Reply #19: I have a problem with this ...

[rasputin1952]

"White racism as a global scourge will sink with them, and eventually whither to a mere prejudice rather than a world-threatening menace."

Racism is universal, it is not restricted to whites. One of the great breeding grounds of racism is when people that are essentially racists, start blaming others for racism.

Racism is a fear that is born from the lack of reasoning that we are all human beings. Without the base realization that we are all humans, racism and fear run rampant. Even those of us with the best of intentions, often fall into he trap simply because we refuse to start at the basic level by looking at all people as human being.

There are, to be sure, horrid individuals in every aspect of humanity and every society. These individuals should be dealt with on a separate level by exposing their lies and obfuscations. When people of similar ideas come together, they become somewhat powerful, and inspire fear where people allow them to. by standing up to racists, particularly on an individual level, we can defeat this scourge.

It takes courage and knowledge, but it can be done. Each time one person stands up and dismantles the arguments any racist has produced, we gain on the human level. When we allow any racist to push forth their ideology, we all slip back into a darker place where fear reigns and the flames of racism are fanned.

Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern racism is running rampant because we are not calling the people who purvey such hatred to task. Valid complaints need to be addressed, but they cannot be addressed by by more racist comments.

If we are to judge people, we need to do it on an individual basis, not a race, religious, class sex or sexual orientation basis. To be blunt, if someone is a "bad" individual, he/she should be dealt with, but we cannot fall into the trap where race, the class, religion sex or sexual orientation has any bearing on the situation.

True Justice is blind to such things.