This is one of those weird epiphanies that happens when you're doing mindless work like washing dishes.
Remember the Newsweek cover headline: "We're all Socialists Now"?
Well here's what came to me: "We're All Racists Now."
The reason: "Racism" has been redefined. It used to mean: one who judges people based purely on their race.
But clearly that is no longer the modern American definition of Racism. And we need to get up to speed with it. We need to stop defending ourselves against the charge, and start embracing the new definition.
In the same way Liberal now means Collectivist/Marxist/Leftist/Communist, and Conservative now means Liberal in the original sense of the word, Racist now means one who judges people by the content of their character not the color of their skin.
So the response to the charge of racism should be the enthusiastic agreement:
"Yes, I am a Racist, based on the updated & revised definition."
That should get a few good conversations going...
heh heh
The Gunslinger
(Revised Edition Racist)
Joebama American citizens 2024 print
9 months ago
I hear ya on this one.Unfortunately,Americans in general don't seem to understand the concept of irony (see H.L.Mencken).An Italian friend of mine born in north Africa had the same original definition you cite ("judges people based purely on ther race")30 years ago when I lived in NYC,in our conversations regarding "The Issue" and how people approached it.He pronounced it "ray-shist" and sometimes used the word "racialist",as in "This Al Sharpton guy is a racialist".It seemed most appropriate,and was part of my political education when I was 21.I've recently re-watched "liberal" movies of the 1960s such as "In The Heat Of The Night" and was re-introduced/reminded of the fair-mindedness in them (some bad Whites,some bad Blacks).We've come a long way,baby...
ReplyDelete"In the same way Liberal now means Collectivist/Marxist/Leftist/Communist, and Conservative now means Liberal in the original sense of the word, Racist now means one who judges people by the content of their character not the color of their skin."
ReplyDeleteThey certainly do use it that way.
Leftists. They've always used dictionaries like their private game preserves, wearing down the wordanimals as they hunt 'em, kill 'em, gut 'em, stuff 'em and place 'em on the mantle in whatever ridiculous poses they want, reality no longer being a concern.
Hate 'em.