[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

Salvanas: I don't think that we can stop racism. Definitely not any time soon, anyway. That doesn't mean that we should sit back and let it happen, though. Spread education. Learn. Make the change you want to see. It's hard to stop racism, but it's not hard to say to your friends, "I heard that the word 'caucasian' is racist. Here's why," or, "I heard that the word 'Hispanic' isn't PC. Here's why."

But it won't do anything. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
What changes? Nothing.

Why do we need to use words to describe people? Why can't we all be people? Why can't I be a short person with curly hair and a red shirt rather than the black girl?

Because there are more things to describe than just that.

You're using words to describe people, right there. How do we say what nationality they are? We might all be human, but there are OBVIOUS differences between us. And as long as we have even names for nationalities, they will still be used as racist. Again, like I posted before, it depends on how the person says it. It's not the word itself, which is what you keep trying to prove.

Again.

"He's a Turkish boy."
"He's a fucking Turkish boy."

The bottom one is aimed to be insultive. And so, we need to sort it out from the root. And the root is making people non-racist. AND OH LOOK, like you said, everyone is racist and it's human right? Then there's no point, and would have just wasted your time!

Also, even if we had no words to describe each other race wise, people will think up of new ones.

With each racial term comes stereotypes. Those are best to be avoided.

Although I agree stereotypes are bad, they DID spawn from somewhere. And although it might not mean ALL of that race, it certainly can be applied for the majority.