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;Prejudice: [[Prejudice ]] is an irrational feeling of dislike for a person or group of persons, usually based on [[stereotype]].   ''Racists say: The feeling of dislike and fear can be perfectly rational. Based on personal experience with [[black crime]] in schools and neighborhoods, reinforced by academic studies about [[race differences(IQ)]], and government statistics about [[race differences(crime)]]. All hinges on the beloved but soundly disproven [[Equality Dogma]]''  : Virtually everyone feels some sort of prejudice, whether it's for an ethnic group, or for a religious group, or for a type of person like blondes or fat people or tall people. The important thing is they just don't like them -- in short, prejudice is a feeling, a belief. You can be prejudiced, but still be a fair person if you're careful not to act on your irrational dislike.[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/07/15/884649/-Why-there-s-no-such-thing-as-Reverse-Racism "Reverse Racism"]    ; Discrimination: [[Discrimination]] takes place the moment a person acts on prejudice. This describes those moments when one individual decides not to give another individual a job because of, say, their race or their religious orientation. Or even because of their looks (there's a lot of hiring discrimination against "unattractive" women, for example). You can discriminate, individually, against any person or group, if you're in a position of power over the person you want to discriminate against. White people can discriminate against black people, and black people can discriminate against white people if, for example, one is the interviewer and the other is the person being interviewed.

: If you look at important voting bodies like the Federal and the State senates and congresses, or at the Federal and State supreme courts, or at the CEO list of major corporations, or at any other body that wields substantial power in the U.S., you will count only a few black faces (and in some cases, none).  ''Racists say: This is due to [[Race difference(IQ)]]. [[IQ]] is the most important predictor or professional success. Race differences in Self Control, capacity to defer gratification, discipline also contribute to that difference in professional success. Due to [[Jewish Intelligence]] over 30% of non-peace Nobel Prizes have been bestowed upon Jews, who are only 0.2% of the world's population (citation needed). Say Racists.''  : Out of the number of black faces you count, most of them will not be representing the views of the majority of black people in this country, but the views of the white majority.  ''Racists say: These Blacks are [[acting White]]. White attitudes of discipline, studiousness, lead to more professional success. They probably have [[IQ]] similar to the Whites in similar positions. Or a bit less, if they got their position by [[affirmative action]] [[quotas]]. Successful Blacks usually are [[Mulattoes]].''   : On the other hand, if you count the number of black people in poverty, and in prisons, or the number of people who are unemployed or lack health care, there are far more black people in these categories than is proportionate to their numbers in the larger society. ''Racists say: It is uncontested that Blacks commit more crime and have lower education. Due to scientifically proven [[race differences(IQ)]] and [[race differences(crime)]], there are proportionally large numbers of Blacks in the low IQ and high crime populations. [[Black Crime | high criminality]]''  : Unless you are going to argue that blacks are "naturally" inferior to whites (which is an outright racist position),   ''Racists say: Blacks have lower [[IQ]], and [[Black Crime |higher criminality]]. That is as "inferior" as white "[[inferiority]]" in the Olympic [[100 meter race]].''  : you have to admit that there is some mechanism that is limiting black opportunity.  ''[IQ], low [self control], are some of these mechanisms, say Racists''   : That's the mechanism we call "racism" -- the interacting social, political, and economic rule systems that all discriminate, either overtly ([[racial profiling]], for example) or covertly (i.e., white majority governments redrawing district voting lines so that black majority areas are politically split up and don't have the electoral power to vote in black candidates;  ''Racists would say: Blacks voting for Blacks because of the color of their skin in [[Black racism]]. But as is explained here, Blacks can not be racist. '' : or, white-run banks using zip codes as a criteria for excluding people who apply for loans, ''these are scientifically developed criteria to discern who can pay back the loan. The world wide [[pc:subprime mortgage crisis]] was actually caused by the non-performing loans that Banks had to give to minorities that did not qualify for loans.''

Unless you are going to argue that blacks are "naturally" inferior to whites (which is an outright racist position), you have to admit that there is some mechanism that is limiting black opportunity. That's the mechanism we call "racism" -- the interacting social, political, and economic rule systems that all discriminate, either overtly (racial profiling, for example) or covertly (i.e., white majority governments redrawing district voting lines so that black majority areas are politically split up and don't have the electoral power to vote in black candidates; or, white-run banks using zip codes as a criteria for excluding people who apply for loans, : and just "happening" to exclude all the majority black neighborhoods in a city, a practice called "red-lining"). One could go on for hours about these various mechanisms, and I'm sure you can think of plenty on your own which discriminate against blacks, Hispanics, "Arab-looking" people, Native Americans, & so on.