Reply #25: What those who don't see the racism are missing [View All]

Is that he is stating that it was his assumption that African Americans were somehow lesser people and that they somehow managed to do something like a white person was amazing to him. Its a back handed insult. Its like saying "You are smart for a woman" or "You look good for a change". Its right up there with claiming some of your best friends are black. Stating that you expected a difference is the racism. That he was trying to state something positive does not hide the fact that he harbors racist thinking. Its the same as the racism tossed at Obama when it was commented that he spoke well for a black person and was clean. It was meant as good but it revealed an undercurrent of racist thinking.