Tag Archives: skepticism
Response to AngryBlackLady
I have made a fan over at angryblacklady.com. She has written a response to my commenting on the Kymberly Wimberly story.
First there are some things that need to be cleared up. AngryBlackLady acts as if one of my main arguing points was that the superintendent was black. It seems like she is determined to fit me into her preconceived notion of a racism denier, who often make arguments along the lines of “I’m not racist, I have a black friend,” or “it can’t be racism, there is a black person in authority.” But the superintendent being black was never what convinced me that racism was not the likely explanation. It was one of the many things that contributed to my skepticism initially, and one of the many things that simply convinced me to at least wait to hear the whole story. Blacks are less likely to discriminate against blacks than whites are. I don’t know why this was such a focal point for AngryBlackLady.
“isms”
“Like any word that ends in “-ism” — capitalism, communism, socialism — racism is a system as well as an ideology. It’s a way of organizing society.” – Tim Wise
Or like narcissism, skepticism, or cynicism. With how many times Tim Wise repeats this line, one might suppose he would have given it some thought. Amazingly this stupid statement is his generic answer to the question “What is racism?” which always results in nodding heads by gullible college students.
