C'mon, stop putting words in my mouth. Revealed myself as what, exactly? Does musical taste make me a racist or bigot? I simply don't like listening to rap. The sounds, the subject matter, the simplicity of the musical structure (i.e. sampling other musicians because you don't have the skill to play an instrument yourself), etc. How can you assume anything about my heritage based purely on my preference of music? All kinds of "races" produce rap music. How do you know that my exposure to rap is not primarily referring to Russian rap? or any other nation's rap?
Forgive me for questioning your superior moral and intellectual authority, how dare I! /sarcasm
So are you saying that the history of slavery in this country and mistreatment of black people has inherently put a lot of them on a lower socio-economical footing than a lot of white people (I'm not arguing this by the way, I agree with this)? Does a person have to be in a position of power to practice racism? Your version of racism and my version of racism do not seem to be the same thing. I've been operating under the Merriam-Webster definition of racism:
Can you please define your version of racism? You are trying to escalate my original comment to a level of complexity I did not address.
When Jay-Z wears the emblem of a group that believes they are inherently better than white people based on the color of their skin, is that not a form of racism? That is a behavior that encourages further racism, not the ideal that we are equal. THAT is the idea I commented on. I did not explicitly or implicitly say that Jay-Z's necklace makes me feel oppressed or less equal than he.
At the same time, there are a lot of black athletes/entertainers that have much more money, power, and influence than I'll ever have. Does that mean that I could experience racism at their hands? If Jay-Z called me "cracker" in a belittling way just because I'm white, is that not racism?
Your highly contextual version of racism is not what I was referring to in my original post. AND you have assumed a lot about me based on a few posts in an internet message board.