Prometheus 6

The second caller is a hater who thinks he's not hating because he says he's not hating.

 I always found self-declarations like that to be curious.  Such self-declarations often come before or after the person has said something that calls their Chrisitianity or colorblindness into question.  It was funny how the caller kept negating his declarations.

I always want to ask these guys, "If you're not a racist, how can I tell? What are you doing that's different than what a racist does?"

A thief never calls himself dishonest either. The disconnect arises in characterizing a person instead of what the person says or does.

Someone who steals is a thief, and the act of stealing is dishonest. But that thief might also be, at other times, generous, chairitable, and even honest. If the thief thinks about his own character, which times do you think he'll use to define himself?

Same deal with racism. People who do or say racist things don't spend all their waking time in the effort of being racist. At other moments, they demonstrate other aspects of their character--some good, some not. So when they claim "I'm not a racist," they're self-defining the same way as a thief who says, "I'm not dishonest."

A thief never calls himself dishonest either.

He knows better, though. 

did, then they'd be forced to take action. It used to piss me off, but now, it's just ' whatever'. You acknowledge that Black folk got a raw deal, but pretend that that has no repercussions on present day.

Um, sure, whatever.