Maybe black people get a pass for racist comments because white people get a pass for stuff like 'Black Wall Street'.... http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com/The Story.htm
They are more dangerous, because they are more easily accepted. Ultimately most people can look at a race motivated mob and say it is wrong. Yes.... "That Jesse Jackson, he harms legitimate instances of racism!".... as if all black people feel the same, and all behavior of a group can easily be personified by what a particular person or unofficial spokesman thinks. Go to a Conservative white man and tell him you know what he thinks and feels, you saw Keith Olberman on television and see him look at you shocked.... then say.... well he IS a wealthy, middle aged white man, he must speak for you! Extreme examples of behavior PERIOD are referenced, not just in relation to black people, same goes for cops, muslims, jews, etc. Having said that, the extreme of black people are referenced because it is easier for non black people to shake their heads and say "MojoMan is right!" That goes for virtually any group. You are right...... but that isn't going to change in our current culture.
I agree with the kids argument. As a kid, I didn't see race, it was never relevant (and I went to diverse public schools). History class, and family changed that as I got older. I'v been told not to trust black people growing up, and I found that appaling and have always butted heads with my parents and family when it comes to those things. I can see how many kids could be easily manipulated by their parents though their words and actions, especially if they didn't think as independently as or a few others did growing up. History class also teaches divide, it teaches about racism and slavery and I feel like that within it's self brings racism to childrens minds. I believe if racism is never taught, and if instead unity and love is pushed into kids minds by school and family that it would be nearly as big of a problem. But that's impossible, never will be able to get family's to not teach their children the way they want.
Nook, I agree but the difference of all the groups you mention black people are the only one's who get vilified for our audacity to confront and race is the most polarizing subject in this America.
I said black people are still being lynched and or murdered by white folks in this country. Here's one lynching. http://heavy.com/news/2014/12/lenno...lack-teen-fbi-lynching-lynched-investigation/ No surprise were this happened at. http://crooksandliars.com/2014/02/black-man-found-cut-throat-and-missing-ear Just because you're not paying attention doesn't mean it's not going on.
I see it this way. Brain has the ability to categorize and generalize. Very useful. Without that ability, I would have to analyze each and every things that I have not seen before. It would be slow and tedious. With that ability, when I see something new, I can quickly put it into some known 'learnt' category. This is done very fast and often at an unconscious level. The brain can do this by itself without any conscious thought on your side to reject or accept or discriminate. This eventually lead to stereotyping and racism, often which you aren't even aware of and sometime even deeply buried. How you are raise, taught, and influenced by society is a huge part of learnt racism. There are those that are 'real' racists (knowingly) and there are most of us - being racists w/o knowing we are. Institutionalize racism is I think often due to the latter and that's the part that can be hardest to solve. You want to get with of that bias, you would need to be able to recognize it as it happen, own up to it, and then make a choice to remove it. I think for honest good white folks that rarely face institutionalize racism here in the US, they rarely recognize it. If you rarely recognize it, you can't begin to remove it. It's very hard to do.
This strikes me as an evasive response. But I'll rephrase if you consider it racist as worded: Is the statement "Blacks are usually more racist than whites" a racist statement?
What a strange post. It seems like ignoring history and only learn about love isn't the best way to deal with the problem. It seems like learning about history and the mistakes made such as slavery, and then learning from those mistakes to make improvements would be a better way of dealing with things. It might also provide some understanding as to why people would hold positions they hold now. All of that can be used to improve and make situations better. But ignoring past mistakes doesn't make the effects of those mistakes go away.
http://www.african-times.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9534%3Awhite-is-not-a-color&catid=108%3Amay-2010-politics&Itemid=1
Nobody's getting lynched, blacks commit the plurality of violent crimes and built and run some of the largest violent criminal organizations in this country.
Are you paying attention? The death was ruled a suicide, which people commit all the time by hanging.
It was reported that he wasn't tall enough to hang himself and there was nothing around he could have stood on... But okay. I guess you think this one is suicide as well. http://beforeitsnews.com/alternativ...tied-behind-back-graphic-picture-2735478.html
I eagerly wait momoman's response to durvasa's question.... I think your post encapsulates the other approach towards diversity. Confront differences to understand and acknowledge them. There are people across political affiliations who call out a more blind tolerance... where we have to be better and be a diverse society by virtue of our country being so. I don't think that mindset has worked too well given the de facto segregation in America that's only getting or can't get any worse in the last 40 years. "Sure, I'll tolerate you...as long as I don't have to deal with you." Singapore is a highly stratified and conservative society which could be a case study on class and race. Even among the Han Chinese majority, there is a mad drive to be an achiever through prestigious schools and careers in order not to "fall behind". Dreamers, artisans, and non-conformists need not apply. There are many subtle judgements that goes into judging another person's presence and status. It's embedded in our mindset and prestige itself could be a stronger motivator in our thoughts and actions, moreso than sex, culture, or immediate needs. This is one of those underlying factors that makes living the "everyone is equal" mantra fall so hard on its face. It could give you meaning, until everyone else does it that makes you feel so unspecial.
SMH . . .Racist coming around to tell everyone else they are the real racists Welcome to 1984 “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984 “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, 1984 “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” ― George Orwell, 1984 “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Rocket River
You've never been able to hold your own and have a dialogue on race without trying to silence others.
It would be interesting. Where does that mantra comes from? Why would it give you meaning? Are you saying that's how Singaporean live?
Maybe communism or egalitarianism? For those who believe in it, I would guess it's more of a driving wish against an unjust society. Nope, not at all.
