Posted by
Patriotte on Monday, July 21, 2008 10:47:05 PM
Racial slurs are mean and divisive. Period. No matter who speaks them, they are wrong. If we are to stand together as Americans, our differences in other ways must be invisible. We can have different color skin, different color hair, different color eyes, and even different beliefs, but as long as we are proud Americans why does it matter what else we are?
Anybody who ever listened or read speeches by Dr King, (and I mean really read, really understood), that's what he wanted. A world where color was only the stroke used by God to paint his portrait, not the defining mark. Why don't we get that?? Hello, anyone home??
We must ALL decide that this is the way we will be. Racial dividers are often not easy to spot. Sometimes they are disguised as upstanding civil rights workers. But the truth is, equal is NOT seperate or divided, equal is EQUAL. If we weren't a rainbow, we'd be boring.
The point is, everyone must stop the racial slurs and grow up.
I'm not a REDNECK--I'm just very fair skinned and burn easily. Seriously, though, if you want to attack someone, talk to them first. If they are unable to hold a meaningful conversation for more than thirty seconds, you might call them stupid or ignorant, or whatever, but chances are you'll find, stupid comes in all colors!!!