tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post4301045258092333451..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: What the History of American Slavery Teaches Us about ReligionPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-62575712788912491472015-09-23T00:52:39.915-06:002015-09-23T00:52:39.915-06:00Thank you for linking to columnist Jack Kelly.
ht...Thank you for linking to columnist Jack Kelly.<br /><br />http://137.117.100.210/opinion/jack-kelly/2015/09/13/Jack-Kelly-Remnants-of-slavery/stories/201509130074<br /><br />I think his thesis should be debated.<br /><br /><i>It says something good about today’s white Americans that so many feel guilty for a sin neither they nor most of their ancestors ever committed. But white guilt has a pernicious effect on our politics.<br /><br />The assertion that only people of certain ethnic groups can be racist is pure racism. Black racism is as vile and prevalent as any other kind.<br /><br />Slavery was horrible, but no black American living today has suffered from it. Most are better off than if their ancestors had remained in Africa.<br /><br />The black community is uniquely troubled, in large part because white racism is blamed for social dysfunction that has other causes. To address those causes, white Americans must abandon an undeserved guilt, and black racists who blame all their problems on white racism must stop preying upon it.</i><br /><br />I would even restate it, to stipulate that even if "white guilt" <i>is</i> deserved, whether attempting to translate it into public policy does more harm than good.<br /><br /><i>Affirmative Action Actually Hurts Campus Race Relations</i><br />http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=3259Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com