i think that racism still exists is because the idea of hate is still being passed
down from generation to generation.i think that hate is based on fear and ignorance.
it is so so so sad that people in these modern and very culturally advanced times
cant.
get beyond their own fear and ignorance about someone of a different race.
people can try to white wash it or totally deny it but racism is very real and
is very much alive and kicking in the world today.
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Looking4ever
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May 27 @ 12:40AM
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We are all racist to a degree. We make judgements on how a people looks, speaks, acts, writes, etc. every day...it depends on how we act upon our feelings that matter.
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shewolf53
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May 27 @ 12:52AM
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When I was at Pine Ridge back in 73 I learned a lot about racism. Everyone presumed I was white becase I look white and because I was there with my Lakota friends they were calling me an Indian Lover which is the most polite name they were calling me. When I told them they were only half right because my father was Lakota they then started calling me a half breed. So yes racism is passed down from generation to generation. From the beginning of time people have been suspicious of people who did not look or act like them. The only thing we can do is just try to forgive their stupidity because to respond in kind makes us no better than they are. I think all of us become uneasy when we are around people we do not understand, but not all of us act on that.
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ThePurpleProphet
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May 27 @ 2:02AM
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Sometimes it's not even ignorance or fear or lack of understanding, it's just stupidity. It's sad that the govenment has to make laws so things will be even.
give peace a chance
LL looks so young hear.
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1bunny629
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May 27 @ 2:17AM
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I know more black people that are racist than I know whites that are. I work somewhere that is mostly visited by blacks. I am very kind, gentle, and patient. I have found most to have an attitude, rude and boisterous with me and the others that work there. On top of that they don't tip. It is very discerning. I keep being the polite server I am, but have found that at the end of the night it isn't helping anyone but me. I have to keep trying to spread the love and joy of life, for I feel I have no other reason to be here as of now. I don't have to leave with a guilty conscience from thinking racist thoughts. I am happy for that. My question is, why do many blacks not tip?
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DarkKnightWalking
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May 27 @ 8:34AM
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I very much agree, Blu....with all the rapid advancements that have occurred in the past century, science, technology, medicine, etc etc etc...peace and acceptance sure have taken the slow train. 
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499BLU
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May 27 @ 9:38AM
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i just wanted to add that i feel that nomatter what the person's race is that it
is simply wrong to be that way.we are all in the same boat and we should
all try to get along and work together for the good of all.being a black man
from south georgia,i have 1st had experiance of being treated in a racist
manner.but i still hold to doctor king's dream that one day things will be
as they truly should be.but we have a very long way to go before we get
there.
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shewolf53
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May 27 @ 10:17AM
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It is not just a black and white thing. Up near the Indian Rez anywhere you will find that people do not like the Native Americans although we were here first. If you go to big cities you find people do not like the Asians or the people from Middle Eastwen decent even though these people may be second or third generation Americans. A lot of people here do not like people of hispanic decent even though many of them are not Mexicans but are from out west or from Puerto Rico serving in the military. This country was supposed to be a melting pot where it would not matter what race you were but yet we are less tolerant than a lot of countries in Europe where people came from to avoid persecution at the time. I would think that these days people would have a lot more to worry about than the color of someone's skin.
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slohand_47
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May 27 @ 11:07AM
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At the basic level, working side by side with a guy say, on construction, I have not experienced much racism. People figure it out.
The problem starts with young kids with attitude (B or W) who have never had to work with a guy & get to know him, or depend on him to watch your back.
Personally I feel the media keeps racism alive because all they report is negative news. You never see the good things that happen in the "news".
And, Jesse & Al Sharpton want racism alive and flourishing because if there were NO racism, they would be out of a job, and out of the spotlight.
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theSkwirl
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May 27 @ 11:11AM
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I even caught myself using a racist statement a few times.. it involved asian women in cars.. but still it was unforgivable and untrue.
Yes, it is learned behavior of fearful people who don't take the time to get to know the person behind the skin. Some people are afraid of anything that isn't exactly like them. Even white against white. Religion against religion, face against face. It's sad.. but it is a fact of reality.
I keep telling myself that there's only one race.. the human race.
