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On “Black” Organizations and Racism, Part 2

Steven Barnes
2 min readFeb 24, 2021

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Just yesterday, I saw someone claim it is racist for black people to have a “black” organization (when whites cannot have a “white” organization). while claiming that whites don’t do the same thing are either lying or ignorant. EVERYONE does it, apparently. Every designation of human being will create organizations and filters over which information and energy flows more or less quickly. Membranes. From the biological to the social. Single cells do it, multi cellular organisms do it, families and clans and tribes do it. Universal behavior of living things.

Sixty seconds of research led me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_organizations_in_the_United_States

Arab

Asian

Korean

Japanese

Italian

Irish

Polish

Russian

Do I need to say more? Were you really unaware, or were you hoping we wouldn’t notice? Or would be intimidated by your sophistry?

Blacks RESPONDING to racism created organizations like the NAACP and the BKF. IMO it is the same people whose exclusions necessitated those organizations that now scream “racism”, attempting to use our own tools and sensitivities against us.

If whites are called racist for creating “white citizens counsels” and the like it is because of the history of such organizations. If you are…

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Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes

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Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.

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