Has the race card lost it's meaning for you?

Question

The race card is so misused that few people even pay attention to it anymore.

Does the race card mean anything to you anymore?

Answer 1

It is the lowest card in the deck now. No one wants it or hear about it.

Answer 2

We just had an election in St. Louis, and a black candidate actually called her opponent " A known Caucasian." Hows that for a race card? She wanted everyone to know her opponent was white. Politics in St. Louis is a great viewer sport. A couple years ago a reporter stopped an alderman after an aldermanic session to ask him a question, he actually said he didn't have time now, he just took a Viagra and had a date, on camera. This was a week after an alderwoman urinated in a waste can in the aldermanic chambers during session and while the t.v. cameras were rolling. Oh how I love St. Louis politics. Oh, by the way they are all African Americans. Can white people get by with that kind of stuff? I think not.

Answer 3

Only in rare situations, anymore. It is frequently misused, to the everlasting detriment of those who actually are discriminated against on the basis of race. Moreover, the issue is raised again and again, too often inappropriately, in courts of law. I'm afraid, if enough people get too cynical because of such misuse, we'll wind up losing any ground we have gained as a society in this very important arena.

Answer 4

The race card is misused by demagogues like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton on a daily basis, and lots of people pay attention to them, so much so that they have even put their names in for the Presidency of the United States. Neither one is qualified.

That said, I strongly dislike "racism", no matter who practices it. People have a right to be judged on the basis of their individual merits and accomplishments, regardless of their race.

Answer 5

They keep playing it like it means something, you hear an awful lot of 'white people...'something-something-something, but frankly it's a line you use when you're trying to get special exception/exemption for something. I think it's high lunacy to assume that it's going to result in anything except hardening people's 'hearts and minds' against illegal immigration even more, america's already been through a lot of that and we've taken great pains to ensure that people get all kinds of special consideration, but at the end of the day, it's the talent that gets hired, not the skin color. You've got whites out there throwing that garbage around, too, and it's kind of shameful and idiotic, kind of shows you how dumb some people are, I guess....

Answer 6

This word is so over-used it has desensitized me to a degree. I know what real racism means and the illegals use it because they don't have a valid argument. I ignore it when it comes from them and their supporters. I think the illegals/supporters try very hard to make whites and other people who want them out of this country feel guilty and that's the only way they know how. Just pull out the brown card. That crap doesn't work with me.

Answer 7

I am so sick of people playing the race card.

I am asian, and whenever someone treats me badly or gives me sh*t, I am never like, "Is it cuz im asian?."

People need to abolish that mentality that people like Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson put into the minds of many black americans.

I was watching a court trial on A&E last night, and it was a black woman charging a black man because he had killer her brother. Rev. Sharpton came with his bus load of protesters to protested that it was RACISM and it was a hate crime to prosecute this black man because he was black, but the accuser was ALSO black.

Anyways, playing the race card is being like the boy who cried wolf...way too many times, people are so sick of it, they wanna butcher the wolf. But in reality, they just ignore the wolf like Al Sharpton and J. Jackson.

I generally think that it is only people of low intelligence or poorly educated people who do not know how to take any criticism at all. And as a defensive strategy in order to avoid any "thinking" automatically input race into the equation and blurt out, "You 'effin' racist!."
For example, if a man is pulled over for driving eratically, and he happens to be native indian, and the cop is white, a lot of people, including the man who gets pulled over, will think it is a racially charged action.

Anywho, there is real racism in the world. But it is blinded by stupid issues of political correctness. People need to suck it up and take criticism if not their minds may never develop.

So therefore, minorities are learning to use the race card in their advantage, which leads to things like "Hate Crimes."....so the next time you plan to call somebody a name or hit them, make sure they are the same color as you!

Answer 8

One of the first slurs directed my way was the "race" card, at first i was shocked, then angry, then I accepted the fact that the criminals and the supporters of criminals only have one card in their hand to play, and they whip it out like an old time gunfighter in the westerns any chance they get.
I have been called many things, "Racist is one of the milder labels.
It doesnt mean much any more.

Answer 9

lol .. it never did mean anything to me in the first place .. but heck man, what do you expect the poor pro illegals to come out with? Because it's mainly waved by the pro illegal lobby ... They don't have any verifiable arguments to prove that law breaking on a massive scale is somehow good for the U.S. ... so out comes the race card .. might work with some people who are desperately trying to be politically correct ... won't work with me, or anyone else who knows what's going on ... :)

Answer 10

It never had any meaning to me to begin with. I try not to judge people according to their skin color. I also don't believe that anyone born after 1964 has a "race card" to play. As Americans, we all have the same rights and opportunities. If you cut somebody's head off - whether you are black, blue, white or yellow, you should be punished according to the law.

Answer 11

If you think the race card has lost its affect, then I guess what you are saying is it is OK to bash minorities.....Saying that there is no more racism, and people are just misusing the race issue is wrong.....

Of course there is racism and of course people more get accused of being racist.....Is there more or less racism in the world? I would say we are just aware of it more, since all this technology of communications has exploded....