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Originally Posted by SirSeymour
Agreed. The only problem is that it would be considered racism if it were a white man angry at black Americans. There is a double standard in this country for this sort of thing (which Obama alluded too today and I dearly wish he had said it outright) and until it goes away we have a problem.
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Well, to be frank, I think, as a group, 'black americans' have far more justification being angry with 'white americans' than the other way around. In this country, we had, for a long time, various laws in place that were explicitly or implicitly designed to subjugate black people. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, etc. As a class, black people have a right to be angry with white people.
Now, as Obama said, there are reasons for resentment in the other direction. Just because "my ancestors" enslaved black people, why should my kids have to be bused 30 minutes away instead of go to the local school? Was the black guy who got the job I applied for, or got into that college, less qualified than me? Good for Obama for addressing these issues. They are difficult issues, and I don't have good answers for them.