eric, youre being extremely defensive and its extremely hard to have a discussion with someone that takes that stance. There is nothing wrong with what youve said, but several people have taken what youve said and thoughtfully responded, but you just repeat the same thing again.

As for the quoted writing, its not wrong, but I think its narrow minded. I agree that individuals that constantly scapegoat racism for every specific problem in their life need to shut up and work to make their life better. However I think the root of the problem still lies in the past and we cannot ignore that. And we certainly cannot treat a whole race of people like a single person. By this I mean we cant just write the entire race off, we cant say "Well, you had your chance, now fuck off." Yet I feel like that is exactly the kind of thinking that the ideas you have presented lead to.

**To be clear, I am not putting thoughts in your head or words in your mouth. I am not saying that the ideas you presented have lead you to such actions or thoughts, I am saying I think in general it is what they lead to.