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6 Reasons Why Calling Black People Racist Is Inaccurate

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Black Racism vs. Human Response

Black Nationalism Is a Response To Ongoing, Systemic White Oppression

We’ve all seen the recent rage bubbling all over social media. This surge of angry Black truth seekers are calling for justice whenever a Black person is murdered at the hands of a white man; when reports of countless police brutality clips are shared across the Web. Instead of justice, we receive mass incarceration, racially biased legal systems, soaring unemployment and underemployment rates, pressure to assimilate in workplaces across the country, constant negative Black imagery portrayed throughout media and entertainment, racially biased education standards for our children, social pressure leading to poor health like anxiety and hypertension, and the list goes on and on.

When anyone sees Black people trying to claim strength, willfulness and racial solidarity, many people refer to that as being racist. Even testimonies cherishing Black Love evokes an outcry of hatred from onlookers. This “racist” Black behavior is a human response to hundreds of years of being marginalized and exploited all over the world. Sometimes, the response is angry. Sometimes, it is hopeful. Sometimes, there is a desire to exclude other races. These responses are not a call to reverse racism and oppress, but to resist and be free as any human of sound mind desires.

So, until Black people are incarcerating large numbers of White people and fortifying institutional racism for at least 15 generations, calling Black people racist means absolutely nothing.

Source:

http://www.assatashakur.org
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.dollarsandsense.org
http://www.allgov.com
http://cyberplayground.wordpress.com

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