Hollywood type casting

[DJD]

You are preaching to the choir there, brother.

Paula used the N-word...once, she says...after some African American dude had a gun to her head. Call me a butter-lovin Southern racist too, but I might have done the same thing. Yet, countless African Americans in the spotlight can use the N-word all day long and it's just another day. When a black person uses the word, it's a term of endearment...when a white person uses the word, all hell breaks loose. I'm confused.

I think some people need to sack-up and quit being a bunch of cry-babies.

Problem is its an easy out. I called it when Obie was nominated as a potus candidate. If you criticize his decisions your a hater or racist and that was an unfair advantage. A person may be either but it shouldn't mean you can't question a person who is running for public office with legit questions.

Imo....People hide their judgements on others based on skin color pretty good to the public but I don't hide my racism to well. I'm not a member of the KKK or any other hate group but I do fall into the group of being a racist because I don't like the special treatment of blacks, I tell black jokes, like Paula I have used the dreaded N word and I do put stock into what I observed and heard from the years growing up in areas of South Carolina that were more than 50% black while in and around the military.

I been on the receiving end of racism both as a child and as an adult. As a child it was because parents found out my mother was Japanese during PTA meetings and of course they told their kids and they brought it to school. This was in a small town in Central Florida called Union Park during the 70's....It was terrible. I didn't want to go to school and when I did I kept to myself and did poorly with my grades. After many meetings with my Dad (mom wouldn't go)and the school officials my Dad came to the conclusion that things wont change and he gave me the green light to fight to stop the bully tactics. That changed everything for me! Of course after more meetings with the school admin on me fighting all the time they understood and things started to change but it never stopped.

As an adult I dated black women for years and that means family functions like BBQ's, birthday parties and such. Talks with my girlfriends about racism and yes it was a problem at times....(word of advice you don't call a black woman a black bitch without expecting a ferocious verbal confrontation but in the same turn i don't like being called a Jap either) comments about white people were tame but still racist and many untrue....they were told as jokes and humorous jabs but the message was clear. Some of those jabs came from very wealthy black men who still maintained that "whitey" owed them. I also had an out and that was I am half white so I would say things like half of me is laughing which would diffuse the moment. Folks who says they are not racist on some level.....are delusional. To me I dislike people who pose like they are above the fray when in fact they are not.....Kinda like being a little bit pregnant you either are or not.

Like splitshot said....grow a sack and handle your business.....well I misquoted but that's how I see it!

[RoadToad]

I've never been to the "Tolerance Museum" in LA, and doubt I'd ever go, because from what I've read it's long on emotion and low on facts, but there's one thing they do that I think is spot on: to get in, you have to through one of two doors, one labeled "Prejudiced," and one labeled "Unprejudiced." The latter is always locked, because nobody is without prejudice.