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06-25-2005, 12:20 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Racism
Have to vent.
My girlfiend just told me that her neighbor said to "Go die ****ing Jap".
Right now she's mad at the neighbor. The worst part is that no one can do anything about it.
I hate to see people judged solely on race.- Matt
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06-25-2005, 12:25 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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I hate racism too especially with my older generation calling mexicans "*** *****" and black people "******s", it really ticks me off when they say these things. I feel sorry for your girlfriend and you should slug the guy in the face. My guess is your girlfriend encountered a mid 50s - 70s years old man where racist was booming in his time.
racism really pisses me off!Last edited by Kerry Jones; 06-25-2005 at 12:31 AM.
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06-25-2005, 12:31 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Kerry Jones
I feel sorry for your girlfriend and you should slug the guy in the face.
My girlfriend's only a quarter Japanese by ancestry. I shouldn't get into the details, but she feels really bad now.- Matt
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06-25-2005, 12:33 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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wow, I wouldn't of expected a woman would of said that to her.
well, its obvious the woman is a bitch and needs to be taught a lesson. Its unfornate the law doesn't walk in that way, but if I was a judge the would would be wearing a sign walking down the side of a highway carrying a sign that reads "i'm a racist".
see the thing with me is I could have a grudge against the japanese since one of my relatives was captured by them and put on a boat with the japanese flag raised and sunk by the americans, but it would be foolish because its in the past and some people like this woman can't help but live in the past where she probably felt like she was superior to others.Kerry Jones
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06-25-2005, 12:34 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Well I hope you girlfriend retaliated and dropped some knowledge on the neighbor, otherwise, that person will just keep doing it. Most of the time people will be racist because they think that person won't do or say anything back. If it really bothers you, report it to the police as a threat.
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06-25-2005, 12:36 AM #6Disabled
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That could be interpreted as a threat, sue.
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06-25-2005, 12:42 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Just remember (and tell your girlfriend to remember) that racism isn't based on hate or malice, but on ignorance.
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06-25-2005, 12:50 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by mikeylove
That could be interpreted as a threat, sue.- Matt
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Originally posted by SniperDevil
Just remember that racism isn't based on hate or malice, but on ignorance.
(And all the rest)Haven't been on WHT for 6 years!
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That is blatant racism, a serious problem, and never welcome. I know some older people who are racist, and any time they say anything hinting on racism with me... I don't take it too well. I would punch that guy in the balls if he said that crap in-front of me to my girlfriend . I know that's not exactly what happened, I'd go "talk" to him.
I can't say I'm an angel myself, I know some people think I'm racist due to my views. The truth is, unless you are Gandhi or Christ, there is a bias towards some group of people. Look at all the people saying: Oh, well jee, Michael Jackson didn't have a "real" Jury of his peers because they were all white! The Michael Jackson case is an exception, but if a lawyer mentioned that to a judge, the judge would take that as 100% racism.
SniperDevil, I can't say I agree with the first part of your statement.
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06-25-2005, 01:28 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Lev
The truth is, unless you are Gandhi or Christ, there is a bias towards some group of people.
Originally posted by Lev
SniperDevil, I can't say I agree with the first part of your statement.
With which "part" do you disagree?
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06-25-2005, 01:34 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by SniperDevil
Was there not a bias against Christ?
Originally posted by SniperDevil
Were there two parts to my statement? With which "part" do you disagree?
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Originally posted by Lev
When did I mention that? I said Christ had no bias towards people.
Originally posted by Lev
Well, yes, the sentance before the comma, and after, two clauses . I disagree with "that racism isn't based on hate or malice." It's based on hate and sometimes ignorance.
A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
I don't see how racism is based on hate, because every racist I've ever known or heard of knew nothing about the race against which he spoke so vehemently. I urge you to read To Kill a Mockingbird; while it doesn't address 21st century issues, it is a timeless classic that addresses the surface of profound racial tensions in a Southern town.
