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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The "Chickens coming home to roost..." line is not racist. Many people have the view that American militarism is the reason why our enemies dislike us.
Referring to the US in terms of our society being racist in the past is not racist, it seems to me to be a statement of fact.
Having theories about why Black males are disproportionately incarcerated is a persons theory. If he thinks it is due to racism, we should prove him wrong not dismiss his position.
The US government has used drugs and other sting operations in the Black community to discredit people.
Given American history, he has a prima facia case for his arguments, I think people who disagree, have an obligation to prove him wrong, not just call him a racist. And then on top of that, falsly connect his views to Obama. Obama has enough legit reasons for him not to be President. This is a waste of time for the Presidential race.
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Yeah, I'm sort of on board with this. I have not heard everything the man has said and I reserve the right to change my mind if I hear that he thinks other ethnicities are lesser people than blacks or something similar - but criticism of US policies past and present and mentioning that blacks have been hard done by is not overtly racist.