Racism | Way of the Mind

… they put up a sign like this:

Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. “His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn’t recognize Christ,” Pastor Byrd said.

and:

Pastor Byrd told News Channel 7 he would ask his congregation to vote on whether to keep the sign. They voted unanimously to keep the sign up Sunday night.

Jonesville Church of God does not have any African American members.

You know what really infuriates me about this? Not that these assholes do this, but that it works. A good percentage of Americans probably “have a feeling” that Obama might be a Muslim, simply because of his name. How stupid can you get?

(via Friendly Atheist)

Racism is disgusting. I don’t hesitate when I say it - there are few things in the world that are lower, more irrational than hating an individual or a group because their skin color isn’t exactly the same as yours, or because they (or their parents, or their grandparents) were not born in your country.

But what most people don’t know is that there is another kind of racism - and that, indeed, many people attempt to fight racism with racism.

You see, the thing is, unlike what you probably believe, not all racism is about hate. Racism, in is simplest form, in the word’s original meaning, is the belief that people are defined by their “race” (ethnic group, etc.); in other words, that “race” matters. (I put the word “race” between quotes because the human race is in fact a single one - “race” only matters to racists.)

One of the best examples of racism is Affirmative Action (AA).

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