MBSGeorge, I also had hoped to read some explanation from you as to why you decided to join the BNP. Given that you have not posted to this thread after your first post, I no longer expect you to provide an explanation on Mudcat. But I did think you were open to doing so because you started this thread.

I can't imagine someone running for office (or is the correct British phrase "standing as a candidate") representing the BNP political party who does not believe in the same things that the BNP does. Don't you believe that that party's position are racist? Don't you believe that the holocaust occurred? If you are a Christian, how do you reconcile the BNP believes with Jesus' teaching?

It saddens me that there are people in the world who would hate me just because of my race and It angers me that so much evil has been done in the name of "racial purity" when there is actually no such thing in the world. It also angers me that issues such as "immigration" are used as cover for such heinous positions as expressed by the BNP and their cohorts throughout the world.

If this is what you really believe, MBS George, I hope that one day you will change your mind-and yes, even people who think that they would never change their mind about what they think are strong positions have done son. For example, see this excerpt from an article about the African American activist Malcolm X:

"'[Malcolm X] emerged, then, as an open-minded, proud Black man after his trip to Mecca and finally began grasping the impact of diversity and spreading the word of this newfound freedom to the thousands who followed him. In fact, in reference to his trip, Malcolm said he had met "blonde-haired, blue-eyed men I could call my brothers" after so many years of defining those same white men as "devils."
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http://www.diversityinc.com/public/5119.cfm
Malcolm X: The Misunderstood Civil-Rights Champion?

By Zayda Rivera; February 26, 2009

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Here's an except from a reader's comment about that article:

"The biggest lesson that Malcolm X teaches us is the transformative possibilities of reading, experiencing life, traveling, meeting people, thinking, and reflecting. I often tell my students that receiving a college diploma does not necessarily mean one is "smart" or learned. Some of the smartest people never attended college and Malcolm X was one of them. Reading his autobiography has been a transformative experience for many of my students (and me). He modeled individual responsibility in effecting social change. His words are just as relevant today as they were in the '60s. "

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MBSGeorge, I hope that you will experience the "transformative possibilities of reading, experiencing life, traveling, meeting people, thinking, and reflecting" and will come to accept me and other people of color as human beings who have the same rights and responsibilities as White people do.