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Hey You, Racist!
Many public school teachers has been labeled racist more than once in their career, even if the teacher in question is not racist or prejudice. Also, the citizens in the United States who does not agree with President Obama are being rapidly labeled racist by many individuals, and in many cases many are disliking OBAMA because of his socialist agenda. Many also call people racist for reasons of their own, over small conflicts and nonracial reasons. The fact that one is white or simply a different race, many times in society signifies that the conflict must be the others fault, because the other person must discriminate against him for his skin color. The word racist is not even analyzed or considered as people are quite desperate to find a scapegoat. In present day America, it is the other person, because they are racist. It is incorrect to be so fast to judge since the other person might not be racist, and in these situations racism isn't quite a logical answer. Randomly tossing the word racist around is not only devaluing the word, but also causes Ammericans of today to generally not take the case of racism seriously. It becomes somewhat of a joke, and a miss used phrase that is no longer considered as important. This is not what we want racism to become. Another typical problem is that people use the word simply because it sounds cool as any name calling would, so they use it as a tool without knowing what is realistically at the end of it. A cause of this is the confusion people have with what racist means, and therefore vastly misuses it. One misconception is that racism is the same as stereotyping. People would use it as a stereotype instead of using it seriously. To be racist one would have to have a hatred for a scertain race, and discriminate against people of that race to be racist, however today, some relatively small cases of stereotyping could be considered racism and discriminatory. The case of racism has been significantly decreased however you may still see it in society with blatant examples. Despite the slight decrease of racism there seems to be more racism, because of the increased misunderstanding of the word and when it is an appropriate label.
How true. I'm sick of people getting offended just because others may tell an off-colour joke or because they use a given word in conversations, or even just because someone gives their opinion on a certain race. We're human and we're entitled to our beliefs, so long as we don't hurt others. Personally, I'm more of an ethnocentrist than a racist. Usually, if I don't like a group of people, it's an ethnicity rather than a race. That said, I would never harm anyone innocent from anywhere. The only time I'd get violent is if someone, as an individual, had the power to hurt my country and was planning on putting that into action. I've also met a few people from said groups who were actually very nice, so I had to judge them as individuals. Btw, if this is for school, change "has been labeled" to "have been labeled" since teachers is a plural.
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Yeas, it tends to be that way. I hate the sterotyping just as much though...
I'll be honest, I grew up a tiny little blind kid in Hurbia California. Namely, Stockton. Do a google search or something, I'm pretty sure it was voted worst place to live at some point.
From grades K through 7, I was subjected to constant racial sensativity lectures, and the merciless whipping of the dead horses that are slavery before the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement every Febuary. At first, I felt guilty, which is like the purpose of hammering thit all into the heads of kids all over the country. Oh, poor black people, kept and forced to work like oxen, not allowed to learn to read or write. Aww, the Mexicans, kicked out during the gold Rush.
I'm older now, and I like to think, a bit wiser, but from second grade onward, I was a proud racist. I'm sorry, but getting the wits kicked out of you and your lunch money taken by ethnic minorities on a semiregular basis really numbs you to the supposed pain they feel at the grievous offenses commited on their ancestors. I maintain that it was silly of me to feel guilty even for the short time that I did. You can't look around Texas and California and tell me the Mexicans were kicked out. Furthermore, there isn't a black person alive today who is a slave. Well, not in America, at any rate. Maybe back in Africa. You know, where slavery is still a common practice, right along with mass genocide.
Actually, that's not entirely true. I have had several slaves, one of which was black. But it was not of the cotton picking variety, and is actually another discussion for another time and topic. I digress.
Now, I don't hate any particular race as a whole, but I also don't apologize for what their predecessors went through. It's not my fault.
Agreed with the posts here. Rachel, it is true about Obama. People felt free to criticize any white president all they wanted to, and it was accepted as being part of what you get when you're a politician. But criticize Obama for his political agenda, and you're labeled a racist. So many people I know said they voted for him in 2008 soley on his race, and they wanted to see our nation have its first black president. That, in my opinion, is just as bad as people who would have voted against him to keep him out of office because of his race. I don't think race should have any part of the vote either way, but of course that's not realistic in our society. A person should be voted for/against because of their political platform, character, etc.
Which leads into my next comment about reverse discrimination. Scott, based on your post above, I wouldn't call you a racist at all. I'd say you are being perfectly realistic. I too, was raised in our school system that tries to make us as white Americans feel guilty for what was done in the past. It is sad that the blacks were oppressed by slavery, that the things happened to the Indians the way they did, that women were viewed the way they were and once didn't have the vote and other rites. However, those days are gone now. It was not our generation that did all this, it was not us personally. Many of us have actually defended various minority groups. And yet, we're supposed to feel like it was our fault that such things happened in our country. I think it's a shame that kids are being raised to feel this way, and I think we have some serious reverse discrimination going on these days. Now blacks are given preference over whites, as are women over men, illegal imigrants over legal ones as well as americans, and so on. It should be about equal rites, not more than another group.
