McNabb says black QBs criticized more

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Originally Posted by saden1

Hogwash! By that standard anyone that doesn't have power can't be racist. I would rather we don't reclassify racist skinheads who have no more power than toilet paper exclusive to the racists circle.

If I am understanding SUNRA correctly he was referring to the term "racism" and his description is true. Racism refers to a systematic oppression of one group by another, based on racial inequality. So, it would be difficult to say that the "black community" as a whole engages in racism against the white community as a whole.

The problem of course is that in today's day and age we're a global community and you probably have more of a communal connection with Redskins fans over the Internet than say with the guy who lives in the house down the street from you. Traditional definitions of ethnicity and communities are pretty much broken and things are not as black and white as a lot of talking heads would like you to believe (because that makes for good press).

However, to your point, saying the black community can't engage in racism is somewhat semantical; I'd say that I'm not a member of the power white elite that can really engage in racism against the black community, either. But in either case both black and white people are certainly capable of racist behavior or prejudicial / bigoted actions, thoiught and speech. Black vs white is only one dimension, but introduce asian and hispanic ethnicities into the equation and you see a lot of historical tension between cultures.