- in this Reaganite era a change we must make is in the media
defaming those anti-racists speaking out against racism as "playing
the race card". For decades, anti-racist speech has been censored by
the Press through this sleight of hand.
We live in a "post-racial" society, supposedly. So, the word "racist"
is never used ,except perhaps rarely to describe some person of color
protesting _against_ racism. Things are so twisted that almost the
only thing called "racism" by Big Brother Press are acts or statements
of anti-racism. For corporate journalists, that is"playing the race card", "reverse racism".
In the infamous US Supreme Court case of _University
of Caifornia vs Bakke_ , way back in 1978, affirmative action to attain racial equality,
the only way equality can be achieved, was slandered as violating protections of
racial equality that are provided in the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the
US Constitution (wow, that's a mouthful; I'm a lawyer; smiles)
This began more than 30 years of denying the existence of racism anymore.
The narrative has been that the racial playing field is now level , and we have achieved
a "post-racial" or colorblind society , in no need of affirmative
action remedies to overcome historically instituted inequality
between whites and people's of color.http://take10charles.blogspot.com/.../black-people-still... 
Charles Brown We have to bring back the use of "white racist" and disgard "racial tension" and other neutral usagesk, as if the fault is on Black people _at all_ for the tension
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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