Entroper on 24 December 2007
| Final-Fan said: Once you've done that, see how closely your work matches the actual context: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.african.american/msg/c8668bd3662b0fa5 |
I've finished reading, and I no longer care whether it was written by Paul or not. It is not a racist piece.
Here is the quote, with emphasis added by you:
Regardless of what the media tell us, most white Americans are not going to believe that they are at fault for what blacks have done to cities across America. The professional blacks may have cowed the elites, but good sense survives at the grass roots. Many more are going to have difficultly avoiding the belief that our country is being destroyed by a group of actual and potential terrorists -- and they can be identified by the color of their skin.
Aside from the first 95% of the piece preceding this quote, here's what the quote is missing, the very next sentence:
This conclusion may not be entirely fair, but it is, for many, entirely unavoidable.
You said that the author singled out blacks and said that they had done terrible things to cities across America. This is true, it's called the LA riots. Your next statement, that the author is saying that all blacks are terrorists or potential terrorists, is not true. The author is stating that many white people will come to this conclusion, which he calls unfair, based on what happened during the LA riots.
So, there's the context in which it isn't racist.
