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Racism Or Not?
© 2015
by
Stephen A. Peterson
In a period replete seemingly with daily racially charged news, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) incident at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma is one more illustration of an activity mislabeled as racist. Some designate these students’ behavior as racist simply due to their racial classification. What if these students were African-American, Native American or ethnically Hispanic, would this be a story?
Within a matter of a few hours following the incident, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon video had been viewed from coast to coast as well as in foreign nations by family, friends and associates who e-mailed me wanting to know what was going on. No explanation was forthcoming as not enough credible information was available. A review of the video, some background regarding the involved students and their explanation, this appears to be individuals behaving irresponsibly with little concern for others.
Those of us who work with young people are not surprised. Go to any of the more than 400 social media websites on any given day of the week then note, in a few incidences, the language or postings of those who could care less about others. Name calling using some of the most disgusting words or phrases appear. Berating another is all too common. Threats to the lives of others with beatings, death and other forms of violence frequent social websites. Respectful disagreement is often met with web rage wherein victims have been tracked down then confronted vis-à-vis by someone they encountered initially on a website. The most shocking finding is many of the perpetrators are not teens or young adults but middle age or older adults.
Attempts to rectify adverse website behaviors, sites encourage participants to report abuse. Although abuse is reported, perpetrators merely move on to other sites or change their names, e-mails and personal date to resume what is often referred to as bullying behaviors without consequence.
In the current social climate, the racial lines of demarcation have all but evaporated. The majority of young people regardless of race or ethnic group born in the United States within the last 30 to 35 years seem to be unscathed by interracial limitations and segregation of previous generations. Euro-Americans/Caucasians/white youth are the largest consumers of African-American and Hispanic hip-hop, rap, gangsta rap music complete with racial slurs, derogatory statements towards women and violence in many songs. Although most African-Americans reject these forms of entertainment, a small element of virtually every group in America as well as countries worldwide is drawn to the cool, with it, pop culture—pants below their waist, hat bibs backward, hairstyles of minorities as well as the language.
Many Euro-American youth call each other “n***er”. Even in mixed/racial/ethnic groups, “n***er” is used without any negative reactions. Only outside their circle of friends or associates do conflict often appear. Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), the University of Oklahoma, appear to express their behaviors. As I have written in previous pieces, racism/racist has been hijacked, its definition manipulated to be used as retribution towards persons who are Caucasoid/Euro-American/white regardless of their value, beliefs and attitudes towards people of another race. Racism is defined by some as any disagreement with, disregard for, hatred of, dislike of persons of another race. This could apply to just about anyone. Its intended purpose. Making it easy to condemn anyone of racism or be accused of being a racist. At this point, racism is a pejorative—confusion with respect to its application.
Racism has been defined by physical anthropology for more than 80 years as the belief that members of a race that is defined as an out-group is innately inferior to members of the in-group. The key is the out-group is biologically inferior and the observed behaviors, physical characteristics are unable to be altered. For years, African-Americans were reported to be of lower intelligence when compared to Euro-Americans/Asian-Americans due to their intelligence being biologically based and not able to be changed not matter what strategies are employed. All members who have African-American ancestry cannot be expected to perform academically better because their biology. Absurd but was advanced by Psychologist Arthur Jensen and Physicist the late William Shockley for many years.
In less than forty eight hours, the University of Oklahoma, President David Boren took actions necessary to defuse a potentially volatile situation that may have everted an influx of the appearance of anarchists and others to invade the university and surrounding communities for insidious activity. Attempts to rectify the university’s and America’s racial animus began some 50 years ago with much accomplished. More needs to be done with the assistance and advice of the rational, honest and reasonable on all sides in order to reverse the dishonest, often distorted, deceptive approach of race hustlers and the grievance industry that continue to promote pessimism and racial conflict anywhere they are found.
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