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A Progressive from Democratic Underground Yes ... Democratic Underground

“ .There has been an incredible amount of heat with little light regarding the issue of racism, prejudice and bias. For some DUers, any suggestion that some white progressives are holding President Obama to a higher standard than they would a white President is tantamount to calling them a racist, something that is deeply and genuinely offensive to them. On the other hand, some DUers have been trying to explain that:  pointing out that some progressives are holding the President to a higher standard is not the same as accusing all progressives of doing so;  prejudice and bias is NOT the equivalent of racism; and  even the most well-meaning people can be biased and prejudiced, even if they don't hate blacks or wish to see us fail. First, let's define our terms. Prejudice is the act of prejudging someone based on assumptions made because of their race. Such assumptions can be negative or positive - e.g., assuming a black person is poor or more prone to crime vs. assuming a black man is a better athlete or assuming that a black President will be more progressive solely because he is black. Decisions based on prejudice are made all of the time by even well-meaning people. Prejudice does not necessarily include the assumption of racial superiority or inferiority. Racism, on the other hand, is a specific kind of prejudice - a belief in the inherent inferiority of another race, coupled with the power and desire to subjugate or otherwise negatively impact others as a result. [An observation about racism, prejudice and bias continued] ” Is this racism?  Or just a black thug doing thug things?  I have for a long time moseyed over to democraticunderground.com when I wanted a nice idiotic quote, and was seldom if ever sidetracked by cogent observation from this lot.  Of late however,  I've noted that there are some (I said some)  pretty thoughtful folks over there, as opposed to, say,at Moveon.org which is a flat  loony-bin.  The author "Empowerer" (a black man) here shows savvy about race that even a lot of conservative bloggers I know could learn from.  And while I'm giving credit where credit is due, Tony Romo is a very good quarterback,