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In response to "MLK believed all men are created equal. Why wouldn't Robert Downy Jr. be eligible for an Image Award? He is a man is he not? -- nm" by Redmond

I think it is premature to say that we have all as a society caught up to racism to the point that we can start pointing the finger at blacks...

Posted by TFox Feb 12 '09, 22:03

as the ones engaging in the divisive behavior. It's been 40 years. They created cultural traditions because we excluded them from most of ours. It's too soon to tell them to cut it out.

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It's my opinion that it hurts more than it helps. You will have people say, "look they are racist so I can be too". -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 22:04 6
- I'd say the onus is on us to try to fix the problems we created, not on them to make it easier for us. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 22:05 5
  - Yeah, even that statement though understandable is divisive. When you say we, I take it because I have white skin I was part of the problem. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:08 4
    - But being born in 1969, you surely understand that you can't ask your elders, who experienced things we didn't... - TFox Feb 12, 22:11 3
      - Nope. My Grandmother used to use the word Colored, and Oriental. Not for bad reasons, but because it was just in her vocabulary. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:15 2
        
        OK, sure, but I think that is a little different than saying, "hey, folks, some of us white folks think this Image Awards is causing problems." - TFox Feb 12, 22:18 1
        
        Get what I am seeing here. I don't have a problem with the Image Awards as an award show. I think it does more harm to the people getting the award. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:24

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