The Key pernicious concept is WHITE SUPREMACY. (per·ni·cious having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. “the pernicious effects of air pollution"; white supremacy’s harmful effect is often not subtle to People of Color) European capitalist society not only divides the species homo sapiens into invalid biological sub-species based on skin color; but it perniciously puts those “races” into a hierarchy with white as falsely SUPERIOR in morality, spirit, soul, intelligence and other important characteristics. Detroit’s late, great Black Mayor extraordinaire explains white supremacy in his autobiography _Hard stuff_ with a story he heard from his grandfather. “When I was old enough to begin contemplating the dynamics of labor unions, it was one of my Grandpa Young's Alabama tales that illustrated for me the fundamental racial dilemma inherent in collective bargaining. The way we had it figured at Maben's barbershop, racial unity in organized labor was the only way for blacks or whites to gain any leverage in the workplace. For the white man, however, the notion of rubbin shoulders with black men, while to his economic advantage, required him to surrender his sacred myth of superiority---- as i clearly understood when my grandfather' told me the story o fthe honey dippers. In the old South, honey dippers were the men who drove the shit wagons and had the job of cleaning outhouses, which was done by removing buckets that had been placed in the holes or where there were no buckets, dipping out the waste with cups. Often, honey dippers came in pairs, one black and one white, the black one doing the dipping and the white one driving the mule team. When the black dipper had a bucket of shit, he would hand it up to the white driver, wo would fill the wagon with buckets to be hauled out to the dump. I one instance, however --according to my grandfather --- the driver suddenly had a change of heart and said to the dipper, "Tom, get up here in this wagon. " So Tom sat in the wagon and the white guy proceeded to hand him the bucket. When Tom's curiosity, finally got the better of him and he asked why they had swapped jobs, the white fellow told him, "I ain't ginna have no n-word handing me no shit" Here’s an analysis I wrote a few years ago: Charles Brown” You see, 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 California 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 achieve 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. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Yet , People of Color continue to rise !