Docta Corvina
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Because if such things were happening so much, why is our media, which jumps on that kind of thing constantly, not be reporting it? Fox new sure, but what about the ultra-liberal news agencies? I am not seeing it, and it would be reported the hell out of I would think, why wouldn't it be? And I can tell you I have ran into situations where a Black guy has totally antagonized me and basically hoped I said something racist because its so much worse for a white person to then a Black guy towards a white guy.
I don't know, I was sincerely asking. As I don't think its active white racism causing it anymore. In the past? Oh yes, no doubt, now? I think thats just a excuse to say.
You're right, segregation and Jim Crow is not the law of the land anymore. But overt, KKK-style lynch mob brand racism doesn't represent all racism. So to say that because it's no longer a certain era of US history that racism is no longer a problem or an issue worthy of examination is, to put it mildly, not giving it nearly enough consideration. Institutionalized racism is something that is very real, even now. Racism that is inherent to a power structure can wield just as much damage - even if it's not expressly violent - in the present and over time. The stats that Stephen posted demonstrate this quite clearly.
For the record, the black universities were largely established in the days in which blacks could not attend college with whites, and were essentially forced to provide for their own people educationally with what means they had available. I should know, I have family employed at an HBU (Historically Black University). It allows and encourages people of all races to apply and attend school there, as well. I have seen plenty of white students, faculty and staff there. Ebony magazine, likewise, has been running since 1945 - also during the Jim Crow era in this country. It was an entertainment outlet for African-Americans when they previously had few to none available to them.
Essentially, these things were not born out "superiority" to white people. They were born out of necessity and have been carried on as part of the US culture at large, as much as a part of "black" culture.