People really believe we are not a racist nation
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Mihi cura futuri.
The elements they speak to me.
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so cute they are
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http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
Similar to my thougts, this article only reflects the opions of that guy not the nation and I doubt he was elected to congress based on that platform.
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
The cashier said, "That's an all-american family." I don't know about anybody else, but I think that pretty much amounts to racism. It's not overt racism. She wasn't saying, "They are a credit to the fatherland." But, I think it's obvious to see that her vision of "America" was not the "melting pot" version.
I wouldn't be surprised if most white americans feel the same way. Maybe they don't hate people of non-white descent, but they probably deep down see them as almost like invaders or guests.
And, again, that's still racism. It's still whites vs. the non-whites, but on a more passive level. I would hate to have to work for someone like that -someone who thinks I'm not as american as the white guy. It would mean having to work that much harder than the white guy just to prove that I belong here. That's the racism that still exists in this country.
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
I work in custom media and stereotypically, blonde hair and blue eyes are considered "All-American". We shy away from putting too many people who fit that stereotype in our publications because we, as a publishing firm, need to show diversity, since they are sent to customers across the country. It's not racism, it's a stereotype.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Glen Beck still has a job
So do you....I think...
What's your point?
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Exactly, a lot of people don't even know what the word means.
"Hey, if God didn’t want me to wear it so much, he wouldn’t have made them rock so hard."
No doubt there are many people like him. That doesn't necessarily make America a racist country. There are some intolerants, yes, but a few arseholes here and there doesn't mean that something's full of shit, does it?
He went into peoples homes and asked a US Congressman, considering he was a Muslim - how could he be trusted....
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You should get outside more often!
Are the people who are seeing racism everywhere projecting? Just wondering.
I'm tired of people calling everyone racist. It's just stupid and accomplishes nothing.
But it's cool to sit back in your leather chair at your thousand dollar computer and write about the evils of the USA. What's cooler than that?
Being realistic instead of so theatrical would go a long way.
Again......so?
What does that have to do with America being a racist nation? Do you often see one person do something and then project it onto millions of people? Perhaps you are the problem that you are calling out...
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Totally agree. I'd love to see somebody answer my questions in a previous post in this thread about what makes a "nation" racist. I understand individuals being racist. I still don't get nations being racist, unless they have laws denying rights to people based on race, and I'm not aware of those existing here (outside of some poorly crafted affirmative action programs).
we play political games by killing 600,000 Iraqis. We as a nation comfortably overlook that. If we killed 600,000 people that looked and acted like us - for example in England - the outrage would be massive..
That is a racist nation.
You have to be kidding. You been drinking the Che Kool-aid again?
not kidding at all..
The dead Iraqis are not even a consideration in our decision making. In fact, it seems we look at that as a bright side of this adventure.
A stereotype based on race is racism.
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
2 things:
- who is "we"? Did US servicemen actually kill 600,000 Iraqis?
- we killed them because they're brown? I thought you guys always said the war was about oil.
His point is that if the oil belonged to white people, we wouldn't be so inclined to murder 600,000 of them for it.
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
Luckily we haven't murdered 600,000 Iraqis either. And the other premise is entirely hypothetical, I suppose. So I'll just say I disagree with the premise, and we've now acheived stalemate.
It isn't like we haven't gone to battle against predominantly caucasian nations in our history. In fact, one of our nation's most important wars was against white people who spoke English.
That is true... We fought them for the right to make our own decisions and run our country as we see fit. We did not invade them because we incorrectly assumed they were doing something wrong.. followed by proclaiming it illegal to be unhappy with our invasion and proceed to label offenders insurgents and kill them for the next 4 years... then gather and decide to continue to do so for "a long time". In addition, after a month or so of massive bombing - left the country incapable of providing security and us unwilling to provide security - leaving a criminal element the freedom to organize and thrive resulting in horrible deaths and leaving the entire nation in a state of fear and great danger.
That sums up what we have done for Iraq so far.
Well, since I'm not a supporter of the Iraq war or Bush, I won't be arguing against the points in this post. I happen to agree with most of it. I just disagree with the racist notion.
If we did this to a white English speaking nation the citizens would bring down the government.
Probably less because of empathy and more because they'd fear what may be next and if it may happen to them.
American citizens have nothing to fear personally from an incoherent violent slaughter of Muslims.. so they just change the channel.
If England had oil and was governed by a ruthless dictatorship which acted as a suppressor of a genocidal civil war, then who knows how eager or hesitant the US would be to commandeer its oil.
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
I think you are way off.
First the war is about oil.
Then the war is about killing 'brown people' (why do self-appointed enlightened ones always use this term?)
Then the war is about killing muslims (which is a religion, not a color)
If you think America or most Americans that are for the war are for it because we are killing 'brown people', then I seriously think you need to find a self-hate support group.