Miss America is of Indian descent-Twitter erupts in racism

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Kat wrote:

And if aliens from outer space attack, we'll all be from planet Earth.
If they don't attack, we'll still be from planet Earth.

that's exactly how I identify myself. Human/Earthling.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

grooveme wrote:

Then there are the idiots who call an Indian Hindu an Arab or Muslim. I guess bigotry is associated with low intelligence after all.

what sort of bothered me about the indian people who were offended, saying "I'm not ARAB!" I'm Indian!", should have probably inserted "not that it matters what ethnicity I am". By saying ONLY that, they are almost legitimizing a complaint that it would be ok to be upset if she were to be Arabic.

maybe I'm digging a bit much into it, but it sort of rubbed me the wrong way.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

F Me In The Brain wrote:

In America the large percentage of us are mutts. We would be better off if we just learned to accept 'American' as a term to mean that you are a citizen of America.

same in Canada. and that's exactly it. when I hear racists say "go back to where you came from!", I tell them the Native Americans that live here could tell them/us the same damn thing.

we're all from Earth.

PJ_Soul

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kat wrote:

And if aliens from outer space attack, we'll all be from planet Earth.
If they don't attack, we'll still be from planet Earth.

that's exactly how I identify myself. Human/Earthling.

Most people do find their cultural heritage important though.... It has meaning to people. I don't think the solution is to ignore people's differences and pretend we're all the same. The solution is to take pride in what makes us different or allows us to related to an ethnic/cultural history shared with others, and for all of us to embrace the differences between those groups.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kat wrote:

And if aliens from outer space attack, we'll all be from planet Earth.
If they don't attack, we'll still be from planet Earth.

that's exactly how I identify myself. Human/Earthling.

This makes perfect sense and in the bigger picture... it is most accurate. But I do not begrudge those that seek to preserve their ethnicity/culture in some capacity. I'm okay with First Nations people doing things that promote their heritage just as I am okay with the local Italians running cultural events in their hall.

Being proud of one's ethnicity is fine- condemning another for theirs is the problem.

PJ_Soul

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

In America the large percentage of us are mutts. We would be better off if we just learned to accept 'American' as a term to mean that you are a citizen of America.

same in Canada. and that's exactly it. when I hear racists say "go back to where you came from!", I tell them the Native Americans that live here could tell them/us the same damn thing.

we're all from Earth.

And yeah, we're all human, so we all have differences between cultures (some profound), but have a lot in common as well. Yay.
(I'll also add that just because something is a part of a culture it doesn't mean it's good.... just in case anyone was misreading what I said as suggesting that we should accept differences or things within our own cultures no matter what they are.... sometimes certain cultural practices or values are shit and we shouldn't embrace them at all.... not meaning that we reject the people. Just the specific shitty thing).

Hugh Freaking Dillon

PJ_Soul wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kat wrote:

And if aliens from outer space attack, we'll all be from planet Earth.
If they don't attack, we'll still be from planet Earth.

that's exactly how I identify myself. Human/Earthling.

Most people do find their cultural heritage important though.... It has meaning to people. I don't think the solution is to ignore people's differences and pretend we're all the same. The solution is to take pride in what makes us different or allows us to related to an ethnic/cultural history shared with others, and for all of us to embrace the differences between those groups.

I agree. we're not all the same, but I was just saying that I'm proud to be a Canadian in that so many different cultures make up being a Canadian, so to me, that's the same as just identifying as a human. that's all.

PJ_Soul

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

that's exactly how I identify myself. Human/Earthling.

Most people do find their cultural heritage important though.... It has meaning to people. I don't think the solution is to ignore people's differences and pretend we're all the same. The solution is to take pride in what makes us different or allows us to related to an ethnic/cultural history shared with others, and for all of us to embrace the differences between those groups.

I agree. we're not all the same, but I was just saying that I'm proud to be a Canadian in that so many different cultures make up being a Canadian, so to me, that's the same as just identifying as a human. that's all.

Fair enough - we can all identify as anything we want! I personally strongly identify as Canadian (that I'm also human is something I guess I just take for granted).

even flow - question mark

My favourite comment was: 911 was just four days ago. Missed by a decade and some there buddy.

g under p

I think she's very pretty, even though its been taken down one of the early tweets called her a sand-nword. :nono:

Peace

cutz

g under p wrote:

I think she's very pretty, even though its been taken down one of the early tweets called her a sand-nword. :nono:

Peace

That(pretty), and she's studying to be a Doctor. I guess these same idiots won't want her to treat them if they need medical help?

grooveme

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

grooveme wrote:

Then there are the idiots who call an Indian Hindu an Arab or Muslim. I guess bigotry is associated with low intelligence after all.

what sort of bothered me about the indian people who were offended, saying "I'm not ARAB!" I'm Indian!", should have probably inserted "not that it matters what ethnicity I am". By saying ONLY that, they are almost legitimizing a complaint that it would be ok to be upset if she were to be Arabic.

maybe I'm digging a bit much into it, but it sort of rubbed me the wrong way.

Personally, I'm just pointing out the ignorance. But a lot of Indian Hindus probably do have some issues with being called Muslim because of their own dislike (they are also victims or Islamic terrorists) and their desire not to be targeted by anti-Islamic violence perpetrated by some idiots here.