People actually believe that blacks can be racist, but author Joel Kovel believes differently, he is Author of the book"White Racism".
He explains that a black person cannot be racist, after all who runs most of the financial , and structural resources in the world? who runs the biggest Armed forces in the world? Who in history has turned racist thinking into discriminatory practices?Who institued, and implemented the Jim Crow laws? Who implemented laws to keep blacks and whites from marrying?
2007-01-08 23:28:15 · 17 answers · asked by brandley_1999 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
To many white people and some "******" think that racism is simply calling someone a derogatory name.
There is a saying that if a white man wants to lynch me, than that is his problem...
If a white man has the power to lynch me, that is my problem.
Racism implies power. You have to have power and the backing of the institutions to be racist.
The educational system breeds racism by teaching all of the accomplishments of white people while leaving out what black people have contributed to the onward march of civilization. This makes whites think that we have done nothing.
If these white people on the answers community, who talk trash, would read alittle they will find that they should be mad at their own people for hiding the truth from them.
Black people can not be racist in a world of white supremacy.
2007-01-11 13:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, only a small fraction of the population has any real power. The rest of us are just pawns.
Some feel that one can only be racist if one has power. If that is the case the majority of whites are unable to be racist. If Kovel's belief is correct, very few people could be racist. Would that make the Chinese the only racist because China owns the US? The average white person has no power. He does not run an army or a multi-billion dollar company. He did not create any laws. He is a common man who can suffer at the hands of the true forces of power in this nation. The belief that the average white man has all this power is just an illusion. We are fighting with each other about while the real power forces are going to destroy us all. The average white man can not control the price of oil, the cost of health insurance, or how many troops are deployed to Iraq. The average white man will struggle to keep up when the true powers that be outsource jobs and allow illegal Mexicans to get their Social Security. Racism is a creation that keeps us fighting with each other instead of focusing on the real enemy.
If racism is simply the belief that one’s own race is superior and is prejudiced towards other races, then all can be racist.
2007-01-10 07:08:34 · answer #2 · answered by truly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
looking at the direction of your questions, and where they're heading it's clear that you are one too (racist) like your white counterparts. And not just racist but an angry racist too. It is possible for black, white, indian, chinese, etc to be racist and you know what... it does happen.Yes our black people were oppressed for a very long time by our white counterparts. I'm black and live in South Africa, the most common and that we have been exposed to, yes is "White Racism" (as we call it in S.A - Apartheid), however it does exist in our black communities as well (i.e racism). It is possible for a black person or any other person of color or creed to be racist. And you know what it doesn't matter what color you are, whether you are black or white, green or yellow.....it's still not right.
2007-01-08 23:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Thato 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am indian and this black guy in my high school once called me a Paki...
Now, i am not racist buy i thought this was very hypocrtical of the black guy while he was with his black & white homies to call me out like that...i was very insulted and offended...so in anger, I called him the N word (which is wrong) but it was the only way for me to get even at the time...
As far as racism between blacks and whites, i'll tell you something: Africa was and still is one of the most beautiful continents in the world but unfortunately it has been exploited and its resources have been used up by other countries (colonies), so you know what I think of racism in the world...black people have sufferred but they can't hold that against the current generation of the world, they must move on and grow!!
2007-01-08 23:39:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
nicely, in consumer-friendly words a small fraction of the inhabitants has any actual ability. some thing individuals are basically pawns. some experience that it really is hassle-free to in consumer-friendly words be racist if one has ability. if it really is the case the overall public of whites are unable to be racist. If Kovel's perception is real, very few human beings would nicely be racist. might want to that make the chinese the in consumer-friendly words racist because China owns the U. S.? the basically accurate white human being has no ability. He does no longer run a protection rigidity or a multi-billion dollar company. He did not create any regulations. he's a effortless guy who can wade through on the hands of the real forces of ability in this u . s .. the perception that the basically accurate white guy has all this ability is basically an phantasm. we are struggling with with one yet another about even as the real ability forces are going to damage us all. the basically accurate white guy can no longer administration the fee of oil, the price of well being coverage, or what number troops are deployed to Iraq. the basically accurate white guy will warfare to keep up even as the real powers that be outsource jobs and allow unlawful Mexicans to get their Social safe practices. Racism is a creation that keeps us struggling with with one yet another instead of focusing on the real enemy. If racism is basically the perception that one’s own race is improved and is prejudiced in the direction of alternative races, then all might want to be racist.
