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Blame President Trump for his tepid moral response. Call the neo-Nazis and white nationalists thugs. Fill your Facebook and Twitter accounts with moral outrage.
But the tragedy that took place in Charlottesville this month could not have occurred without the tacit acceptance of millions of ordinary, law-abiding Americans who helped create such a racially explosive climate, some activists, historians and victims of extremism say.
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Many of the white racists who marched in Charlottesville were condemned because they openly said they don't believe in integration or racial equality.
But millions of ordinary white Americans have been sending that message to black and brown people for at least a half a century.
They send it with their actions: They don't want to live next to or send their children to school with black or brown people, historians say.
I ain't white, but this is ridiculous.
There are good and bad white people.
There are good and bad black people.
Tacit acceptance created a racially explosive climate. Hogwash.
In other words, if you ignore the extremists, it's your fault.
If you deal with the extremists, you become one of them, and it's your fault.
In case normal white Americans aren't aware, it's your fault.
I ain't white, but this is ridiculous.
There are good and bad white people.
There are good and bad black people.
Tacit acceptance created a racially explosive climate. Hogwash.
In other words, if you ignore the extremists, it's your fault.
If you deal with the extremists, you become one of them, and it's your fault.
You can't win with these people.
Not sure what the point is for this posting. But, what is a 'normal' white American? That is pretty loaded. I think a better way to put it is to say that there are good people and bad people. There are good Christians and there are bad Christians. There are good Muslims and there are bad Muslims. Etc...
I feel like I am teaching a kindergarten class but from many of the postings here, we need to lower the grade. LOL
But millions of ordinary white Americans have been sending that message to black and brown people for at least a half a century.
They send it with their actions: They don't want to live next to or send their children to school with black or brown people, historians say.
And of course it is white liberal parents in major metro areas that are most likely to do this, either by moving out of districts that are too black or brown, or abandoning public education altogether in favor of private schools.
I don't know the history. We are very new to america. This is not at all true from my experience so far. We interact with white parents in school meetings, scout camps and recreation sports. I think, they actually put more effort in activities and help other parents who are not familiar with the stuff. There are always going to be some bad apples irrespective of color. Just ignore them and keep moving forward. CNN creates these race biting narrative in most of their programs.
I don't know the history. We are very new to america. This is not at all true from my experience so far. We interact with white parents in school meetings, scout camps and recreation sports. I think, they actually put more effort in activities and help other parents who are not familiar with the stuff. There are always going to be some bad apples irrespective of color. Just ignore them and keep moving forward. CNN creates these race biting narrative in most of their programs.
You may be new to America, but you already know CNN is a big part of the problem.
Glad your experience is different.
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