Quote:I again, I'm not questioning the merit of his argument, I'm simply trying to understand how he came to his conclusions. He has expressed himself very intelligently in many of his posts, so that factored into my reasoning for asking him these questions. He is also free to feel however he feels. I don't want to change his mind or yours or bchbunnie.


Also, had it been you instead of JJ who started this thread, I would have asked you the same questions. It's not black and white how ppl come to feel how they feel. Their experiences and environment have a lot to do with it. There some things in his posts I agree and there are some that I don't agree with. I'm sure that happens to you on occasion when you read a person's post that is heavily opinionated.

 

That's perfectly understandable, but your background probing feeds into the modus operandi of race baiters. Any black person who doesn't buy into the argument of wholesale racism and victimization must be currying the favor of white people. It feeds into the ideological belief that criticism of popular black culture is the realm of racists or Uncle Toms, and THAT is the major obstacle to true debate of race in this country. Does racism exist? You betcha. Does popular black culture leverage the race card to avoid accountability? Yup.

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