Racist or Statistically Speaking? Children in single-parent families by race.

I recently called out what I thought was a slanted and misleading photo used in a Facebook post and was told that my statement was racist (I don't think that I was personally called a racist, or was I?).

Following is a screenshot of the Facebook post in question and my comment:

Here is the comment to my post followed by my response. I know my response is long but I did not have the time to write a shorter one: 

Comment to my post:

That is so horribly offensive, Ter. It makes me sad that you could say something like that either without understanding how racist it is or with intentions to offend.

My response:

Thanks for your interesting response; it gives me an opportunity to express my love to all my family of all races; as we are “one”. It is long, but if you (and others) really “care” about my response, you will take the time to read it. You may be interested just who shares my view at the end of my response.

You did not state however which part(s) of my statement is “racist”. I’m thinking that you are not disagreeing that there are rap lyrics demeaning women in songs, so I will answer as best as I can to what I think you are referring to as what “that” is.

Every morning I pray that my words “edify” and to you, it seems that I’ve failed. Maybe I can correct that. First you state that this is offensive; to whom? One can be offended or enlightened; it is a choice. Did my comment encourage you to research the facts or to immediately state that it was racist? I could tell you that I have many friends who are Black, Hispanic and Native American but that too would sound racist because I mentioned a race. It may be awkward; but not racist, as we now live in a society that wants to continue to divide would have us think. I remember a Black comedian who was married to a Caucasian who said he found it awkward sharing with his friends, “The other day I was talking to my White wife…”

Make no mistake that when advertisers use photos of people in their advertising that they think this through very well. If this was a Black woman would we be having this discussion? I just found it interesting that it was a white woman depicted in the ad (25% of White race has single mothers) when Black or African American race is higher (67%). Even my Native American race is high at 52%. I’m not sure how my pointing this out is “racist”; I’m sincerely concerned for my Black family, friends, their kids, culture and society as a whole. As long as we throw the racist statement everywhere and every time, we will not get along as one big family, and children will continue to be without fathers in the home and society as a whole will suffer. If so inclined, you can check the facts at: kidscount.org (because they do; regardless of color).

Just as the dangers of things like Diabetes hurts the Black community greater than the White population (coincidentally also at twice the rate that it affects Whites) these things need to be recognized first and not shoved under the “that’s racist” rug, so they can be improved on.

In the video above, Mr. Obama said the exact same thing when he addressed a black church in 2008. Being that he is “half” white, was he being racist?