Kursed Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Racism is still a huge factor in the Us despite everything that has happend ,but what is racism I heard of a terrible Double standard if it's white to black it's Racist if it's black to white is not? How can that be true is white not a race? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Well, today's "Political Correctness", overcompensation for what happened in the past centuries and the earlier half of the 20th century, have swept racism under the rug, but not eliminated it. Sure, America passed laws like "Equal Opportunity Employment", "Affirmative Action", and repealed laws such as "Jim Crowe Laws", and the Segregation Laws...but those are all bandages to the big problem. Racism has retreated into the shadows, but it's very much still alive and well. We've failed to reach the root of the problem, and it doesn't look like things are gonna get better, especially in a shitty economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Excuse my language here ,but theres a word that Blacks use to blacks 'niga' yet when a white person uses that word or it's oringal full word 'nigger' it immidiantly becomes Racist to any black. what the crap is this? NOw I know some of the older african american people will take both of these words offensivly no matter who it comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Excuse my language here ,but theres a word that Blacks use to blacks 'niga' yet when a white person uses that word or it's oringal full word 'nigger' it immidiantly becomes Racist to any black. what the crap is this? NOw I know some of the older african american people will take both of these words offensivly no matter who it comes from.Ah, the [reverse] double standard, and reverse discrimination..the minority groups who do this whole NAACP or "La Raza" thing, they're the ones who are racist, and they want to segregate themselves off from others.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kursed Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 well it's defintly not healing the wound that racism created with Slavery. It's makign it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Monroe Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Racism is a means of intent. If you don't intend to be racist, then you aren't racist. But really, if you think the "Cold Race War" between American whites and blacks is bad, you should see Turks and Greeks get at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konchaski Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I think racism does exist in every society, however I think it's possible someone who is not racist can say some pretty racist things. I think this youtube video pretty much summarizes the argument up. b0Ti-gkJiXc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Monroe Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I think racism does exist in every society, however I think it's possible someone who is not racist can say some pretty racist things. I think this youtube video pretty much summarizes the argument up. b0Ti-gkJiXcTamara. Best fvcking video I've seen in a looooong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarita Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Excuse my language here ,but theres a word that Blacks use to blacks 'niga' yet when a white person uses that word or it's oringal full word 'nigger' it immidiantly becomes Racist to any black. what the crap is this? NOw I know some of the older african american people will take both of these words offensivly no matter who it comes from.That's mostly due to today's AA culture and not due to racism persay. Like you said, any older black person would be heavily offended by use of either word by any age group."Nigger" means ignorant, there's nothing inherently offensive about the word. Slave owners called their slaves that because they WERE ignorant, but not by choice, I can assure you. It's been warped by common usage in to something offensive by those who use it. Similar to the word "Gay," in how it's become to mean a word for homosexuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DRL Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Racism in my country is, fortunately,low-to-non-existant.Hate to inmigrants, I have to say,is another thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Racism is a means of intent. If you don't intend to be racist, then you aren't racist. But really, if you think the "Cold Race War" between American whites and blacks is bad, you should see Turks and Greeks get at it....or the Turks and the Armenians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Monroe Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 ...or the Turks and the Armenians.or the Turks and the Kurds.Or hell, the Turks and the Turks! Ottoman Turk are ethnically NOT Turkic, as Turkic peoples are from central asia, and Ottoman Turks are from Arabia. Ergo, there is ALOT of spite from Ethnic Turks of Khazakistan and such towards Arabian Turks, because they feel they're stealing their thunder as well as claiming greatness from THEIR achievements in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 If you ever heard that song "Everyone's a little bit racist" in "Avenue Q", it would put a smile on your face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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