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<blockquote data-quote="MLK" data-source="post: 155852"><p>I heard this author on the radio yesterday and his point of view made sense to me. MLK's dream was for a colorblind society and this man's book is a step in that direction. Here's a link to an opinion piece he wrote:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cir-usa.org/articles/156.html" target="_blank"><u>The age of white guilt: and the disappearance of the black individual</u></a></p><p> </p><p>What is white guilt? It is not a personal sense of remorse over past wrongs. White guilt is literally a vacuum of moral authority in matters of race, equality, and opportunity that comes from the association of mere white skin with America's historical racism. It is the stigmatization of whites and, more importantly, American institutions with the sin of racism. Under this stigma white individuals and American institutions must perpetually prove a negative--that they are not racist--to gain enough authority to function in matters of race, equality, and opportunity. If they fail to prove the negative, they will be seen as racists. Political correctness, diversity policies, and multiculturalism are forms of deference that give whites and institutions a way to prove the negative and win reprieve from the racist stigma.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MLK, post: 155852"] I heard this author on the radio yesterday and his point of view made sense to me. MLK's dream was for a colorblind society and this man's book is a step in that direction. Here's a link to an opinion piece he wrote: [URL="http://www.cir-usa.org/articles/156.html"][U]The age of white guilt: and the disappearance of the black individual[/U][/URL] What is white guilt? It is not a personal sense of remorse over past wrongs. White guilt is literally a vacuum of moral authority in matters of race, equality, and opportunity that comes from the association of mere white skin with America's historical racism. It is the stigmatization of whites and, more importantly, American institutions with the sin of racism. Under this stigma white individuals and American institutions must perpetually prove a negative--that they are not racist--to gain enough authority to function in matters of race, equality, and opportunity. If they fail to prove the negative, they will be seen as racists. Political correctness, diversity policies, and multiculturalism are forms of deference that give whites and institutions a way to prove the negative and win reprieve from the racist stigma. [/QUOTE]
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