snake321 wrote:
What do you make of this? Reverse racism? Why not just call it racism? I mean racism is racism, it's stupid any way one wishes to cut it, black on white, white on black, brown on white, brown on black, black and asian, or whatever. It's all stupid, it's dumb to think you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin. But here in England we live in a society that says only whites can be racist, and if someone of ethnicity is racist against us because of our skin color we're supposed to overlook it, because it's not racism if it's happening to a white person. Modern mainstream rap endorses this mentality. Things like BET, which are really just money making schemes for rich corporate white executives who exploit black culture for profit, and so many black people buy into it. What's more is they'll push this mentality like "oh, don't hate someone because theyr black, but if you wanna hate on someone for any number of other reasons that are equally as stupid go right ahead". And the slander whites, gays, atheists, anyone showing the slightest sign of being a rock fan, or anyone who thinks outside the box in general.... It's just stupid. I don't mind so much the more oldschool rap, or **some** underground rap, that stuff is alright.
I'm against racism in any form. I have plenty of black and brown friends, as well as white friends. I never look at someone's skin color, I judge people by how they conduct themselves.
But racism does go many ways, and yes, white people can be victims of it too. My mom is contantly dealing with being singled out at work because she works around only blacks. I've even heard of blacks dividing themselves by "light-skinned" and "dark-skinned". White people do this too, though we don't attach much racial pride to it because we don't really have a since of racial identity like other races. But you know, there are red necks, metal heads, preps, etc etc.... That's also another possibility why whites have no racial identity because we lack a unifying culture, though I think it would be stupid for us to try and make a racial identity for ourselves. It would just further divide things, and it's not like white people have a mountain to climb.
If anything blacks aren't the main victim of racism anymore ever since 9/11, now it's the arabs. But yeah, my point in this post is, why call it "reverse racism" when someone of ethnicity is being racist against whites? Why not just call it racism?
Also, I understand what my forefathers did to blacks, and it was wrong. I am ashamed that my ancestors took other human beings as slaves. But, blacks were enslaved by other blacks before white people even made any signifigant contact with them. They were sold off to white men by black slave owners in Africa. And to this day black people still enslave black people in Africa. As evil as it was what my ancestors did, and I am in no way justifying their evil deeds, had we not brought the blacks over they might still be bound into slavery, or dying of hunger and disease. Plus some white people helped the blacks to become free, the underground railroad could not have worked if white land owners didn't give them a place to lay low during the day time.
The way I say it is racism is stupid period, rather the victim is white, black, brown, asian, native american, or whatever. We're all human beings. There is no superior race, only superior individuals.
Well, there, its the same in England. I must admit though that I do hate people. I can't say that I'm all peace-and-love because quite frankly, I hate everyone. My hate has an equal oppurtunity policy. Here, if someobody DECIDES that red traffic lights or rainy days where you forgot your umbrella is racist, then it is and laws must be passed to prevent it. I kid you not.
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02 Oct 2006, 4:08 pm
