Racism..How do we end it? Can we end it?

ajedigecko

know1 wrote:

I think it's slowly taking care of itself. The races are becoming more and more mixed and the racial lines are getting so blurred that you really can't classify anyone anymore except mixed.

i would like to believe your statement. the only discourse i see is, that it has been brought to my attention that if an individual has "one drop" of african blood in their genetics then they are considered "black".

this "one drop" theory being brought to me by my "black" collegues.

ajedigecko

the final solution to ending racism will be to end jackassism.....and we all know that will never happen, since blanket statements are continually thrown down.
crap....just look at how much annimosity there is among the people on this website and how many blanket statements are spewed around here. funny!

OffHeGoes29

Oh heres another one.....


When people realize that the White American Male isn't the only one thats racist. I've seen Europeans be just as bad as Americans, they don't show it as much as we do.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

is this guy african-american? http://i1.tinypic.com/8eg2ago.jpg

it can't be a term for race, considering most african descendants arent American. many africans arent even black! the terminology is all screwed up. I find all the "insert race here - american" shit to be uninclusive. its all american to me.

sadly, though, racism is still alive and well. i went home over halloween and the election, and had to deal the a few black assholes being racist, and several white racists at my favorite bar were pissed off and spewing ignorant bullshit that Obama won. it was really pretty sickening. I just have to realize that most people arent like that, even in New Orleans and Mississippi.

Collin

OffHeGoes29 wrote:

Oh heres another one.....


When people realize that the White American Male isn't the only one thats racist. I've seen Europeans be just as bad as Americans, they don't show it as much as we do.

I think most people realize that, I don't see how it would end racism, though.

Want to end it? Mix it, baby

lalalalaaaaaaaa

Ending racism is not that complicated. We just can't take part in it, or make light of it when anyone else does. Most people don't have trouble doing the first thing, but not the second. Many people don't consider themselves racist, yet they'll laugh at racist jokes, or show no protest when someone tells one.

sponger

"When will racism end? When people stop talking about it." - Morgan Freeman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO214IFRW1M

fuggen badash...

Cuntified C

We can't end it completely. We can go some way towards making sure that it isn't as much of a problem for the next generation to come than it is for this one. We can educate, expose racist attitudes and try to dispel any ignorances towards other races through integration. We also need to keep a tab on institutionalised racism and where is can breed, such as the legal profession where more black people are put on death row, and in the police force and maybe in Government as well...

MrBrian

sponger wrote:

"When will racism end? When people stop talking about it." - Morgan Freeman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO214IFRW1M

fuggen badash...

I dont understand when people say that, 'stop talking about it'..It's like taking trash and sweeping it under a rug. Is that really cleaning?

MrBrian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-iRLmaZf4A

Interesting Video,

sponger

MrBrian wrote:

I dont understand when people say that, 'stop talking about it'..It's like taking trash and sweeping it under a rug. Is that really cleaning?

What he's saying is that racism would never gain any momentum were it not for its perpetuation through linguistic communication, and that something like black history month only serves to further create the belief that blacks need distinction from whites.

angelica

sponger wrote:

What he's saying is that racism would never gain any momentum were it not for its perpetuation through linguistic communication, and that something like black history month only serves to further create the belief that blacks need distinction from whites.

Do you have any evidence that this is what he's saying? Or is this your impression of what he means?

edit: I was at work when I wrote this and hadn't watched the video....looks like it's evidence enough. My apologies.


It doesn't sound like a solution to me, however. It would be great if others were able to move past their issues, and yet obviously people aren't yet there.

MrBrian

By Matthew Bigg REUTERS

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Barack Obama's election as U.S. president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups said on Monday.


Hundreds of incidents of abuse or intimidation apparently motivated by racial hatred have been reported since the November 4 election, though most have not involved violence, said the Southern Poverty Law Center.


White supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Council of Conservative Citizens have seen a flood of interest from possible new members since the landmark election of the first black president in U.S. history.


Far right groups are also capitalizing on rising unemployment in the economic downturn and a demographic shift that could make whites a minority by mid-century, the Southern Poverty Law Center said.


"We have seen a fairly dramatic backlash over the last three or four weeks, since the final weeks of the campaign," said Mark Potok of the Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama which monitors far right groups.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081124/us/usreport_us_usa_obama_hatecrimes

pateljam

MrBrian wrote:

By Matthew Bigg REUTERS

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Barack Obama's election as U.S. president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups said on Monday.


Hundreds of incidents of abuse or intimidation apparently motivated by racial hatred have been reported since the November 4 election, though most have not involved violence, said the Southern Poverty Law Center.


White supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Council of Conservative Citizens have seen a flood of interest from possible new members since the landmark election of the first black president in U.S. history.


Far right groups are also capitalizing on rising unemployment in the economic downturn and a demographic shift that could make whites a minority by mid-century, the Southern Poverty Law Center said.


"We have seen a fairly dramatic backlash over the last three or four weeks, since the final weeks of the campaign," said Mark Potok of the Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama which monitors far right groups.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081124/us/usreport_us_usa_obama_hatecrimes

I think the election proves that racism is alive and well in the country! Why would I say such a thing? Well Obama won the popular vote by 7%... Think about it only 7%...
He should have at at least a 20-30 point lead in the popular vote over McCain...

VINNY GOOMBA

I know how to make it spin wildly out of control, waste billions of dollars in taxpayer money, and allow it thrive at an all time high! Let's declare war on it!

THE WAR ON RACISM!!!