paulsol the Righteous wrote:
You pubbies are getting all upset that some dude reckons that racism is a problem in the world, and that 'cause and effect' is something that should be taken into account when planning foreign policy, yet have no problems with the likes of the Pope and Pat Robertson.
To be fair, there's a big difference between pointing out specific groups and their specific agendas/actions and making some kind of judgment about them, and blanketly calling America "white America", and calling "white America" a racist state.
The former is judging people/groups based on their political positions and/or actions. The later judges an entire group of people and paints them all with the same brush. If Wright clearly identified specific groups within America (like say the KKK or Aryan Brotherhood or whatever) as groups who were to be opposed for their message and actions, he'd get no opposition from me or likely most Americans. But when he paints all white as racist simply because of our skin color, he's ceased to be someone talking about racism, but has now himself become the racist...
Pat Robertson wrote:
"Well, I totally concur. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say: "You helped this happen."
See how he's pointing his finger at specific groups and not everyone of a particular color? That's the difference. Not that I agree with everything (or even most things) that comes out of Mr Robertson's mouth, it's still incorrect to equate this to what Mr Wright has said. Robertson is singling out specific groups who choose to act in ways which he disagrees with. Wright is painting everyone of a particular skin color with one broad brush.
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Of course neither the Pope or robertson are particularly 'black', tho I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.
I'm sure it has everything to do with it. If Wright were white and saying the same statements but pointed at black people, you wouldn't be defending him. See how color has a lot to do with it?