Eric Picard

The bottom line is this: racism as a practical matter — as something that fundamentally marginalizes people because of their membership in a particular racial group — has been a one-way street in this country. To believe otherwise is to think that “reverse racism” can be a thing worth losing sleep over, and y…

now… themselves outside the bounds of the law to exercise their “racism,” or risk going to jail for it. Power is being able to mistreat people and know that you will suffer no criminal penalty, as with the examples I mentioned before: tracking, profiling, or telling prospective black renters t…

wit…power. Such actions are illegal and will expose the perp to arrest, prosecution, and incarceration. Truly powerful people don’t have to put themselves outside the bounds of the law to exercise their “racism,” or risk going to jail for it. Power is being able to mistreat people and know that you will suffer no criminal penalty, as with th…