On May 19, 12:47=A0am, Igor Alexander <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:24:09 GMT, "crazy-repairs" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >This article, like most about racism, stinks from square one because it
> >assumes only whites are racist. Everything in a mixed society is about
ra=
ce
> >and as a result blacks are as likely to pack together against another
rac=
e
> >as whites or almonds are.
>
> >I will pick one of my own for employment (for instance) before I pick
> >another because like any other group I feel most comfortable around
those=
I
> >share the most commonalities with. That makes me a racist according to
my=
> >people who describe similar actions by whites as racist. Obama is no
> >different than any of the white Presidents of yore, they all are
surround=
ed
> >by people most like them. Obama will be great for the employment of
black=
s,
> >and other minorities. Something long overdue.
>
> Why is it overdue? Blacks are what, 15% of the U.S. population? Why
> should the tail be wagging the dog? If you ask me, they're already
> overrepresented as it is, especially when you consider that more
> qualified whites are losing positions to less qualified blacks and
> other 'people of color'.
after 8 years of george bush, nobody will ever think of any white man
as 'more qualified' again.
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