The question is what do you consider racist behavior? Obviously some thing blatant like not hiring someone simply because they are of a certain race. But when it comes to personal behavior how many people posting on here would welcome a person of color into their family? How many of you "enlightened" group of "non-racist" live in an area that has a large black population?
It's easy to be open minded when you have two black families in your neighborhood, and they're both professionals.
Quincy Jones wrote:
At least the author who wrote these lies got the sack, so we are fighting back.
http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derbyshire#axzz1rXWDbQGi
Just out of curiosity (I'm from a mixed-race background/family, so I personally don't have a dog in this fight), which parts of what he wrote would you say are lies?
...understanding, as I do, that your moniker may indicate you're trolling...
Personally I do not think it has anything to do with race per say. I believe it has everything to do with social standing, poverty and being poor. It just so happens the the majority of poor people are black, now of course you can argue the reasons why the majority of poor people are black but that is a different topic.
People in poverty develop a sub culture that the majority of us will hate on. I assume 95% of people would rather have dinner with the educated black man next door that drives a BMW than with the white trash guy across town that lives in a trailer.
You see majority of people living in poverty are black... just so happens their sub culture is gehtto, gangster, rapping, drive by shootin, thug crap.... and the media does a very good job at pointing this out. But White people do this too... the poor trashy ones.
So do we really hate black people? or do we just hate uneducated trashy poor people?
Go to walmart late at night.... the backwoods white trash is ridiculous.
I hate the people in power in this country. So many of you people are self-righteous pricks; even the folks trying to act "enlightened" by pushing the issue of race onto poverty are terrible.
The poster who got it closest was msr, who talked about the commodification of human rights and the consumption of labor. The bottom line is that you cannot simplify a person into the race or their class.
Most (all?) people are a product of their circumstances, this shapes who you are. Most people are fundamentally good, but when they are socially isolated (like in this country), they make terrible assumptions about others. These assumptions lead to terrible circumstances and actions; whether it be the abandonment of social norms in the ghetto leading to murder and drug dealing, or whether it be the abandonment of social norms in the corporate world leading to lying, cheating, and exploitation.
Racism is a product of the circumstance our society is in, not the people. And until we realize this, and remedying the circumstances, we will never come close to removing any sort of prejudice or racism.
You sound like a college sophomore.
NoSir wrote:It just so happens the the majority of poor people are black, ...
You see majority of people living in poverty are black...
Wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Poverty_and_demographicsPoverty and race/ethnicity
The US Census declared that in 2010 15.1% of the general population lived in poverty:[30]
9.9% of all non-Hispanic white persons
12.1% of all Asian persons
26.6% of all Hispanic persons (of any race)
27.4% of all black persons.
About half of those living in poverty are non-Hispanic white (19.6 million in 2010),[30] but poverty rates are much higher for blacks and Hispanics. Non-Hispanic white children comprised 57% of all poor rural children.[31]
lpd wrote:
Why is it easier to get a scholarship to play sports in college if you are a girl?
Because white men suck at sports.
And your mother sucks whatever is in her face. Usually a Big Black Bozak!
I'll take the big brains. BTW I do have big balls and they bang off your mom's chin quite often.
>> 9.9% of all non-Hispanic white persons
>> 12.1% of all Asian persons
>> 26.6% of all Hispanic persons (of any race)
>> 27.4% of all black persons.
Why don't they count our proud Mongol-White people from Russia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Poland, Hungary, Iran, China, Turkie, etc. ?
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are both doing a good job of keeping racism alive (even though they claim to be against it).
Also, it's hard to see racism when you're white:
NoSir wrote:
I assume 95% of people would rather have dinner with the educated black man next door that drives a BMW than with the white trash guy across town that lives in a trailer.
Yeah but pose the question of who they'd rather have marry their daughter and trailer trash would win almost every time.
For OP... The Civil war was the beginning of the end for slavery. The end of physical bondage has nothing to do with racism, which is a mental condition holding back us humans.
If you think about it, a century and a half is a flash in the pan with regards to the time it will take to heal our minds. We are still in a VERY primitive stage where that is concerned.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--
I, too, am America.