HomeschoolrsRUs
12-18-2006, 08:17 AM
Our most destructive kind of racism ::By Star Parker (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=our_most_destructive_kind_of_ racism&ns=StarParker&dt=12/18/2006&page=full&comments=true)
Paula Zahn devoted two of her hour-long CNN shows this week to the topic "Skin Deep: Racism in America."
After taking the time to watch, the question I walked away with was: "What was the point?"
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So, in answer to the CNN crew's question, there is indeed racism under the surface in our country today that we're neither really aware of nor willing to admit.
It's a racism of diminished expectations. A racism that says blacks still need special treatment in education and job placement, that we can't give black parents freedom to choose where to send their kids to school, that we can't let low-income black workers build wealth through a personal retirement account, instead of paying Social Security taxes, because they won't know what to do.
This is the racism that will keep this community disproportionately in trouble.
(Words bolded for emphasis by Hms.)
Paula Zahn devoted two of her hour-long CNN shows this week to the topic "Skin Deep: Racism in America."
After taking the time to watch, the question I walked away with was: "What was the point?"
< Snip, Snip >
So, in answer to the CNN crew's question, there is indeed racism under the surface in our country today that we're neither really aware of nor willing to admit.
It's a racism of diminished expectations. A racism that says blacks still need special treatment in education and job placement, that we can't give black parents freedom to choose where to send their kids to school, that we can't let low-income black workers build wealth through a personal retirement account, instead of paying Social Security taxes, because they won't know what to do.
This is the racism that will keep this community disproportionately in trouble.
(Words bolded for emphasis by Hms.)