Comments on: How to Recognize Racism

on 2/25/2008 Good article with some valid points. One thing that is not mentioned today by most anyone is the growing amount of racism against European-Americans, or White people. What's worse is it's almost completely ignored! Barack Obama himself belongs to a church that doesn't allow whites! Obama once described the white race as “that ghostly figure that haunted black dreams.” His church, Trinity Church of Christ, which he is second in command behind the Pastor, says on their website, "We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black." Would a white candidate get away with such racist statements against blacks? Certainly not. He would be labeled a "racist" and forgotten about. Replace the word "black" with "white." in the above statement. Do this, and you have what's considered a "racist statement." We've been conditioned to think whites are the only race possible of racism.

A few months ago,

on 12/30/2007 Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for such an intelligent, sensitively written article. Racism isn't always obvious, and I wish more people would take the time to learn how to recognize the underlying assumptions and beliefs beneath seemingly innocuous comments and jokes. I completely agree with your tip, we are all capable of harboring racist thoughts and opinions - learning to recognize this in ourselves is 90% of the battle.