's something that comes out of our culture, it's in our country South Africa, then we have a right and you have to adopt to tue culture ande the traditions of the country that's hosting the games. Absolutely it's racist. Outrageous. Let 'em blow.
Barron is being jocular, but his definition of racism is dead serious. To oppose anything black-associated or of black origin is racism. You know, the same way opposing anything white people do is racist. Hasn't that been the Black Panther position since the 60's?
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That horn, by itself, has insured that South Africa will become a wilderness backwater when it comes to tourism for AGES to come.
So, if he doesn’t like bagpipes,then he would have to agree that he’s a racist.
I had one of these when I was nine years old. That was a long time ago, in the Chicago suburbs. It mysteriously disappeared one day. I was never aware that Japanese blow-molded toys were racially significant, and a part of the ancient tradition of a proud people half a world away. Should have used it with more cultural awareness, or something. What a boob I am.
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