how do you explain racism and sexism?
@tomford (135)
Richmond, Virginia
June 28, 2016 1:23am CST
it seems anytime someone is offended by something there is a uproar over why something is or isn't offensive. people act like we just hit a reset button and all racism and sexist attitudes were erased from hearts and minds. Two good examples of this are the X-men apocalypse choke posters and the red cross not cool poster. People were offended by both and thus they complained next you have the anti offense brigade telling everyone "you are pc" "you are thin skinned" i cant tell someone what not to be offended by but for those decrying political correctness try to remember the history of violence against women in the world in the past and present and have understanding. try to remember the history of degradation against blacks in the world and the united states. japan has a racist word for black people and no one black really lives there
Remember the racist black caricatures on food item and products on store shelves for decades, there was a restaurant named Sambo, dark toothpaste, al jolson the jazz singer, birth of a nation, racism in Disney cartoons, racism in bugs bunny cartoons, tom and jerry cartoons. miscegenation laws where marrying a black or indian got you arrested. segregation in transportation, hospitals, restaurants, stores, schools.
so the next time someone gets offended by something...before you jump on a soapbox and scream PC try to remember the history of the states and the world
Awww forget it Obama got elected so racism is gone right?
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@essennyo (156)
• Abingdon, Illinois
13 Jul 16
True exactly. What a lot of people don't realize is that during the time of Civil Rights, most white people were against it. As soon as desegregation happened, those people didn't just up and disappear. They grew older and taught the same racist and sexist rhetoric to their kids, who taught it to their kids, through the words they said, their actions, etc. And the effects of previous racist actions such as Jim Crow, the disenfranchisement of colored people, etc are still affecting people today. Like racism and sexism aren't black and white, nor do they have a beginning and a end.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
28 Jun 16
It's a sticky subject. On one hand, as you say, there has definitely been blatant racism in the past and very few thought anything about it. I remember some of those things you mentioned, even a popular children's book called "Little Black Sambo." You know what, though... we had no hard feelings toward blacks. We didn't make the jump from the little black boy in the book to the black man who drove the taxi cab.
There is racism now, and it's more dangerous than ever, but let's be honest. Racism isn't owned by the white race. There is racism against whites on a level that it was in some parts of the country against blacks a few years ago.
Racism is alive and well, but it might be wearing a different face now.
