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As I was perusing Roget's Superthesaurus (Third Edition), by Marc McCutcheon, Writer's Digest Books, 2003, I came across the word "racism" which listed one final synonym as "white supremacy." Carelessly, the editor had overlooked the racism practiced by members of other races against whites.

For instance, two of most prominent racists in America are the Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. They injected themselves into the Jena, Louisiana situation to try to excuse the behavior of six cowardly black boys who admittedly beat one white boy into unconsciousness. Even more egregiously, the Revs rushed to condemn three white members of the Duke University lacrosse team falsely accused of raping a black stripper. The players were subsequently declared "completely innocent," and the prosecutor was disbarred. The Revs have yet to apologize.

Then, there's Mexican ex-president Vicente Fox, who made little effort to improve his subjects' circumstances, because, as he recently admitted, they could always seek their fortunes by crossing the U.S. border, legally or otherwise. Although Fox is fluent in English, he comes to the U.S. and encourages "his people" to defy the law, in Spanish.

How about those Asian lobbyists who finagled sizeable illegal contributions for American politicians, subverting the process by attempting to exert undue political pressure? Finally, and I admit this may be an exaggeration, I believe that Indian casinos are, at least in part, racist retribution against General Custer and other "white men" who oppressed Native Americans. Certainly taking our money and addicting the weakest among us could be considered a measure of punishment.