Hey Ceddie.. wanna race?? You can win .. I promise cuz I'm slow.
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flavorbuster
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May 27 @ 11:16AM
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i think that racism still exists is because the idea of hate is still being passed
down from generation to generation. There you go, you just answered your own question. To be honest with you Blu, it would be helpful if we didn't have political figures constantly bringing it up all the time.
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Roustabout
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May 27 @ 11:43AM
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Racism across the board, in all its manifestations, is volatile and disturbingly fascinating. As stated, it does come from ignorance; and yet it's amazing at times to see the different ways in which ignorance is perpetuated.
I'm a white man living in the greater Kentuckiana/Louisville area. Racism in Louisville is pretty much an ongoing armchair-anthropology session for me to observe.
On one hand I dare not make any remark regarding race, positive OR negative, because locally there are groups simply waiting to not only pounce, but to twist my words in what strikes me as sheer effort to FIND something negative, whether it exists or not.
On the other hand among many blacks with whom I associate (I'll start saying African-American when they start saying Euro-Caucasion American; one amazing friend of mine told me "I've never been to Africa") it's perfectly acceptable for me to ask a question and be told "It's a black thing; you wouldn't understand."
One thing I learned years ago is there's no such thing as reverse-racism, there's only racism. You either have it or you don't, and I think as stated above, there are varying degrees of both possession and severity.
Blu, you said it: We're all in the same boat here.
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Ewe_Wish
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May 27 @ 12:23PM
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I keep telling myself that there's only one race.. the human race.
I have used that comment many times since I heard Squirrel say it the first time. It's really too bad more people don't look at it that way.
In my family, we have everyone from every culture. I was raised on a Reservation, married my first husband who was native, making my children part native, my granddaughter is half black, I have a nephew by marriage who is mexican, a great nephew by marriage who is asian. When someone screws up in our family they are just an asshole, race isn't brought into it.
But as Looking4ever said to some extent we are racist with how we judge people.
It would also help if our Govt. treated everyone equally maybe the rest of the country would follow suit. I worked many years as an EMT-Paramedic and the one thing I found, no matter what color the skin was, everyone bled the same color. JMHO
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theSkwirl
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May 27 @ 1:16PM
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Hmmm I saw someone bleed green before.. but they had some kinda poisoning goin on.. but Ewe are right.. we all have red blood.
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Detach
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May 27 @ 1:38PM
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racism still exists because it was a particular race that launched that attack against us on 9-11.
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Roustabout
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May 27 @ 4:58PM
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I keep telling myself that there's only one race.. the human race.
This makes me laugh because years ago I said the same thing in Leadership school in the military, albeit in a slightly different manner.
During the discussion of racism a woman from the base Social Actions office came to discuss perceptions of racism.
The really curious thing about that stage in my life was that at that stage I honestly did not have a racist bone in my body -- yet. I was young and idealistic, naive even. It was still a while before I LEARNED to see and experience racism in a meaningful way, which is sad.
Anyway...
This woman, for some reason, focused on me and I really had no idea what she was talking about when she asked "What do you see when you look at me?"
I was taken aback, had no idea at all. "Um... I don't know, you're about five-foot-four, you're a Master Sergeant..."
"No," she said, insistently, "What do you SEE?"
"Your hair is in a bun?" It's funny now, but I just a young, dumb kid with a good heart. I wasn't being a smart-ass, I was trying to tell her what I really saw.
Now she was getting angry. "What RACE am I, Sgt. Hodges?" she asked slowly and with much venom.
Oh. NOW I got it, and her attitude angered ME, struck me as narrow and stupid since I didn't give a tinker's damn about race.
"Oh." I said. "Human."
That witch actually tried to bring a case against me for "racially belittling" her. Fortunately every person there spoke against it and it was dropped.
It was my first real taste of racism and how that pendulum swings both ways. It was also, sadly, the birth of the first bone of ANY racism in my young, naive body, and it brought home more clearly to me than anything that children are NOT born racist, they have to learn it.
I vowed then and there to never teach my son racism, but to walk the tightrope of teaching him that as good as his own heart may be, there are those out there who will fight to corrupt his soul, too.
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