When in all actuality we all use "white," "dirty Mexican," and other slanderous words. Is the US just naive about not being racist?
2006-07-25 04:38:16 · 7 answers · asked by spiderfan2004 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
To clarify
In the US, we like to pretend that we are not all racists. However, when I go to a store to BUY something...I'm always closely watched. My landlord doesn't think I can afford my rent and always reminds me a week before the rent due...I have never been late. In these two cases, these persons have denied that they are racist. Make me question what they truly mean by that.
2006-07-25 04:57:42 · update #1
Racism goes way beyond the words that we use on each other or the misguided belief that we are solely entitled to land that we own because we murdered the people that lived here and took it. We are all guilty of it. Do you remember how it felt watching people die during the 9/11 attacks? How the whole country felt about the taking of 3000 innocent lives? It was often described as the worst act of terrorism in history. Now look at the Middle East. They are killing each other by the droves over there and we don't really care. It's just some Arabs to us. The genocide going on over in Darfur makes us yawn. Boring. Its something that we are all guilty of. People don't see the racism in things like bumper stickers that say God bless America like any god you believe in would look at the Earth and see political boundaries. It implies that we are the only ones that deserve it, or we don't care if anyone else gets it or not.
2006-07-25 05:10:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chris D 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i don't, i also know for a fact my children aren't dirty, i give them a bath everyday.
In that case it could be the way you dress, or they are racist, as for the rent i'm white & my landlord's alway sbreathing down my back even though I'm never late thats being money hungry, not racist. As for the store thing my husbands mexican but was adopted and has a "white" last name one time at a convinence store when he tried to use his credit card the clerk asked who he stole it from, i was there and got more angry than he did, he told me that if thats the way the guy feels he couldnt change it that God will take care of a racist,
2006-07-25 04:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by Wish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats true. Mexicans are unfortunately the new ok-to-hates of America. First it was the Natives, then the Irish, then the Jews, then the Polish, then the Chinese, then African-Americans. Now, its Hispanics.
2006-07-25 04:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blah, Blah, Blah. The Hispanic population has learned very well from the African American population. If you don't like the way things are going just scream racism. We want our borders and our culture protected. That's not racism. Get legal, learn English, assimilate or get the hell out of my country.
2006-07-25 04:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by Nuke Lefties 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b/c of racist organizations (NAACP and the like) trying to target individuals as racist to keep themselves busy. No reason to show the pride" except to avoid being targeted and potentially have your carreer and life ruined. P.S. "white" is not slander
2006-07-25 04:52:42 · answer #5 · answered by mm_mm_good80 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White isn't a racist term. It's a description, just like black. And speak for yourself when you say "we" all use terms like "dirty Mexican."
2006-07-25 04:53:01 · answer #6 · answered by KATYA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makes them feel better about themselves when they turn a blind eye to the racism and ignorance that happens all around them.
2006-07-25 04:41:40 · answer #7 · answered by Orochi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