Who's the Racist?

Many are the catcalls against the elected President, Donald J. Trump, about his supposed predilection toward racism in favor of Whites/Caucasians. Why is it that only Whites are considered to be racist? What is racism, really?

In Webster's Dictionary of the American Language (1828) there is no listing for "racism" or "racist" and the definition for "race" only references the "human race," which would seem to indicate a multi-cultural view, albeit before the end of slavery in America.

Dictionary.com posts this definition of racism:

1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.


2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.


3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

While there are, no doubt, those among the members of the White/Caucasian race who do believe in the superiority of their race, they/we are by no means unique in that respect. In my view, the mere pointing of the finger at another racial group or representative of that group is tantamount to a form of racism through the arrogance of supposed superiority to the targeted group. In fact, I would suggest that the Democratic party has evidenced more racism through its "big tent" philosophy by targeting specific people groups with which to build their support base. Is anyone still aware, other than Dinesh D'Souza, that the Ku Klux Klan was the post-Civil War militia arm of the Democratic Party to keep Blacks in the South under control after their emancipation? Their method is both duplicitous and deceptive and is solely designed to foster and implement the values and beliefs of atheistic humanism.

However comical they may appear on the news or late night television, the threat to the fabric of America and even its very existence is real and even imminent. The true racists are not necessarily those being accused but rather the accusers.