[Jack Black]

Here's your definition of racism:

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Well isn't is some weird self-hypnosis NOT to believe the first point? After all the whole point of the reparations movement is to get money because of Black exceptionalism. Everything from the cancer rate, to the illegitimacy rate, to the incarceration rate is worse for blacks. The "Reparations" crowd says "it's all because we were removed from Africa 300 years ago and our native culture was crushed". But it seems to beg for the counter argument "no, it's inherent in your people, look at Africa. If it resembles anything it's the black ghetto neighborhood of the international order." Race or History. Or both. To insist that "it's all history" seems to be a completely religous view. Certainly the evidence is all around us the physically Blacks are different than whites, and in some sports athletically superior. I'm sure others noticed the make up of the track athletes - even the French and British teams were mostly blacks.

Race DOES account for differences in human ability. Character is another matter entirely. Character is a result of culture. Whatever gifts or liabilities Blacks start with due to their race has very little to do with the collective circumstances they find themselves in. Culture has everything to do with it. Black leaders should spend less time worrying about whether whites in their hearts think they are superior to blacks due to genetics (obsessive concern with this is a defacto admission of insecurity - like the Woody character in "White Men Can't Jump") and a lot more time cleansing the culture of concepts like rap music, baby mamas, big pimpin', ebonics, weed and 20 inch rims.

[discostu]

I think the focus of the first point is the phrase "human character". Stuff that assumes members of race X or more or lest trustworthy, or work harder, or are trying to destroy America based entirely on where they were born. While there are clear physical differences between the races, and even cultural differences, those kind of blanket statements about a person's character based on no knowledge of him other than their color.

As for the reparations crowd... FR rules keep me from truly expressing myself about them. They're arguement (which you present fairly accurately, don't know how you can stomache it) is just proof that being a racist doesn't necessarily mean you look down on ANOTHER race, your hated group can be your own. And the sooner people figure that out the sooner we can get rid of the race pimps that currently "represent" the blacks (and a few other groups). I can't believe the crap they say about their own kind, if somebody like David Duke (not that I'm excusing him, he's an excellent yardstick for racism) said some of the things about blacks that Jackson and Co say he'd be killed on the spot. But when Jesse says it everybody just nods and claps.