Ted Rall for September 04, 2014
September 03, 2014
September 05, 2014
Transcript:
Racism is America's original sin, a stain that never goes away. But that might change. (Woman: Come quick- he's suspicious... prowling...)(Man: Hang up... that's he UPS guy) How do we know? Homophobia dissipated after straights realized that many of their friends and relatives were gay. (Man 2: Andy and Bob are queer?!? But their house is the nicest in the neighborhood!) (Woman: That's actually their thing...) Similarly, attitudes of whites will change once they realize they have black friends and relatives. (Man 2: But as a recent study found, for every 9: white friends a white American has, they have one black friend.) Fortunately, racists aren't the brightest people. (Woman: Aunt Becky? Black. Me too. Black. Brad Pitt? Black.) (Man: Well, in that case...) (Woman: Obama? Black.) (Man: don't push it.)
WestNYC Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Racism exists among all of the races. It is not entirely endemic to white folks.
louieglutz almost 10 years ago
you might want to revisit your statistics course.
NickelAlloy almost 10 years ago
I have to second jrmerm’s comment- the horrible treatment of the American Indians has to be counted as the first of our many sins.
emptc12 almost 10 years ago
From what I read in Stephen Jay Gould and others, there is no definite route to perfection in evolved creatures, with Mankind at the apex of a graphically represented tree. Evolution is more properly represented as an ever-branching bush. .And “the Fittest” is a relative thing. In a benign and lush environment, many strange things come about – for instance, the numerous Birds of Paradise, pandas, and manatees. .Even when “the fittest” are in place, after long development — when they meet with humans, they often quickly disappear. Bacteria and viruses, with their supreme adaptability, will probably outlive the physical destruction of Earth and finally represent what it produced.
rossevrymn almost 10 years ago
weak