It's frustrating to me that racism is only called racism if it's directed at the correct race. While demeaning statements aimed at a black person can easily end an individual's political or professional career, turn that same statement the other way and apparently you score huge points.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil recently made the following statement during a recent visit by PM Brown:
"This crisis was caused by the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing."
So did Brazil's president suffer any consequences of this statement when he arrived at the G20 summit? Did anybody stand up against him, or threaten to boycott the summit if such a blatant racist were allowed to participate? I don't know if any other country's leader was willing to take a stand against this form of racism, but ours certainly was not. Instead, President Obama had this to say to President da Silva:
"Here’s my man, right here," Mr. Obama said. "I love this guy. He’s the most popular politician on earth."
Racism is racism, regardless of its direction. The lack of conviction to stand against President da Silva's comment is one thing. To praise him is deplorable.
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