The Accusation Of Racism

 

I used to argue that I am not a racist, but years ago I realized several things that made me decide this is usually irrelevant. If you ask several different people to define racism or tell you what they mean by racism you are likely to get several different answers, so whether I am a racist depends on the meaning or definition being used. Very often the person making the accusation of racism is unsure or unclear about what they mean by racism, or they don't know the difference between a race hater and a racial realist, they simply don’t know another way to refute a viewpoint with which they disagree, and whether the accused is actually a racist or not is often irrelevant to the subject or issue at hand. Why are racist attitudes, racist statements, and racial violence on the part of non-whites ignored by the media while White people are normally the only people ever accused of racism? There is a double standard at work and anti-racist has become a code word for anti-white. Trying to win an argument or debate by accusing ones opponent of racism in order to avoid facts & logic is convenient because it compels or forces the target of that accusation to prove a negative (that he is not a racist), which is virtually impossible. If an accusation of racism can be rebutted there will inevitably be more accusations to refute, so that the actual issue or topic gets lost in the background of the ping-pong of accusations ("Yes, you are!" "No, I'm not!"). Thus the argument or debate appears to be settled on the basis of whether ones opponent holds a point of view that is considered negative or unpopular and not whether that viewpoint is supported by facts and logic or merely based on opinion or wishful thinking. This is why liberals are often frustrated by white conservatives who don’t have a bleeding heart or a guilt complex.