Ever hear of the boy who cried wolf? Apparently many kossacks have not, since every time something happens in this society, it is all about race to them!
For once, I'd like to see people substantiate their claims that some government/corporate/whatever action is the result of "racism" before simply looking at the people affected and deciding that race was undoubtedly the motivating factor in the action.
A few recent events have brought the litany of race card abuse to my attention.
First, there were allegations that the death penalty has been applied in a "racist" fashion in California after the Governor refused to grant clemency to Stanley Tookie Williams. I guess all those state and federal judges who denied his appeals were racists too. And all 12 jurors who sentenced him to death. Racists, clearly, since none were black. I mean, who ever heard of a non-racist white person? Not me! The jurors and judges could not possibly have been motivated by the heinous nature of Tookie's crimes in reaching their various decisions (reaching a verdict, sentencing, hearing appeals). They decided to "murder" Tookie because he's black, duh. They would do the same thing to Bill Cosby if they could, I'm sure.
Now, I'm hearing from another diary that the New York Times, Pataki, and Bloomberg are all racists because they don't support the NYC transit strikers. There is obviously no other possible explanation for their opposition, I mean, they are white and most of the workers are minorities. So, their lack of support MUST flow from their inner-racism. Not that I have any evidence whatsoever to support this claim. I am simply ignorant and inflammatory.
Racism is a tremendously huge problem in modern American society, but people should not accuse others of being racists simply because they disagree with their positions. By making everything about race, people only cheapen the seriousness of the prejudice problem in America and dillute the effectiveness which calling someone out as a racist would otherwise have. It's easy to dismiss being called a racist nowadays, since it is the biggest meme of them all. If everyone engaged in a more thoughtful and critical inspection of the issues our nation is currently facing, as opposed to making uncorroborated and inflamatory accusations against our ideological opponents, our society would have an easier time resolving the differences which separate us.