Can a Black Person be a Racist?

Some of my Black friends have asked me to tone down the rhetoric because it forces them to answer questions about whether or not I am a Racist. It is impossible to be a Christian and a Racist at the same time; therefore, I choose Jesus Christ and reject Racism. These same friends would never think about asking the Forsyth County Commission if they are racist when they cut the funding for the Downtown Health Plaza from $1.5 Million to less than $800 Thousand while at the same time spending $4.0 Million at Tanglewood Park. The Downtown Health Plaza provides health care for the poor and those without insurance. The health plaza is the result of a promise made to poor people to allow the closing of Reynolds Health Center. These same people would never accuse the Board of Education and School Administration of Racism when only 57% of Black Students read at grade level. Both actions have an adverse effect on the Black Community and because there is little or no concern about these issues, this behavior fits well within the definition of Racist as stated below:

Any action, practice, or belief that reflects the racial worldview—the ideology that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called “races,” that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural behavioral features, and that some “races” are innately superior to others.

I believe that all men are created equal, “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness --” Through the years I have learned that the color of your skin does not make you a Racist, it is the thought that because you are one color or another, you are entitled to Rule or to Serve. A Real Man raises or fall on blessing from God and his abilities to turn what life provides into advantages.

To be a Racist, you must have the authority or power, either by yourself or along with others of your Race to negatively impact the life of people of another Race. As a Black Man in this country, I have neither. If I had such authority and power, I would only use it to uplift Black Folks, not bring White Folks or any other Race down. So I say to my friends, I am very much for equality and self help of my People, if that what you called a Racist, so be it.