Thanks for the topic Rachel. I hate obummer and it isn't because he has a black father. It is because he is the most pro abortion President in American history, not even objecting to late term abortion 28+ weeks; he has spent more time on a health care 'reform' package few Americans want when what many do want is JOBS. Listening to Mark Levin one night, the unemployment rate under G W Bush Jr. was around 4.5, as Levin joked "what an American swimmer might score with a Soviet judge." It is now around 8.9%. I perceive the difference in how my own company is doing compared to 5 years ago. He wants to penalize with additional taxes employers lucky enough to have both American and overseas offices. Oh boy along with all the bullshit MA health plans have to cover, so the employer pays more & for more dependents with 'domestic partners', he wants us to pay MORE taxes because we're lucky enough to employ in Mexico City, London, and Mumbai. Maybe part of their tax relief then would be to reduce the # of jobs as they won't be able to afford to pay their employees.
I think some of the folks who seriously throw this slur around are worse than the KKK themselves & full of double standards. For example if you dare question programs like affirmative action in colleges or places of employment, they get defensive, "Oh, you don't like black people?" I'll deal with anyone, but I've seen too many set up to fail thru nonsense iniciatives like this. For example a nice Jamaican guy fell asleep regularly with the preceeding company. He was put thru the warning processes. Every time his white supervisor went to terminate his employment after the final warning, to be told to let him stay. Fast forward this man was also a slow worker, and when hq ordered the elimination of positions, his was one of the first to go. This man could have looked for another job during a good economy, one with less commuting time or that fit better in his schedule, like day shift. Instead he accumulated seniority, getting false hopes, and got fired during a poor economy.
Some of these folks consider it 'racist' if you dare question the agenda of so called disadvantaged minority groups, or point to their behavior as a source of the trouble, for example many single mom households, but it is perfectly acceptable according to these fuckers to slur groups that are doing well, for example Jews, Asian Indians, those from the Far East & Southeast Asia, etc. I hate these hypocrites. Didn't Rosie O'Donnell make fun of Asians on one of her shows? A relative thinks if it weren't for affirmative action, minorities would never be allowed to do or even try anything. By that token she probably thinks whites are evil monsters who stomp out the chance for all nonwhites to get ahead or be anywhere but the bottom. I hope she fails her nursing exam as I pity any potential patients of hers. Minorities can't get ahead thru their own intelligence, talents, efforts, only thru handouts, and whites are evil racists oppressing all. She hates everyone & hides this fact behind religion and tolerance of nonsense like "diversity, affirmative action" etc. I'd rather have Nurse Ratched attend to my care.
Interesting that this debate is taking place at all, since Obama was supposed to be a post-racial president. Yet, we can see by the examples of Henry Louis Gates and the Black Panthor voter intimidation case that Obama has been anything but.
Attorney General Holder claimed in a speech that Americans display a certain cowardice when discussing issues of race. I submit that Mr. Holder and, to a lesser extent, President Obama, illustrate why this is so. If Americans of all races and ethnicities were to engage in an open and candid dialogue about race, many people on all sides would be offended. Since giving offense is a capital crime in political circles, and since liberals employ bomb words like "racist," and "bigot," to shut down their opposition, no discussionh of any real substance can take place.
Liberals, particularly those of a minority status, don't really want a dialogue in this country. They want to do what supposed educators are doing all across the country in schools and on college campuses. They want to lecture to the white, guilt-ridden masses, while we sit with bowed head and absorb the words from on high. But this tact will ultimately fail, because the real world always intrudes upon academia and blows it to shit.
Alicia is right when she says that those who voted for Obama because of his race are no better than those who would vote against him for the very same reason. Moreover, people who thought Obama would single-handedly pull this country out of the racial divide were merely naive voters who let their own prejudices get the better of them. Obama supporters gathered on mass in 2008 yelling, "Yes we can!" at the top of their lungs. Now, Obama will likely end up in the camp of Bill Cosby, Kobe Bryant, Beyonce and others. When white Americans claim that our country is not racist, they will add Obama's name to the list of reasons why we are, in fact, not racist. The very same people who held Obama up as a symbol of post-racial accomplishment will now do a 180 an dsay, "You can't judge the whole problem based on one man."
Racism cannot and will not be overcome by any one man, or one group of people with an agenda. The only way for racism to be diminished in this country is for people of all stripes and color to live side by side, working together, playing together, loving together and fighting together. The problem won't be solved by politicians giving speeches or passing legislation. It will be solved by common people learning from each other through their daily interactions.
Racism will never fully go away. It's a sad part of the human condition. Everyone has bigotry in them, no matter how good and noble they may profess to be. Those who usually cry racism often harbor it themselves without really facing it. That goes for all races. Despite history, no one race or ethnicity holds a monopoly on righteousness. The best way to combat the bigotry we find in ourselves and others is to talk about it openly, despite the best efforts of Attorney General Holder and others.
Glad you posted to this one, Ryan. Figured you'd have something interesting to say. My personal favorite line was about reality coming in and blowing academia to shit. So true. And you are correct about the 180 that Obama's supporters are going to take in the upcoming election. Unfortunately,just like in 2008, I imagine there will be those who, yet again, vote for or against him based solely on his race. *Frown* And, white guilt-ridden americans, nothing. Yes, I know some feel that way, but I'd say that many other Americans resent the guilt that our schools and political system tries to press upon us.