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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You're parsing the definition. It's short. People can read it in full.
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I'm not parsing it at all, I just eliminated words that were not relevant to my point.
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Sure, you can argue one can show discrimination toward others unintentionally. But Adder's point was that because we live in this country, we are (like our grandparents) all automatically racist.
That's flatly nuts, unless you believe that ALL people in this country at some point show discrimination toward others. That cannot be said. There is no way anyone can satisfy that standard.
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I believe it isn't nuts, because I believe that discrimination is so deeply ingrained in the way we think and act that one can't escape it. I do believe that all people in this country show discrimination toward others. Any Christian who believes in original sin should have sympathy for the idea that we are all flawed and yet we can all find redemption. Maybe it's easier for you to appreciation if the flaws are not necessarily intentional.
But instead of talking about people in the abstract, and arguing about a hypothetical white person who acts and feels at all time without a hint of prejudice, I find it more interesting to talk about specific people. As I said to you yesterday, the fact is that you are extremely disciplined to say that someone is a racist unless you can discount all other possible explanations for their behavior. I don't see any reason to disagree about hypothetical non-racists when you are willing to defend the man who gave us Willie Horton as decent.
