You're going to have to do better than that, you ignorant goof.
Europe has PLENTY of racism. They just don't have the same number of people
of color living in close quarters with their native populations, so they
have fewer incidents of racial tension. When they have them, they are far
more explosive and deadly. They have ghettos and segregation by the wallet,
just as the U.S. You are talking out of your ass. You know not of what you
speak.
Americans of African descent have had MANY different words describe them
over the centuries, as have ethnic groups from all over the planet. This is
no different in the U.S. than any other country, despite your bullshit
assertions.
The distinctive term "African-American" is used to specify a person's race
when referring to their race and is NOT a racist term. People from Ireland,
Italy, and Latin America frequently refer to themselves by their ethnicity
as a point of cultural pride, not divisiveness.
Slavery in the U.S. ended LONG after it did in Europe and involved MILLIONS
of more people than the entire European continent's slave complement. The
terms to describe African-Americans, originally put in place to keep them
separate, were later used to identify them for early attempts at reparations
and later for affirmative action campaigns.
Negro, Colored, and Black have been words used in the past and have each
become slurs, due to mostly white racism.
To use the term "African-American" when specifically discussing the issue of
race is about as racist as it is sexist to call a person a "woman" when
having a discussion about gender inequality.
I am all for a color-blind society. I can't wait until America finally
grows up and stops treating people differently according to race, gender,
religion, and sexual preference. Until then, intelligent people (you are
certainly not one of them) will need to use terms to discuss racial issues
since those issues continue to need discussion. If you are somehow
suggesting that there is no need to discuss issues of racial equality, you
are completely insane.
If you had even half a brain, or just a general grasp of the proper use of
language, you'd realize all of this and quit trying to sound like you have
any idea of what you're talking about.
Your feeble attempt to sound sanctimonious is obviously as disingenuous as
your ignorant attempt to fault my criticism of the Republican party.
If you had read it carefully, you'd have seen that I pointed out the past
racism of the Democrats. The Republicans are now the party of race-baiting
and tokenism. Ask candidate McCain from 2000, who had to publically rebuke
George Bush's supporters who used his adopted daughter's skin color to
spread lies about him having a "black love-child" outside his marriage. Ask
Colin Powell if he thinks he was shown as much respect as previous
Secretaries of State while in the Bush White House. Ask Condaleeza Rice the
same question, and if she is being given the resources she has asked for.
Ask Condaleeza if she's happy with the number of "people of color" at work
in her department. Both have written and spoken volumes about their
dissatisfaction. We'll only hear about Condaleeza's truest feelings after
Obama is sworn in and she's back to teaching, but meanwhile, she's let it
slip quite a few times that she and Colin have largely been window dressing
on a white good ol' boy administration.
You'd better go back and check you recent history, little Bozo. Democrats
have only had majorities in Congress since 2006 (that's two years, junior)
and have had NOTHING to do with the current problems facing our nation.
They have been stonewalled these past two years by the narrowness of their
majority, with Republicans filibustering and blocking progress on their
agenda. President Bush has only exercised his veto SINCE the Democrats have
gained those narrow majorities and he has chosen in other cases to use
"signing statements" more than any other president in history to essentially
re-write legislation after it's been passed, EVEN LAWS PASSED BY REPUBLICANS
DURING THEIR SIX-YEAR (count 'em) MAJORITY.
But don't worry. The Democrats will soon have a filibuster-proof majority
in the Senate and perhaps veto-proof majority in both the Senate and the
House. Barack will have to be sure he shows as much respect to the
legislative branch as Bush showed contempt.
Before you call someone a dumb-ass, check your fucking facts. RETARD!
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