[Marxism] "The way to challenge racism is to call the racists out"

[Einde O'Callaghan]

Charles Brown wrote:
> "The way to challenge racism is to call the racists out"
> 
> ^^^
> CB: True. But beyond a certain point,  this has to be done mainly by
> White people.  Black people ( like Rev. Wright) have been calling out
> racists forever. But that doesn't work beyond a certain point.  White
> people are the one's who must change their conduct, in the main, to end
> racism. They are not going to listen to the protests of Black people to
> do that. They have to be persuaded by other White people.
> 
> Take the current situation.  How many White people are going to listen
> to the outrage of Rev. Wright ? They use his anger as an excuse to
> ignore him.   It is when whites fight racism that real progress is made.
> The role of Blacks has to be more in the manner of Obama or Martin
> Luther King - extending a hand in friendship, figuratively speaking.
> 
While agreeing that whites have an important role in fighting racism, I 
don't think that white campaigners against racism have any right to 
demand that those on the receiving end of racism should not be angry. We 
actually have to earn the right to criticise by fighting for unity while 
explaining (and defending) the anger and the angry.

Einde O'Callaghan