Racism - What is it?
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
United States
4 responses
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
4 Aug 07
Racism is about the white people objecting to multi-culturalism.
White Europeans, Americans and Australians were forced to open their borders to integrate people from around the world... under the pretext that it was the duty of affluent white people to save the rest of the world from poverty.
Most white people don't have a problem with the color of your skin. They have a problem with your culture. They want to preserve the white culture and strongly object when immigrants comes in their country at their invitation... and those immigrants start objecting to our white culture.
White people wants immigrants to integrate rather than bring their own culture with them and try to force it on white people. Muslims are by far one of the biggest offenders in doing this... through their religion, their believes and the way they dress.
By refusing to integrate... they are actually insulting their host country. Those who cry "racism" are actually the ones directly responsible for that racism.
Just think about it. If you invited a friend to spend a month at your place... and he decided to re-paint your living room purple because that is the colour of his living room at home... would you go along with it?
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
9 Aug 07
Racism is not limited to one people.
I fully agree with you. But that is where the hypocrisy is.
When someone scream "racism"... it is always about a white person. You will never see in the news... or even on forums like myLot... someone accusing another race of racism. Blacks and Arabs are just as racists as Whites. But no-one accuse them of racism. After all... the terrorism that we are experiencing is no more than racism towards white people.
It seem that everyone associate racism with colour... and they don't regard "white" as a colour... which give them the right to be racist towards white without being called "racists".
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
9 Aug 07
Very interesting post. Though I find it strange that you single out whites. Do blacks, Asians, and latinos not attempt to preserve their respective cultures as well? Racism is not limited to one people.
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
9 Aug 07
And actually, I've been raised in the same culture as many whites who openly admitted that they had a problem with my skin. Visual differences affect people just as much as cultural. The choice to integrate is for the person with the different culture to decide. Else, it's called forced conformity. Quite honestly, I cannot fathom why anyone would want to behave, dress, and believe the same as their neighbor. Different cultures are a fact of life, and I believe they should be embraced.
@LadyDulce (830)
• United States
4 Aug 07
You've been watching way too much Law & Order. Racism I have a problem with, but as far as prejudice, I don't really care. Y'all have a right to your own way of life, but your right to freedom stops at the other guy's nose. Once it starts affecting other people, that's when I have a problem with it.
Blessed Be
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
9 Aug 07
By "prejudiced" she means people who have preconceived ideas about people. Everyone is prejudiced, or biased as a less offensive term, to some degree - as humans, we're programmed to understand and in some cases prefer what we know to that which we don't. So while you should work on it, it's perfectly natural to have slight pre-judgmental ideas.
@Jlowe110 (313)
• United States
20 Aug 07
I think racism is very bad. Even though I don't know many racists... or any at all, we still think its funny to make racist jokes. EVen some of the other races love to hear those jokes, you'd be suprised. But I think its also offensive, and you have to be careful what you say and do. But yes, I frown upon racism.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
31 Jul 07
Hi. Racism is a belief or doctrine that differences in physical appearance between people (such as those upon which the concept of race is based) determine cultural or individual achievement, and usually involve the idea that one's own 'race' is superior then that of another.
Check the link:
http://www.gnb.ca/hrc-cdp/e/sayno.htm
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Hi thanks for your reply and the link. You're very correct on paper, but I guess what I'd like to know is what do you feel is the basis for such beliefs/doctrines? Where do you personally think they stem from?
