How Do You Feel About Racism?

I think that much of racism happens in countries where there is more than one race. It saddens me that my country was founded on racist ideals really, nothing is more racist in my mind than going to another country and killing off the natives there because they don't think and act like you do. But, in the end my own race is a mixture of the people that did the killing and the people that were killed and really, I'm just a person because that what everyone is. That is an interesting fact that you mentioned about China having 56 nations. I has always that that China was China all one nation like my own country. Lol, but you learn something new every day.

Hi!Sorry for the late reply.I didn't check my e-mail box pretty often previously.I'm trying to do it now. Well,yeah,China has 56 nations.The biggest one is Han Zu.And we make up the majority of the population.There are big ones like Zhuang Zu as well.I have never met anyone from other nations though.Hope I can get to know some one day.

I totally agree with you, I think also that many cultures trap themselves into the cycle of racial hatred. I fault my father for many racist remarks he made over the years and when I brought it up to him he pointed out to me that non of his remarks were in fact hateful, but that they were generalizations and that a generalization can be broken. In my city the biggest minority that receives racist comments are the black people, and my father pointed out to me that really these are a community that are generally good people, but they are stuck in a cycle of societal oppression. And anytime to oppress a group of people long enough they end up fighting back and that is where most of the crime is coming from. We need to change that, we need to show respect to the underdogs so that they are no longer oppressed and stuck in a cycle of oppression.

I think there is a wrong way and a right way to go about mentioning color. I used to have my daughter play with children of other races so that she would be comfortable about them. One thing I appreciate about the innocence of youth is that they are so matter of fact without letting hatred get in the way of their interactions. She would have so many friends she couldn't keep their names straight and would yell back at me before heading out the door "I'm going to go play with my brown friends today, Mommy!" It was so cute because they would all sit there on the front porch discussing the colors of their skin together with no judgment or hatred in their hearts. I think that grown ups can learn a valuable lesson from children about racism.

Yes, I agree, and I would also add religion if I may. I think that just because someone doesn't share the exact same beliefs as you does not make them any less of a person. I have a cousin that goes around telling everyone they are going to 'burn in h***' and that bothers me that he does that. He says he does it because he cares about the souls of others, but I think he is tearing down people's spirits in the way he goes about things.

I think that people tend to pass on these views to their children. My boyfriend's niece's daughter wanted a baby doll of a different color and her mom popped off a hateful racist remark about it. This child is 3 years old and all seem the same to her at this point in time, but being raised by a mother like that, the innocence will soon vanish. I think it's really a form of child abuse to raise your child to hate a person of a different color. I'm pleased that the United States has voted a black president into the office, my boyfriend thinks this is racist of me to think, but not me... I see it as progress who knows what race of person we will vote in next, we are no longer bound to choose old white men that want to dictate our lives for us. Now we can choose a person of any color that honestly wants to make a positive change in the world.

Hi dear, We need to understand the world around to have some peace of mind. The world is so miserable around with various repercussions. We need to choose and make right choices to make good for our life. Upon certain things we need to close our eyes and act like not seen. Even I am a victim of favouratism and partiality in many ways and experienced the bitterness from the very child hood. Even though it is not of pure racism, but some other kind of separation. So, this is an ongoing phenomenon throughout the world and we can observe the same everywhere. If we closely observe, the world wars and such many wars are happened as a result of the thinking of this racial thoughts and superiority trends only. Cast, colour, inferiority complex, etc have made a lots reasons for clash among the people in various countries. My Michael Jackson had to adopt a plastic surgery? He had the complex and wish to come up like a white person to become stabilize with others. So, such complex is there in the minds of each and every person. Only because of such differentiation, people are tempted to do anything as they have much choice for it. Only because of people are born in different race, it is not their mistake and we cannot blame anybody on this. Unless we think about the equality among the human beings, we cannot regain the peace and harmony within ourselves. Thank-s

It is bullying, isn't it! That is a great way to put it! Yes we should put all the racist people in a huge cage and let the hate crimes begin until the world is free of them. Teehee.

Sure the outside of a person often adapt to their environment, but the outside of a person is not a reflection of their soul.

Oh yes, that oh social discrimination is here too. Lol I have that in my family as well. My mom was disowned by her family for marrying my father who grew up poor. My mother's family was upper middle class. When she divorced my father they wanted to accept her back, but she wouldn't have any of it. My father's family started out poor, but they worked their way up the ranks to the income of upper middle class, but they are still considered a little lower on the chain. I'm dating a poor man... and my family has a huge problem with that because they tried to hard to build out of the poor lifestyle. But, in the end I love him and I don't think out thick his wallet is lined should have anything to do with that.

Yes, one thing I've noticed on mylot is that the younger generation of people from other countries think a lot more like I do than some of the older generations, we are the change the world needs... but I wonder how far that will go with the hateful racism still circulation in the world.

I think many of us have a few racist ideas ingrained into our heads that sometimes we don't realize. I know I have a few and I often catch myself... but I can understand to some extend racial grouping, what I despise is the racial hating. Like one day I was at the tax office in the deep city and this one guy's ringtone went off and it sounded like a cop car. Most of the people in the office were black and they all jumped at the sound. It was funny and even they laughed at themselves for it and told the guy you don't go in a group of black folks with a ringtone like that. Is that kind of racist, yes... but is it hateful, not really... we all could appreciate the humor in that since the police in our city do happen to be very racist and they had good reason to jump at the sound.

I'm not so sure it is a personality thing, I think it is a cycle thing. But, we all can 'be the change we want to see in the world.' and sure there will always be bad people in the world, but they are of all different colors. Lol, I have a sister that is a bad person, she is of the same racial background as me. But, we are two different people... and the world should recognize that.

I heard somewhere that it is thought that in 20 or so years all the children being born in my country will have no particular race because there is so much interracial marrying. Yes, there are many open minded people out there, but there are also so many stuck in the past. And you are right, you would think that our minds would have evolved past those archaic ideas of superiority based on skin color.