marginalizing racism like this only helps its longevity. rather than evoking a serious dialog you make generalizations and assumptions that further spread ignorance. this is stupid.
interesting that i'm getting down voted. how about another pov, who leads the charge when someone claims that something is racist hm? is it the victims or the media? things like this are only used to divide us and keep us stupid. if were too busy fighting ourselves we can never evoke change.
White people doe voted this obviously and let's keep it 100 wouldn't be any racism if a certain culture of humans didn't decide to rape the culture of every other culture in existence since the days of the Greeks. I mean really... Who made the native Americans extinct? WW1&2? Every major war in the 20th century. But who can blame them? If you saw people completely different than you were brighter, stronger, more intellectual and built to withstand the climate thereby making one feel inferior, I might plagiarize their religion and science then destroy and enslave them so I can seem more useful than I truly am. Shit, if white people don't like the racism they face then they should have left people alone when they had the chance. But this rant is for the inferior mind of a racist because regardless of ethnicity we all end up eaten by maggots or burnt to a crisp and saved in a jar.
man, we all believe what we want to believe. i believe that racism is a tool used by the ruling class to distract the masses. the way i see the world is not black vs white it's the powerful vs the powerless.
Guest: You say "if white people don't like the racism they face then they should have left people alone when they had the chance" - I'm white, I don't like racism, but you are judging me for the faults of my very late ancestors. How is this fair? I've never done any of the things you say I will have done as a white person (rape other cultures and cause extinctions of others, as you say).
First of all, piekiller I did my best to neutralise your votes seeing as you are completely right. Guest, I agree and disagree with your post (gave you the upvote anyway). Just to start off, while white people are responsible for countless COUNTLESS crimes against fellow human kind, they certainly weren't the only races of people to start wars. Lets not forget about genghis khans crew as well as the Persian empire. However,I believe that racism is a lot different to wars and I agree with you that it was empires such as the Romans and the British that introduced slavery to places
like Africa. Hell I'm Australian, and the things that the British/early Australians did the the indigenous people upon meeting them (bearing in mind the aborigines actually welcomed them completely). But history IS always going to be there, we can't change it. What we can change is the way we see each other now, by stopping reverse racism posts like this, stopping hateful natures between countries...
... Based on the past and trying to actually be equal people. I know that sounds "airy fairy" and shallow but I truly mean it in ways such as the once racist communities cleaning up their mistakes that have left many in poverty cycles/war torn areas, rather than just saying "sorry". If we manage to do this I have no doubt that the people who actively tried to change this could be forgiven for their ancestors mistakes. Obviously this would be a long time in the making but I'd like to think some day mankind can achieve this. Sorry for the long post
@mrsarcasm exactly this is just the product of someone feeling victimized PEOPLE do terrible things to each other, racism is just a means to justify these things. And to the guest that called me a hipster, you sir are an idiot. i come form a country that is so divided racially no one can see any way out. and do you know who encourages this divide? politicians and their rich constituents. we are so caught up fighting each other that we don't see what they are doing to our country. i speak from experience my friend.
Just that we have to deal with racism disgusts me to the point where I've literally lost faith for every human and every other thing on this tiny rock in the middle of space. I need some way to restore it.
If it hurts anybody, it hurts the entire race. This post is racist inside of racist because you say whatever hurts us automatically makes all blacks, Latinos, Albinos for all I care the bad people, when really, it's the insulter's fault.
Quick question, and I'm dead serious. How can insulting a white person for being white NOT be racist? I thought THAT was the definition of racism, not white people making fun of other people.
no one said it wasn't racism, it is. there is so much ambiguity about racism that most people aren't sure what it is anymore. post like this just expose the stereotypes and misconceptions about racism.
I'm white and my bestfriend isn't and I was trying to e friends with these two girls but they were afraid of me because I'm white. My friend says they don't see me for what I am but who I am.
The point the post is trying to make, is that if a white person injures a non white person, no matter what the motive, it will be viewed(in general) that they acted because of racism, based of plenty of precedents. And if a non white injures a white, no matter their motive, it would be viewed that they are just fighting back against the racist majority. This is what the post is trying to say, whether or not you believe the reasoning behind it to be true.
Firstly--i am a white female. One time at work (I've worked in retail for about 2 years) I was ringing up a black woman's items. We keep coupons under the register but are only allowed to give them to customers if they ask. Before I was ringing her items up, i was helping her shop and she asked if I had a coupon and I told her I did, but she wasn't ready to check out for some time after that. Anyway, I forgot the coupon (happens often unless the customers reminds me) and she accused me of withholding it because I was racist. She had this whole speech about how i lied to her...i just forgot her coupon. After that I went to the break room and sobbed.
I was once called a commie russian bitch in a very loud manner by a black customer who wanted something I could not do for her. apparently mexicans with light colored eyes are really russians. I'm also looked down by many mexicans because I don't speak spanish. This world is full of hate and everyones trying to break you because they're afraid you'll try to break them first.
Me:*I'm black by the way* Hi. Uh, I like you.
Girl:*She is white* Oh, thanks! I like you too!
Other Guy:*He is white* You two are disgusting. Stop kissing that dirty abomination.
*Me slaps him*
Other Guy: I GOT DIRT ON MY PERFECTNESS
*I turn around and leave*
I totally agree with you, but let me ask you this. Lets say you're a white person (I don't know if you are.) and you were with a Hispanic. Hypothetically speaking you murder someone and you and that person get sent for interrogation, but they immediately send the Hispanic to death row just because of his race and you had 1 chance to clear him..would you do it? Or would you try to stay calm feeling guilty inside but not wanting to do anything since you fear death even though you deserve it.
The part with the part with accusation because someone is merely a different race, so what were you saying?
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You made the question about whether you would risk your own freedom for someone already convicted and on death row; that ultimatum had nothing to do with race and, like the guest said, made it a question based on your own personality choices.
You can't judge your views on race based on a handful of encounters. Chris Rock said it best, there isn't a white person alive that would trade places with a nigga!! Being black is hard and trust and believe until you have experienced it you will have no idea what it feels like.
This image was most likely trying to show how we as a society view racism and what racism means. For a long time in america we have usually assosiated race hate crimes against asians, africans, native americans etc and kind of forget the fact that yes, caucasians can be victims of hate crimes too.
I don't it was only an example, but can you really ask that? After what that specific race/skin color has done in the past? There may been times that different races had committed racism but it's the white person who's action screamed the most. Don't get me wrong, I know everyone has been racist in one point or another.
One thing I don't understand is just because of my race I am automatically racist
I describe racist has a person who picks on jokes about or is rude about other peoples races
Ever heard of the Black Panthers? Most likely not. They are the black form of the KKK. BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the Black Panthers can't be known because they are racist against white.
like Africa. Hell I'm Australian, and the things that the British/early Australians did the the indigenous people upon meeting them (bearing in mind the aborigines actually welcomed them completely). But history IS always going to be there, we can't change it. What we can change is the way we see each other now, by stopping reverse racism posts like this, stopping hateful natures between countries...
Girl:*She is white* Oh, thanks! I like you too!
Other Guy:*He is white* You two are disgusting. Stop kissing that dirty abomination.
*Me slaps him*
Other Guy: I GOT DIRT ON MY PERFECTNESS
*I turn around and leave*
I know it is a joke but for real
I describe racist has a person who picks on jokes about or is rude about other peoples races