Do you know what racism is? What it *really* is? It seems that most people don't or they wouldn't be throwing that charge around so carelessly.

Racism is the basic belief that one race (usually your own) is better than all the others. This usually goes hand in hand with Racial Prejudice which is assuming that people have characteristics based on their race.

Note that it is very possible to have racial prejudices about a race you consider to be superior. For example: the Nazis were in the process of creating a "Master Race" which was going to be blond haired, blued eyed, more intelligent - in other words, it would be the German race.

With this in mind enter Elvira Arellano a woman who is guilty of breaking US immigration laws and providing a false Social Security number when attempting to gain employment. Last week she was arrested outside a Church and deported.

Naturally her supporters are screaming "racism." They even make the news with quotes like "we're tired of white racist society discriminating against us."

Of course, just assuming that whites are racist and out to get you is a racist prejudice on your part isn't it? You're making judgments based on skin color are you not? We do send illegal alien people with light skin tones back when we catch them, not just you guys. It's also offensive. I would *never* be featured on the news shouting "Why can't these Mexicans obey our laws?" Their statement is considered an accurate observation about our society. My statement would be racist and out of bounds.

You see, illegal aliens come from everywhere but you'd never know it watching a pro illegal rally where the only flags I ever see are Mexican. I take that back, sometimes I see a US flag upside down or being thrown on the grill before the cheering masses.

There is nothing wrong with pride in your ethnicity and country...unless you're a white American in which case it's (literally) a crime. People flooding our borders sure have enough racial hubris - don't even think they have to obey our laws. Who's really the victim of Racial Prejudice and Discrimination here?

But it's not isolated to the Hispanics. Just look at the Michael Vick case.

In the early days a lot of black leaders and spokespeople claimed that this was just an attempt to bring down a successful black man. Yeah it has nothing to do with the cruel way in which the animals were being treated - it's just racism.

Originally Vick claimed that he knew nothing about the dogs on his property...and then they found a net site advertising Vick's "dog kennel". So he lied. Now he's pled guilty - so he did it. He broke several laws. For those of you unfamiliar with case, Vick and his friends would routinely hang dogs not performing well from trees. They electrocuted several to death. They shot others. And in an attempt to breed a better dog, they chained a female in heat to the ground and let all the male dogs fight for the ability to mate. He kept all his dogs on chains just out of reach of food and each other to make them more vicious.

Yeah you're right - I doubt PETA would be protesting if Vick was white. Uh huh - right, got it. I work with a black guy who is a dog lover and he's disgusted by the Vick case.

So I have to ask in both of these cases: where is the racism? None of these laws listed above are "racist". None of these laws say "and if a Hispanic is caught in the US illegally..." or "if a black guy is found guilty of dog fighting..." The laws that do that are called "Affirmative Action Laws". But that's another column.

I'm sorry I fail to see the racism in law enforcement in either of these cases. But I see a lot of racism against whites coming from the other side. If we're such a racist land holding down minorities why do Hispanics want to come here? If we're such a racist society that can't stand to see a black guy get ahead, then how did Vick even make it in to the pros?

It seems like everything that minority groups disagree with anymore is "racist".

Jeremy Meister graduated with a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1998 and a Bachelor's degree in Media Production from Missouri State University at Springfield in 2005. He is also a film director, producer and author of over seven feature length screenplays including 'Hollow Dogs' and 'Epic: the Flames of Summer', as well as owning his own film company LWC Productions. Jeremy is the former host and producer of the Conservative internet radio program "The Tzimisce Show". Presently he is a producer for Hansen and Cokin, Last Man Standing, The Clubhouse, Showerless and Mr. Sunshine as well The Las Vegas 51's baseball games at Lotus Broadcasting (AM 1460 and AM 920 - check out the streams at LVRocks.com). Contact him at LWC_Productions@hotmail.com or at www.myspace.com/tzimiscechi or at www.dndorks.com or at TownHall.com. Art for the People:dndorks.com/forums/thread/790122.aspx