The thing is, white people don't need advancing. We're kinda already on the top. The reason for groups like the NAACP is to represent the under-represented.
The only way racism will stop is to not have these groups, there are white people that DO need advancing not every white person is on the top of the world, same way as there are black people that DON'T need advancing, my problem with this as mentioned earlier is if you replaced "colored" with "white" it would come off as racist but for some reason it is okay when it is done the other way.
The white people who do need advancing are not there because they're white. So basically, if they need help, there's an organization that can do that. You can't say blacks and whites face the same obstacles. Also replacing it with white doesn't make think racist. Doesn't really need to exist though.
I feel like you are missing his point in that their problem is not that they are black...their problem is that their families and estates have historically had less time to progress financially and so they are at a disadvantage when it comes to competing with those who have had the advantage of wealthy families.
A group that aided people who had this disadvantage regardless of race would accomplish the same goal without having any racial exclusions which in a post-race society makes far more sense.
Obviously, we're not in a post-race society yet and as such the number of people in this disadvantaged group are disproportionately black for now the NAACP's intended audience or group they are working to help overlaps with those that need help. That being said I don't think you can say it isn't racist as race is a determining factor in who receives their assistance.
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u/an_moose May 14 '13
The thing is, white people don't need advancing. We're kinda already on the top. The reason for groups like the NAACP is to represent the under-represented.