February 12, 2019
Without Elitist Racialism, There Is Little Racism
By Jeffrey Barrett
For the past quarter century, I have owned a home in the Virginia county where the now infamous and embattled Governor Ralph Northam was born and raised. Because of this actual living experience, I was surprised at the amount of media attention given to Governor Northam's embarrassing yearbook picture. Then again, because I have lived in America for the last few decades, I am not surprised at all.
Because I am northern born and because "racism" is such a contentious and interesting issue in contemporary political America, I have made a deliberate effort to watch the interchanges between blacks and whites both down here and in cities where the racial interplay is a bit more complex. It is important to define the term "racism," which is something people in the media and in academia most often neglect to do.
To me racism is one of the following:
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