A few thoughts on "racism"...

[Perfect Stu]

So many of us depend on conflict to define ourselves.

Non-whites who feel the need to see themselves as victims of racism.
Whites who feel the need to see themselves, or aknowledge themselves as a racist.

To me, each is as "racist" as the other. When inside, maybe neither really is.

Why is there BET (Black Entertainment Television)? What kind of verbal outbreak would there be if someone established WET?

Racism, in an innocent form (lets face it, the thoughts of racism flow through our minds quite a bit...without the sensation of hatred towards a certain race) is present everywhere, all the time. Luckily, racism in its true form (Nazis, KKK, etc.) is quite rare.

Chinese people cant drive.
Whites are conceded, hatefilled @$$holes.
Black people like shooting each other.
Brown people are terrorists.

have I forgotten anyone?

Every time I hear someone seperate themselves from someone else based on their skin colour, I cringe...then I realize that I, myself, do the exact same thing.

We're prone to stereotype everywhere we go, everytime we open our eyes, everytime we listen. I think people are comfortable with stereotype. Amused by it. It's been watered down so much, that it has become second nature. Did I offend you? I shouldnt care if I did...I'm just a hatefilled @$$hole.




thoughts?

[dropCGCF]

Locally, we have two radio stations whose call letters are WBLK and WHTT. I find no offense in anything anymore.

[DeathsHand]

I went to my black friend's house once for dinner. They were having KFC and kool-aid.

[Happydude]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

I went to my black friend's house once for dinner. They were having KFC and kool-aid.

so much for stereotyping

as for me...i don't care much for racism, i'm not really a racist...yes i do stereotype sometimes, but as a joke...*shrug*

[Neo]

I'm not racist, but I'm definitely culturist. I've observed different patterns of behavior such as laziness and attitude problems within general groups of people. It has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with culture/upbringing.

[Neo]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

I went to my black friend's house once for dinner. They were having KFC and kool-aid.

I once saw mexicans at the grocery store buying only rice, beans, and fajitas. That would be like me buying nothing but pizza and hamburgers.

[Professor S]

Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. If there wasn't a connection, there would be no stereotype. The challenge is when to recognize the use of a stereotype as offensive and even illegal, such as racial profiling.

[Typhoid]

I hate it how black people (for the mostpart) think they are the only victim of rasism.

Like, think about the double standards.

Black people can make jokes about Mexicans/Spanish, and call them "Spiks" and whatnot, but if a white person des it its racist.

If a black guy and a white guy get in a fist fight, the black guy can file for racial crimes. The white cannot.

White people cannot call a black person a nigger, yet a Spanish person can.

And i hate PC (political correctness) You cant call someone black anymore. Now they are "coloured" or "african american"

Indians, are now "First Nations" or "Native Americans".

Retards are now "Mentally handicapped" or the ever popular "Special needs children".

Nobody is brown anymore either, they are all "of middle eastern decent" Its the pu**y-fi-cation of the world.

But back to the racial thing. As long as people keep seeing themselves as victims, nothing will change.

Also, i think it wont change, because sadly, Race sells products. The stories of racial prejudices sells music records and TV contracrs and movie deals. As long as they make these movies/TV and music, young kids will see or hear it, and be impresseioned to "hate the man" or "kill all niggers" or something stupid like that.

And one last question, when the hell did the word "Urban" directly refer to black people??!!?! Urban means a city, like, the downtown portion of a city.

Thanks to dictionary.com

ur·ban ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ûrbn)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.