ARE BIRTHERS RACISTS?

The people who STILL believe that President Obama was not born in the US say that they are not racists. They do not understand why most everyone else thinks that they are racists.

Racism is not just saying that a group of people can not join your country club. Racism can also be more subtle. If you believe that every Black man you meet on the street is going to mug you, you might be a racist.

Racism can be your willingness to believe the most preposterous things about someone. (Preposterous is defined as a belief so devoid of wisdom or good sense as to be laughable.)

The person who believes in preposterous things about minorities NEVER believes that (s)he is being racist. This is because racism was taught to him/her at a very young age, in a manner that make her/him incapable of treating a minority as an equal.

As racism becomes more and more socially unacceptable, the person who is a racist will find other excuses as to why they are not treating minorities as equals.

There is a song in the musical South Pacific that perfectly describes the problem. The young officer is in love with a girl from the island, but he can not bring himself to marry her. He sings, "You have to be taught to hate and fear..."

It is really very sad. Especially since persons who can not treat everyone as equals have great difficulty getting and holding jobs in the modern day US.

People who come up with preposterous excuses for why they can not accept a woman or a minority can not hide their attitude. Modern corporations get sued if they have employees who are not being treated as equals. Therefore, most modern corporations will not keep someone employed if the employee is incapable of treating everyone as equals.

So, are birthers racists? Most of us think that they are racists, because birthers are incapable of accepting a President who's father was a very Black man from Kenya. I feel sorry for birthers. In my opinion, birthers were abused children, taught by racists to be racists.