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With that said, there are various awards that already go to "white" people, no one is preventing them from participating in the mainstream. "Black" awards, in contrast, were constructed to provide a venue for a particular group of people who have traditionally been excluded from the mainstream.
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You just proved my point for me, although you're wrong on one aspect. There aren't any white awards. There are mainstream awards, which are open to all comers, and there are minority awards, which are open only to a specific skin color. The last time I checked, there were no whites-only scholarships available for universities (at least, none that are publicly acknowledged), yet there are a helluva lot of black, indian, latino, etc. scholarships.
If a "black" award is specifically designed to provide a venue outside of the mainstream, then we should not complain when black people find themselves outside of the mainstream. After all, that's what we were going for with the "black" awards. The solution is not to ignore the mainstream in favor of specialized blacks-only awards. The solution is to work to make blacks and other minority groups a complete, 100% PART of the mainstream. Efforts have been made to that effect, but they are stymied by the black population's own insistance on being parted from non-blacks.
I really don't understand how anyone can think the idea of total integration of the skin colors rather than separation of the skin colors can be racist. I don't understand how anyone can think that the idea of ignoring skin color in favor of character in the evaluation of a person is racist. And I don't understand how anyone can think that continual insistance on being considered and treated different from everyone else will result in everyone being treated equally.