Thanks to Charleston shootings Wall Street Journal declares institutionalized racism over

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/19/1394598/-Thanks-to-Charleston-shootings-Wall-Street-Journal-declares-institutionalized-racism-over

It sure is a good thing we have the Wall Street Journal editorial board to tell us how to feel about things. Take the shooting deaths of nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a man who told police he wanted to start a race war. Sure, the WSJ editors admit, it might remind us of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. But everything is different now:

Back then and before, the institutions of government—police, courts, organized segregation—often worked to protect perpetrators of racially motivated violence, rather than their victims.

The universal condemnation of the murders at the Emanuel AME Church and Dylann Roof’s quick capture by the combined efforts of local, state and federal police is a world away from what President Obama recalled as “a dark part of our history.” Today the system and philosophy of institutionalized racism identified by Dr. King no longer exists.

The government condemns the murder of nine black people at a Bible study, therefore institutionalized racism no longer exists. Problem solved! Racism is in the past, at least as anything other than some weird individual thing.

Never mind the Confederate flag flying at the South Carolina Capitol. Never mind that young black men are at 21 times greater risk of being killed by police than young white men. Never mind housing discrimination that may be a little more subtle than in the past, but still leaves non-white homeseekers with fewer options.

[uponit7771]

1. That seems to be going around, "America has overcome racism" is a thought of the tone deaf people

... who aren't aware of the government and civil instutional racism that still exist

[Human101948]

4. It isn't tone deafness, it is an active reflex to protect themselves from...

having to concede that racism exists because admitting it would then lead to actually having to do something in response. That response might mean giving up the idea of white superiority. As long as the higher incarceration rate, the high unemployment rate, etc, can be attributed to failings on the part of African Americans, nothing has to change in the current social organization--whites do not have to change in any way or give up any privilege.

This is akin to their response to why people are poor. They are lazy and have no ambition. Thus, nothing has to change.

[PowerToThePeople]

2. They also said something

About hrc and poll numbers. We know they are full of shit repuke rag.

[TexasProgresive]

3. WHo owns the WSJ?

Keith Rupert Murdoch- so what do you expect from the WSJ, honest reporting and editorializing?