Because I frequently disagree with some political adversaries, I have frequently been called a Racist.  There seems to be a direct connection: disagree with me?  You must be a racist.

That causes me to think about what qualifies someone as a racist.  With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, here goes:

You may be a racist IF:

• The first quality you notice about a person is race
• You try to talk in someone’s dialect to impress them
• You continually want to separate people into groups by race, sexual identity, socioeconomic status, etc.
• You value individuals on degrees of skin pigmentation
• You vote for somebody purely because of race

• You think minorities needs special treatment to be able to survive or succeed
• You identify minorities primarily as victims

Racism is ugly and intolerable.  So is race-baiting.  When someone from one political persuasion instantly assumes that anyone who disagrees is a Racist, maybe it is the “pot” calling the kettle “black.”

Tom Balek – Rockin’ On the Right Side

The color of your skin don’t matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony

Why Can’t We Be Friends – War