Is racism reasonable? Americans seem to think so

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

(RNS) I was sitting in a restaurant when I learned that the police officers who killed Alton Sterling would not be charged with a federal crime. The banner that came across my iPhone read, “Justice Department official criticizes officers tactics, but says officer did not act unreasonably.”
At that moment, I knew that my news app was saying something very true about our country: We don’t believe it is unreasonable to treat black people the way Alton Sterling was treated.

That was true in 1619 and it is true today.

In America we do not see racism as unreasonable.

To read more:

http://religionnews.com/2017/05/11/is-racism-reasonable-americans-seem-to-think-so/

Racism is one of the foundational economic and moral principles of the United States.

[byronius]

1. It's a religious ideology that transcends nationalism.

Thirty million year-old primitive tribal routines writ large in the modern world.

I was raised as one. Thank you, Mrs. Klimko, for waking me up. Best social studies teacher ever.

[guillaumeb]

2. And it is used to divide people.

Another tool of the 1%.