2016-12-28 12:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking whether there is racism amonst blacks? or whether black can be racist towards other races?
If it is the first, then take many Nigerians that I've known hating Jamaicans... for no other reason than they are Jamaican... yet they go on and on about how a black man is always their "brother" like they belong to a priesthood cult and sincerely honest to god mean it... but a Jamaican comes along and ....nah they don't wanna know.
Ok, if it is the second question you are asking, then yes black people can be racist, like every kind of person can be racist too.
Ok, so consider everything whites have done to oppress the blacks, if anything the white inflicted it upon themselves for black to be racist....before slave trade whites were welcomed and lived happily in the blacks' country ... that faded away when white,richer entrepeneurs thought they could be clever and found ways of making alot of money by exploiting these people because they had no belongings, no where to live, no land that was theirs (the whites only recognised documents as proof of belongings and land etc)
Is bitterness not racism, when the bitterness is caused by resentment or jealousy, or learned off others and elders who are bitter, and the only way it is shown is by refering to a persons colour and refering it to everyone who isof that colour? racism is such a large word describing many many things, and it does not have just one meaning. racism comes in all forms.
My mother-in-law to be does not want her son to marry me because of how one of her brother's white wife is. According to my boyfriend she is not racist, even though "she lives alongside them in this white country and not with them" how is that not racism on a black persons part by judging me on how another white person is? Why can't the faults of the other woman be down to her having mental problems, or 4 exhusbands? (I do not know the woman by the way but just giving examples of what it could be referred to)
What do you make of it?
Black Rage, I really like your answer, and it's true that in schools everyone is taught about slave trade being a good thing in history. I always hated history, and although I never paid attention in class, I swear that I was never given the opinion that the slave trade was bad. Just how it helped our economy.
At college we watched a documentary showed on channel 4 presented by a mr beckford, it was about the slave trade and how much england should owe the descendants of the slave trade victims in money. If you can somehow get hold of it.
I was so shocked and angry about all the information he had found out, and it is a secret hidden from everyone in this country.... these people whether they're black, white, asian do not know for example that the high-street banks... all except form the co-op, were once deeply involved in investing in slave trade and insuring the slaves who would get killed off just for the OWNER of the slaves to claim money.... and millions of people invest in these banks as a reward for what they've done in the past. Disgusting.
I've also had to do some research into a chosen country, the country I chose is rarely heard of and all the disturbing stuff that is ongoing today, and the sick and crazy leaders (who've acted upon their resentment) are results of colonisation.
2007-01-11 15:08:37 · answer #6 · answered by bummy cheeks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well then what about the racism against Asians, or American Indians, or Indians. Racism isnt just against blacks and isnt just coming from white people. Even a long time ago there were others who were victims of racism who werent black. When a new wave of immigrants would come here they would be the new people to hate. Your author is wrong. There is plenty of racism to go around and blacks, whites, reds, yellows and anyone else you can find can all be victims of it.
2007-01-08 23:41:34 · answer #7 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Two words Louis Farakan.
Got a question if you were to walk in a white neighbor what are you chances to be shot?
What is my chances to be shot if I walk through a black neighborhood?
NC Lacross team when the Black Panthers demanding a guilty verdict.
Who are the ones went into the South help with voting restrigation?
Who are the ones who ran the underground railroad?
What was the make of the majority of the union army?
Who started the movement to end slavery in this nation?
Blacks can be just as racist as Whites.
Please explain how the N word gets ban by whites but you are allow to say Cracker?
2007-01-08 23:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
There are far more non-white people than there are white people in the world.
By far, most of the financial and structural resources in the world are run by non-whites...Asia, Middle Eastern, and African.
Non-whites run the "biggest armed forces" in the world...China.
Jim Crow laws were struck down by white people.
...and so on.
2007-01-08 23:41:02 · answer #9 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Did you ever stop to think that assertion "blacks cant be racist" is, itself (guess what) RACIST? What makes blacks any different than any other race? Joel Kovel= revisionist and an inciter
p.s. "scholarly debate" my @ss; you are severely misinformed.
2007-01-09 13:10:22 · answer #10 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