The N-Word

[darksyndrem]

Originally Posted by qloreisha

Between the words Nigga & Niger.

One's a river?

[BoyFromTheFuture]

Stuff like what the children said , are exactly what I laugh off. They're just kids , I dont always think its the parents fault either , maybe the kid never actually saw a black person in his neighborhood. Whatever it is , children spout bullshit all the time , and it's in their right lol.
And also , shit always happens , I just dont take it seriously, its no genocide.

[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by BoyFromTheFuture

Stuff like what the children said , are exactly what I laugh off. They're just kids , I dont always think its the parents fault either , maybe the kid never actually saw a black person in his neighborhood. Whatever it is , children spout bullshit all the time , and it's in their right lol.
And also , shit always happens , I just dont take it seriously, its no genocide.

They're just kids, and a reflection of the pool's "standards." A child of color, as a result, asked his mother, "Am I too dark to be here?" It's not something the 60-odd children could laugh off. They were hurt.

What do you think of the experiment with little black children who are given dolls - one black, one white - and who are asked, "Which do you think is prettier?" The result of the two experiments - one back in the 1960s, the other in a more recent time - shows a tragic mindset of the black children, as they pick the white doll. Is that something to be laughed off?

Racism leads to genocides. Think of the Sunday school children who were killed in a bombing, simply because they were black.

The Holocaust.

Darfur.

There are ethnic battles in China still today, ethic battles in which people are killed. Thankfully, in the USA - except for the various scatters of attacks - there isn't as much physical violence as there was once. These days, people in the USA are more focused on self-esteem and subtle racism. Racism needs to be smothered completely. If ignored and allowed to rise to the level it once was, then it WILL return to genocide.

[Megabyte117]

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

There is discrimination, though. For example, Henry Louis Gates Jr., a black prestigious Harvard professor, was recently arrested for being inside of his own home.

Oh please, NO. That was not an act of racism. Don't go there.

Why do you think black people "always pull the racial card?" Also, though slavery no longer exists, the idea that black people are inferior is not.

Gates is an example of crying Wolf when there was none. And another favorite of mine, Spike Lee.

I sincerely hope you do not support affirmative action.

whoa. Umm... hate to burst your bubble, but I've seen so many white people pull the racial card too. Trust me, when I say that just because it was used years and years ago as a way to describe African americans, doesn't make it right. It's like saying that the word GAY is ok to use to someone because it was used to long ago. Same with queer. (gay=happy and queer=weird) ((Just in case))

Racism is a human flaw. Just as some white people may be racist, so can African Americans.

But what if someone were to use "white trash" and no one came to you?

Not everyone is as sensitive as you.

[burkhartdesu]

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

burkhartdesu: But, which races do you think are more capable of survival, and according to which environment? Why?

Now if a population of pale-skinned people were dropped into tribal Africa -- how do think they would fare?

If they did survive, they would eventually (after thousands of years) start looking like Africans.

Originally Posted by mercedesjin

No, I'm not trying to "pull the racism out of you" because - hopefully - it doesn't exist. I just want to understand what your opinion is.

Your posts towards me were rather hostile, and you were "trying to pull the racist out of me"...

And yes, racism (in the general sense) does exist in me... As well as in you, and EVERYBODY.

[Quailboy]

mercedesjin - Think about this..whites were slaves first you know...

[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by Megabyte117

Oh please, NO. That was not an act of racism. Don't go there.


Gates is an example of crying Wolf when there was none. And another favorite of mine, Spike Lee.

I sincerely hope you do not support affirmative action.

Racism is a human flaw. Just as some white people may be racist, so can African Americans.


Not everyone is as sensitive as you.

Why don't you think what happened to Henry Louis Gates Jr. was racist? Why do you think Spike Lee cried wolf?

I know that racism exists. The only racism I saw, before I was 18, was racism against whites. I could have taken the philosophy that it was all right, that it didn't matter, that racism should be ignored.

I didn't, simply because it's wrong.

[qloreisha]

But uh. Nawl. I use nigga to describe me and
my friends. And the other one is just racist.
Hey and i would now. I live in the South.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Quailboy

mercedesjin - Think about this..whites were slaves first you know...

Then Africans took their own people as slaves and sold them to whites.
Blacks betrayed blacks.

Whites didn't just happen to go to Africa and say "all you afrikanz are belong to us!"

Some people need to catch up on some history.

[mercedesjin]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Now if a population of pale-skinned people were dropped into tribal Africa -- how do think they would fare?

If they did survive, they would eventually (after thousands of years) start looking like Africans.


Your posts towards me were rather hostile, and you were "trying to pull the racist out of me"...

And yes, racism (in the general sense) does exist in me... As well as in you, and EVERYBODY.

You mean, they'd start looking like dark-skinned Africans. There are pale-skinned people living in Africa. That does make sense, though. I understand and agree with that.

Yeah, I was pretty hostile to you when I thought that you believed some races are more evolved than others. I hadn't realized my hostility came out, though. Sorry. Now that I know you didn't think that way, I'm not being hostile anymore, am I?

You're absolutely right. Internalized racism is something everyone suffers from. What I want for myself is to be aware of it. When I see a white person, I don't want my automatic thought to be, "That person is racist." (That's just one example I'm comfortable enough to admit to. Believe me, there are many more.)

Unfortunately, because I was conditioned in this society, that IS a feeling that I have. I wasn't even aware of it until last year, when I had a discussion about racism and internalized racism. It's wrong. It's disgusting. It's something that used to be in my subconscious. It's something that I am so glad I'm aware of now.

I think that people should be aware of their subconscious beliefs and attitudes towards others. It's these subconscious thoughts that control how we act and think consciously. Why shouldn't we be aware of the fact that we're subconsciously racist, and why shouldn't we do something about it?