I agree, but the outpouring of hate I saw makes me believe the blacks will never forgive what happened to them hundreds of years ago. None of them alive today, neither the slaves nor the owners of the slaves.

well I can't speak for all blacks but I've only met really one close friend since I've moved here to Florida and she's black.  Her family comes from Trinidad and we hit it off almost immediately.  Now I'm talking to her about maybe visiting the place of her birth someday.

From a Christian POV (and we're both strong Christains) we don't see race.  Or if we do, we'd see only one...the human race. 

I really would have to question these men's Christian beliefs because what I've seen thus far doesn't show me they are exhibiting Christian character.  Christ said the world would recognize that we belong to him by the love we show others.....not hate. 

well for sure I don't believe for a minute all black people hate whites, but to see hundreds of them on television cheering racist remarks aimed at white people does cause me to pause and see how much influence race baiters like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan have over their own brothers and sisters.

Well I have not seen any love come out of that church for sure. Not a drop.

I lived the better part of my youth with blacks and Puerto Ricans and yes we had our problem, but such unbridled hatred I never really experienced, except from the Roman Catholics when they found out I was Jewish.

I just saw the title, so that's what I'm-a comment on.

Nope.  My little sister doesn't hate white people!

She hates "mexicans."  That means anyone with Latin blood.  Like me.

Ah, racism, without it we'd...all...get along.  Can't have that.

Hi Elie!  I have to come back to this when I have more time for a thoughtful response. I'm running out to pick up my baby from school so later!

Slavery ended 150 years ago, lynchings (en masse) ended about 40 years ago.  They are certainly in the past, but they have had long lasting effects on us all.  Black people can feel it most, and it can make us angry.

But not all black people hate everything white. African-Americans still have some issues that can often come out, but black people from other countries are less likely to have the same issues.  Also, younger generations who never saw the sixties and the hatred embodied there are less likely to have issues with any culture.

From a Christian POV, I do see race.  I don't use it for any other purpose than to help me understand my fellow man and I can serve him/her better.

One interesting thing about slavery that you hardly hear mentioned is that other blacks (possibly rival tribes) are the people that captured and sold the slaves to the white (mostly Dutch) slavers. The white guys didn't go into the jungle; they waited on the docks, with the cash, beads, and trinkets, whatever. So blacks are equally responsible, at least in some respects. Besides, before the whites ever came these tribes would often make slaves of conquers enemies. Whites do not have a monopoly on slavery. In fact every race has been or held slaves at some point in history. Unfortunately for blacks they happened to be the last group of peoples to suffer that fate (which was well documented), and it still exists in some parts of Africa today. Where is the outcry?

Now Michael Pfleger wants me to give up my 401k even though my family arrived in the US in the early 20th century! I'm white so I must be guilty. Part of my white entitlement i guess. When I went to college I didn't qualify for grants or low interest minority loans, I had been passed up for promotions so a less qualified minority could be promoted. I was refused housing once because my income wasn't low enough (at the time it felt low to me). Is this my white entitlement that blacks are so envious of? Nobody ever gave me a thing because I am white, but I have been refused for that same reason. I don't hate blacks or any other minority for it, it's the system that’s broken. Wish I could have had the education Obama and his wife received, my folks were just not quite poor enough or minority enough to afford it. I sure hope nobody ever has to suffer through white entitlement it’s a drag. Maybe I just don't know the secret handshake...could anyone help a brother out?