BTW, the last few words after the comma is a phrase.
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06-25-2005, 02:03 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by SniperDevil
There aren't two clauses in what I said.
I don't see how racism is based on hate, because every racist I've ever known or heard of knew nothing about the race against which he spoke so vehemently. I urge you to read To Kill a Mockingbird; while it doesn't address 21st century issues, it is a timeless classic that addresses the surface of profound racial tensions in a Southern town.
BTW, the last few words after the comma is a phrase.
I have read To Kill A Mockingbird four times so far, I don't plan on re-reading it any time soon. First time, totally hated it, I was like seven at the time, and it seemed pointless (plus I lived in a country where there aren't a lot of races that really stand out). After I grew older, I understood it a lot better.
My older relatives can be quite racist at times, and display it, as I mentioned before. There is nothing they need to know to make their statements. They don't like the race, because they just don't... It's a lot like believing in stereotypes...
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Originally posted by Lev
I stand corrected about the clause, been a long time since I learned that... way back in 3-5th grade Russian-English .
Originally posted by Lev
I have read To Kill A Mockingbird four times so far, I don't plan on re-reading it any time soon. First time, totally hated it, I was like seven at the time, and it seemed pointless (plus I lived in a country where there aren't a lot of races that really stand out). After I grew older, I understood it a lot better.
Originally posted by Lev
My older relatives can be quite racist at times, and display it, as I mentioned before. There is nothing they need to know to make their statements. They don't like the race, because they just don't... It's a lot like believing in stereotypes...
I quite honestly used to be afraid of black people when I would see them on the street. I thought each one of them was a criminal, and their appearances frightened me. This wasn't based on hate. I didn't hate them; I feared them, because I knew nothing about them but the stereotypes which had been passed along to me by the various mediums and perceptions which persuade us wrongly so often. When I really started to understand and be familiar with them, I realized that they were absolutely no different from white people, and that it is not their race that is inherently bad. Their higher criminal rate, on the whole, is simply due to the fact that more of them than white people live in lower-income housing and have more broken homes, for whatever reason. There is absolutely no inherent weakness about black people, and I have grown to respect and admire each one as an individual. Please don't tell me that I was a "bigoted cracker" at age seven, because I truly felt the way I described above, and it was simply due to a lack of knowledge -- ignorance -- about them.
If someone stuck Edgar Ray Killen in the home of a low-income African-American family, I'm positive that he would go as or more socially and morally astray as any of them.
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06-25-2005, 02:31 AM #16Disabled
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True, Paul. But we'd lose.
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That's horrible. Racism sucks. All human beings should know better than to treat someone badly because they have a different color skin, or a different weight, or a different height, or brown eyes, etc.
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Everyone has a little bit of racism in them, it is natural. Just as everyone is a bit sexist. It'll never go away but should always be controlled.
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Your girlfriend's correct response is "**** you, too!" The world is full of creeps. You're lucky just to get them to curb their excesses. You'll drive yourself crazy if you imagine you should take up the futile project of trying to reform them.
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the worst part in world , that is why i hate the british people who think they are very fair.
black or white ( all are human beings)
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Originally posted by spechackers
the worst part in world , that is why i hate the british people who think they are very fair.
black or white ( all are human beings)
What is this supposed to mean?
You think that black and white are all human beings but you hate the British?
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Where is the Love by Black Eyed Peas is a good song that talks about it.
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And if you hatin you're bound to get irate
Yeah madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
You gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love y'all
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There is alot of racists out there.
And there pretty sad
For them they should remember one thing
"We all bleed to red"
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Originally posted by Rob83
It's sad world we live in when we, Humans, the most intelligent people on this planet hate others for their color or their beliefs.
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Nothing solves racism like pointing out they're on their third wife, work at k-mart, or have nascar parties. No offense to any of you if you fall into this category, but pointing out problems in the racist's life is usually my preferred tactic.