Proud to be white

^this

Kinda late for that one.

Its the same with religion in a lesser extent in Britian, we have places for all religions to worship, yet when it comes to pubhlick festivities, like chistmas, people kick up a fuss.

I read the topic title and went "OH SHI-"
Then saw it was by stoke
And Lol'd

But yeah i agree.

My male nurse gave me a massage while I was in the hospital. I love male nurses except you have to be careful what kind of undergarments you're wearing.

+1000
I have thought this for a long time myself. Even just acknowledging that skin color/ethnicity is something more than just a minor difference(like say hair color) is asking for trouble, and as it is now, the whole problem defined in the first post is -causing- racism.

I for one think that if you ripped out all the race-specific rules and all that crap(Going back to *true* equal-opportunity employment, things would go along just fine). Sure, you may not end up with equal numbers in every job, but that is to be expected. It should not be a problem if a group of people don't particularly want to take a certain job.

Just my 2c.

-Robbie

+100000000

Completely agree. I thought about this issue for a bit and it occurred to me that why should there be separate groups like the NAACP and other racial minority support groups that try to get rights for their specific race/creed/religion/whatever. Why can't they realize that if you do that, then you will constantly be in a fight with other groups so that if one organization gains rights for their members, then all the other organizations try to get that too, but then they always take it way too far and threaten us with being racist if we deny it to them.

It's like in the Netherlands and England where Shariah Law (Muslim Court System) is now an accepted law because Muslims literally threatened with violence their way into getting it. When that cartoon with Muhammed was posted Muslims in the middle-east did not even shy away from saying that they would kill any Netherlandish?... people that they found and threatened terrorism on the country. They then backed down and let the insanity begin. You cannot grant exceptions to a certain group of people because then everyone wants their here-say.

A common example would be the banning of books such as in Fahrenheit 451. Say white people are uncomfortable with Uncle Tom's Cabin so it's banned. Christians are uncomfortable with Richard Dawkins or any science text books so they're banned. George Bush is uncomfortable with all books not containing pictures so they're all banned. Get the point?

Anyway my main point is just that there shouldn't be all these splintered groups dedicated to gaining rights for a particular minority. What we really need is ONE group dedicated to making all human rights equal. I think the people in these groups have the right idea, they just don't understand that what they're doing is actually worsening the problem.

Although I personally do have a problem calling people african/mexican/asian/whatever-americans. I mean the only way you're one of those is if you were born in that country and then immigrated here. Otherwise, you're just an american. And if you want to say it's because that's where their ancestry is then pooftah. Most anthropological, historical, and scientific experts will tell you that the human race originated in Africa, so I guess we're all african-americans eh?

Black pride? Which reminds me you always hear that..."Black Pride", and yet if you call them black most of them would be mad at you, as they prefer to be called african-americans. Yet they themselves call it black pride. Maybe I'm wrong but personally I've never heard anyone say african-american pride ftw!...so yeah.

As for the argument that it's wrong to use words like nigg, except if you're AA because they understand what it's like to be a slave since they have great-great-grandparents that were is just complete bs. That's like saying I know what it's like to be a girl because I have a sister. Or I understand what it was like to be in the Holocaust because my dad is Jewish. Makes no sense and it's just a deflection tactic to make you feel bad about something you didn't even do.

Btw I win longest post...stop posting controversial threads I always end up writing 30mins posts on them. Time wasting ftw.

Actually I read all of it.

Die, your post shows that you truly understand most of the issues. However, I don't think Bush has to have pictures in his Bible. lol

Your point in short being that stop labeling ourselves to make the difference. I don't like the AA thing either. I call my one friend ~ darker skin ~ . She is exactly same as me, with arms, legs, body, and ect . . . only skin is a lil darker. She is welcome to come to my house, visit my church, borrow my clothes or jewelry. I never think of her any differently then I do my light skin friends. We are all just friends. She has to put up with my hugging, kissing and crying on her too. lol She never brings it up to any of us either.

Sounds good. However the problem would be who would lead this group. How would you implement it? How would it function together as a cohesive unit without tension?

Essay should be 1000 words double spaced. In MLA formating with proper works cited. Have fun noob.

Too many people actually are racist.

I know too much about racism and homophobia, it's just better to avoid it. Fight against it by never being that way. Easiest thing to do.

Yes i do agree with you mate, im just saying if someone says something the wrong way, and are then proclaimed racist.

I do understand alot of people are infact Racist i hate them. I just don't like seeing the innocent people who say something in the wrong sense attacked for being a 'racist'

But yeah i guess i agree but don't agree its a hard subject to talk about without being labelled racist by people.

Wow you're racist

This is going to sound rude (it's not intentional), but what's your point?

"Because a person might identify a person more-or-less upon ethnicity or skin color, they are racist."

That's the implication I sensed from you're post.

If that's the case, I think you're talking about separate ideas.
Being aware of one's race and being prejudice against one's race are two considerably different things -- however similar they might seem. The primary factor, in my opinion, being that, whether we like it or not, people look different.

A green apple looks different from a red apple; A purple grape looks different from a green grape: These are facts, not necessarily malicious labels. The basic difference in racism is the distortion that one or some are absolutely superior to others based upon these facts... I which context, they would be malicious labels.

Although the act of distinguishing people's appearance can potentially lead to racism (which is what I think you meant to say), in it's natural and early stage, it's not. Neither does it necessarily conflict with the belief that every person is a human being with equal rights.


Personally, hate racism to the core, but I find it irritating when I can't verbally identify a person's actual race.



P.S. This my opinion, and I am making an assumption about your post.
I realize I could be rambling on irrelevantly. If I am, I'm sorry.

Sorry for overlapping the other 4 up-to-date threads.

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