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Apparently the Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor made a racial comment in the past. WCCO (Minneapolis’ CBS affiliate) ran a story last night asking whether or not a minority can be racist. A very interesting question. My first thought was, sure, why not, they are entitled to be whatever a white person can be. Shortly into the story I learned that I was wrong. A lady on the street informed viewers that minorities can not be racist because racism is not just prejudice against a race, but it involves an element of power too. This was quickly backed up by a University of Minnesota professor. So then I started thinking, if a minority can’t be racist because they lack the power to be racist, isn’t that racist in itself? Does the whole race need to be powerful? Or can just the racist individual be in a position of power? Who determines whether or not a race is powerful enough to be racist? Can a black person be racist against Native Americans? Is there a power ranking system like the NFL which lists the different races and how they stack against one another? I realize that I’m going off on a bit of a tangent now, so I guess my question is, to reiterate to original question, can a minority be racist?