‘Racism’? ‘Racial resentment’? Call it prejudice
~The Boston Globe
In a text book case of white privilege, Geraldine Ferraro writes about how racial resentment over “reverse-racism” is upsetting Reagan Democrats. She feels that white america is scared over the racism against whites present in Obama’s campaign.
If you’re white you can’t open your mouth without being accused of being racist. They see Obama’s playing the race card throughout the campaign and no one calling him for it as frightening. They’re not upset with Obama because he’s black; they’re upset because they don’t expect to be treated fairly because they’re white. It’s not racism that is driving them, it’s racial resentment.
