tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post5049307982202690939..comments2023-08-05T04:20:38.120-04:00Comments on A New Republican: Finallying Burying the Race Card?Josh Grundlegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-26221849091161158962009-01-20T21:07:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:07:00.000-05:00I disagree that exclusionary golf-clubs constitute...I disagree that exclusionary golf-clubs constitute institutional racism. While I personally think it is disgusting, I believe that private clubs/organizations should be able to accept or reject people based on whatever categories they may decide on. Social norms will address these issues. Institutional racism stems more from the government action in creating a system that favors one group over another. I think the closest such system we have today, is in fact, the affirmative action system. The government needs to be a colorblind system. Since we also allow personal freedoms the government can force individuals to change their opinions (however wrong the majority of us think those opinions are). However, I think we enough education and a system structured not to think in such paradigms these ideas will slowly be proven not to hold merit. That is the race battle that now must be fought- one of educating the uneducated, not changing a system.Josh Grundlegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827125493183670561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-54928758921649060282008-11-11T15:53:00.000-05:002008-11-11T15:53:00.000-05:00I agree with a lot of what you wrote here, however...I agree with a lot of what you wrote here, however, I do think you are making a bit of a sweeping generalization when you say that there is no longer institutional racism in America. While I certainly agree that America is no longer racist on a national or policy making level (and, in point of fact, is no where close to being racist at this level anymore), in a country in which certain golf clubs still do not allow African and Jewish Americans to become members, I think it's a bit strong to state that institutional racism in America is no longer present. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>However, I completely agree with you that the biggest challenge left for America in terms of racism and it's affects on society, is how to effectively deal with the racist attitudes of certain individuals (Particularly those in positions of power . . . MLB and NFL owners and racist religious leaders like Rev. Wright come to mind) Also, racism is still present at a subconscious level, and although much more subtle and less harmful, is something which must be dealt with before racism is truly a thing of the past. I happen to think it will naturally wane with time as generations pass and different races hopefully become more and more integrated with one another. (A great example of subconscious racism still permeating society is the way in which the national media coverage of a missing white child differs from the national media coverage of a missing black child - in fact, rarely does the story of a missing black child even make national news)newjersey devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04684517842491164734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741897648980433465.post-55235120435709437102008-11-11T11:03:00.000-05:002008-11-11T11:03:00.000-05:00I certainly agree with what you are saying and hop...I certainly agree with what you are saying and hope that this is the beginning of change, especially in the arena of properly appropriating responsibility.<BR/>I disagree in that although 'institutional racism' may not exist on the level of a national presidential election, there are many smaller, more remote levels of government where it may still exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com