Patterico read an article about rules about talking about race — which were mainly that white people need to shut up and also not listen to the wrong black people (i.e., ones who are critical of parts of black culture). So Patterico tried to engage the author of the article on Twitter, and the results are quite illustrative of the problem these days of people who ask for a “conversation on race.”
As a society, we’re getting better on the issue of race — I’d say better than any other country out there — but there is a lot — a lot — of nonsense we still have to cut through.
We’d like to have a frank conversation about race. To join in, you must first confess all white people are racist and people of other races are incapable of racism. Now, who wants to start?
One of the major stumbling blocks to a meaningful dialogue is the creepy @$$ crackers refusal to learn ebonics.
http://youtu.be/klxGFAnY4nI
i think we need to stop talking about race. talk about right and wrong. good and bad. evil and virtue. i’ve grown tired of “hate crime” nonsense. if a person injures another person i really don’t care about motivation. i care about the injury. motivation might be a factor for determining the punishment, but not the crime.
while i am on a rant, zimmerman was found innocent.
NAACP (remember this disclaimer :))
Every time liberals say “We need to engage in a frank conversation about [race/gun control/abortion/defining marriage/climate change/religion/diversity/the economy/energy/any social issue you care to name], what they mean is “You need to listen to a condescending lecture about [race/gun control/abortion/defining marriage/climate change/religion/diversity/the economy/energy/any social issue you care to name], after which you will admit your guilt and give us whatever we ask, forever, in expiation.”
NAACP!
Are you saying that the US is better at the issue of race than the African American countries out there? Racist!