tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post5648495568984531954..comments2023-10-03T12:20:53.726-04:00Comments on ¡Cecilieaux!: Why Is Racism Not Over?Cecilio Moraleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283375962527765787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-51658322144615047632009-06-24T22:13:26.223-04:002009-06-24T22:13:26.223-04:00James Carroll is one of my favorite thinker/writer...James Carroll is one of my favorite thinker/writers & the timing of this week's opinion is just right. His thoughts on racism are worth reading till the very end.<br /><br />The Boston Globe - boston.com<br /><br />JAMES CARROLL<br />More than mere lunacy<br />By James Carroll | June 22, 2009<br /><br />"WHEN James Wenneker von Brunn murdered Stephen T. Johns at the Holocaust Memorial Museum earlier this month, history was less made than revealed. ....." continued at:<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/06/22/more_than_mere_lunacy?mode=PF<br /><br />(the address will probably need to be cut & pasted together, or go to the Globe's Op-Eds)<br /><br />AnneAnnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-85440003087122171732009-06-22T14:19:58.917-04:002009-06-22T14:19:58.917-04:00"Why is Racism not over?"
Perhaps, ma..."Why is Racism not over?" <br /><br />Perhaps, maybe, partially:<br /><br /> People not really knowing, associating with *other* people; not truly believing their own creeds; non-racists not speaking up or speaking out; non-racists being too polite in *polite* company; taking it for granted that racism isn't an issue; religious groups of a Christian persuasion not addressing it in an "in our face" way.<br /><br />Perhaps, maybe, partially not recognizing where the racist line is drawn. For instance, in my local society we speak of ourselves as Americans but with a polish/irish/italian/etc brush, but where is the line when we refer to one another affectionately or identify with each other and when we become set apart from the other by negativity. And then we don't broaden ourselves by not seeing the corrolation of the small to the global society. Or we don't want to see that our excuses are just that.<br /><br />Perhaps some don't see or believe that it is an evil, especially if one is not part of a religious group that condemns racism.<br /><br />~~~~<br /><br />Your suggestion, Genevieve, sounds like a good idea, but wouldn't it lead to an elite group that would have no good influence over less ...enlightened people? Create a new segregation?<br /><br />& then there are folks, friends & family who aren't necessarily complete idiots or beyond redemption in this regard. Do we throw the baby out with the bath water? My friend's racism is not his complete person.<br /><br />~~~~<br /><br />Any other ideas?Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-27318684840188071292009-06-22T05:41:37.220-04:002009-06-22T05:41:37.220-04:00Why is racism not over? Because it is a component ...Why is racism not over? Because it is a component of human soul (you know, the sum of atomic particles) <br /><br />Select better acquaintances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-42017330828954215412009-06-22T00:14:38.254-04:002009-06-22T00:14:38.254-04:00I've been very disturbed lately by a very good...I've been very disturbed lately by a very good friend's racism. He is really a decent fellow of good character but I felt slapped in the face by a situation last winter, regarding a black man. My friend _has_ black friends so I was really taken aback. <br /><br />In the past I'd been aware of his usage of "dot head".<br /><br />I knew a young woman who can't stand Puerto Ricans...this after attending 16 years of Catholic Ed? (I don't see her any more.)<br /><br />Anyway, after the incident last winter I was so sickened, pondering my own place and complicity, that in a letter to an organization I frequent I asked about addressing racism hoping that we could address it to the larger body. I hope to pursue it if allowed.<br /><br />In the meantime, a few weeks ago when another black man, as a state inspector, administered a really tough critique, after he left my friend was just vile about him. This time at least I was able to say "don't say that." The man was just doing his job.<br /><br />Sometimes I've toyed with the idea of wearing a big button with something that says "no racist comments here, please." I've come to realize that I can no longer just let snide comments or remarks go without objection. <br /><br />It is a pain in my friendship with this guy that underneath his bonhomie I can't forget he is a racist.Annenoreply@blogger.com