Racism in Our World Today

i was scanning some popular news websites....yeah, i know it's hard to believe, and i stumbled across this article on cnn.com: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/18/U.S.racism.conference/index.html?iref=newssearch

to confess, it was the title of the article that caught my eye:

U.S. boycotts racism conference, says it 'singles out' Israel

i don't know about you guys, but when i see "U.S. boycotts racism conference," i step back and think that the united states is not taking a stand against racism, and that lack of stance against racism would most definitely not be a step in the right direction. if anything it's a step in the wrong direction. i mean, true, i did not read the article at this point, but honestly, anyone who reads the newspaper automatically judges the article by the title. and this being the title of this article is a blatant suggestion that the united states does not agree with a racism conference.

now, those who may oppose my opinion would suggest that i did not address the latter half of the title, "says it 'singles out' Israel." this is true, i did not address that part....yet. i mean, seriously, THAT'S the reason we boycotted this conference? because we thought it was directed too much at israel? now that is the lamest excuse i've ever heard of. in my mind at least, if everyone who did not agree with one aspect of any conference debating a controversial issue, there would be no one at these conferences! if we don't agree how this racism conference 'singles out' israel, then we should be the ones present there, defending them, shouldn't we?

finally we get to the part where i actually read the article and it's contents.....ahhhhhh, now i understand REALLY what's going on here. after reading the article, i realize that this article is not one describing the united states' lack of enthusiasm in the fight against racism. in fact, the article describes how the united states would not tolerate an atmosphere at the conference that ALLOWED for racist and anti-semitic views to be announced. now THIS is what should be going on here. THIS is progress in the right direction. THIS is the view that the world should see that involves a unified country dedicated to denounce and eliminate racism from the world.