Posted On: August 22, 2007, 11:06 am CDT

Posted By: WooWooWoo

Thank you for a lengthy, albeit misguided commentary.

Although African Pride and now, apparently you, chose to make this an issue of race, and opt to brand those with whom you disagree as "racists", such is far from the case. In fact, it would be interesting to know when, in the course of conversation over the last few days you concluded that African Pride was a Black person, because there are more than a few Caucasian Africans in the world. If you reached that conclusion on the strength of the word "African", one might think that you were grouping all African people together and attributing common characteristics to all. Almost by definition, that would make you a "racist", would it not?

You opine that I have not "explained myself". What more is there to explain, and who are you to ask? My position would be the same whether the aggrieved party were a Black person whose feelings were hurt by Imus' ranting, or a 64 year old who felt entitled to an "Early Bird Special" price at a restaurant but did not qualify for it due to the rules of the restaurant.

Race (or age, in the above example)are not the issues. Hyper-sensitivity and an over-riding sense of entitlement are the issues.