How can we ever talk about racism without talking about what it means to say something racist?
That was the first post OR REPLY I've had pulled in my nearly three-year tenure at FR. I'm not opusing or whining, just frustrated, because now I'm afraid to even utter the word 'black'. How can we criticize the media for making people live in fear of being branded racists, and then be made to feel that way here? If anyone's interested, I'll email you the original post. I will respect Jim's right to pull it, and his request that I not repost it.
I've posted a lot of stories about and by blacks. I think it is imperative that we talk about who, why and what racism is all about - who it benefits and who it hurts. I say it benefits those who need the black constituency and it hurts the very blacks in that constituency. A dirty little racket if there ever was one.