Playing the race card is cheap

Bloggers resort to a myriad of cheap tricks in order to get an audience. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t use some of those myself. I have some big hopes for this web site, but it’ll be a long way off before I’ll really see any money from this. Right now, my goals are pretty modest: maybe pay for a couple of coffees per month.

As a blogger, there’s a line I won’t cross. And one of them is using the racism card. Racism you see is a big seller. It draws an audience to see what all the fuss is all about and it draws another audience who uses the material as further proof that racism is pandemic. Make no mistake, I’m not belittling the issues caused by racism. Discrimination is real, and if you have any doubt of that, I’ll let you talk to a number of friends of mine who cannot get taxis late at night or are subtly discouraged by real estate agents from looking at certain housing developments. However, I think accusations of racism should be used carefully to point out real injustices. Read more