Racism and Discrimination?

Question

I have asked some questions about racism/discrimination and read some questions about racism/discrimination. Almost every time, someone will answer, "Quit whining about it!" I want to ask, what is wrong with "whining" about racism? Many people are still hurt by some form of discrimination everywhere. Should everybody just shut up about discrimination and accept the abuse? What is wrong about just having a simple discussion about it? I guess it can be annoying after a while, but if we didn't discuss it, then is it possible that we may just start slipping. It just pisses me off when people say that, because I don't see how talking about this subject or even complaining about this subject would be upsetting to some people. To me, it seems like these types of answers are just ignorant. Anyway, what do you think about this?
Please, no rude comments.

symanlegrix: did you read my question wrong? I never said anything about affirmative action.

diyta: I understand. I'm biracial and have been denied jobs because of this.

Ignore the above statement. It sumbited it before I could even finsh. Anyway, I have been denied jobs before because of the color of skin. But what happen to you is just another form of discrimantion.

t00wicked: unfortunately, I do know people like that. However, I feel that people should at least analyze the situation more, before they go and jump to certain conclusions. Just because a few black people abuses this comment, doesn't mean every black person does. But thanks for your answer; you brought a little light to the subject.

David S: I have no problem if someone has pride for their race, I have problem when people use their pride to put down other people. I have heard of those girls before and feel sorry for them since people are obviously manipulating them. As for the record, I never made any mention of race. This question implies to "ANYONE" who has ever been discriminated against. Yes, even a white person like you. But then again, I suppose you reap what you sow.

Answer 1

racism certainly exists, but is more invisible today than it has been in the past. when people talk about it, it might seem like whining to some people who dont feel it, but its all there. im sure this arises from everyone trying to be politically correct. its not enough to just be correct, or watch your mouth around the right people, you have to realize how to not be bigoted. but people just dont change.

Answer 2

well you seem to be an open minded person.. so here is what i think... racism and discrimination are not a part of who i am. weather it is right or wrong is really not for me to say. it is just a another part of life. yes people complain about it and yes it does become annoying at times because a lot of the times there is people taking advantage of facts. tell me something... have you ever felt like there are some or 1 black person that has abused the fact that they are black... at work there are LAZY black people, but no one can tell them anything because right away they cry that it's because of their race that they are being picked on, knowing very well that it is because they are lazy.... now, it is because of reasons like this that when someone has a legitimate complain-everyone is already TIRED of hearing the same ol' song and dance...........i think that we must take a GOOD and HONEST look at who and what we are before we ask of such things from other people or society at that. i don't mean YOU as a person, but YOU as in all of WE, ALL of us as a world.. as a person .. as people.

Answer 3

I see two sides to issues like this:

1. You have to keep mentioning it or people will forget and slip into those bad patterns again.
2. You have to let it go so that it can heal (kind of like stop picking at it.)

On one hand, you have to keep reminding people it is wrong, but on the other, if no one mentions it, eventually the concept will have faded from the collective human mind. For specific incidents, I see plenty of reason to "whine" about it. It is important to let people know it has hurt you and that that kind of behavior is not okay. In a general sense, if one generation "forgets" about racism, the next generation will find it alien, and the next will not know what it means. Of course, there will always be exceptions, but on a societal level, it could die out.

Answer 4

I think people don't want to hear whining about it because minorities laugh at the concept of reverse discrimination. For example, I was interested in a probation job and the chief told me right away that the next person they hire had to be a Spanish speaking male. Now obviously he could be Caucasian, and happen to be fluent in Spanish, but that's not very likely. Police depts. hire based on race...why should someone who has the same qualifications as me be hired because of the color of their skin? Why do private schools have to let in a certain % of minorities? Wouldn't it make you mad to know you didn't get a job because you weren't the color they needed to fill a quota?

Answer 5

I agree with you. Just because you ask a question about racism, that doesn't mean that you are whining about it. And how in the world are we ever going to over come all the hatred and stereo types if we don't talk about them? I personally believe that a civil, intelligent discussion on this topic will always be a good thing.

Answer 6

See it is purely it. Your vantage component is diverse than the subsequent individual. you will desire to comprehend that white human beings have been those in charge for racism initially . the assumption of race isn't even genuine. it is an invented concept in our us of a that has stirred the pot for a protracted time. Wheras different cultures have ethnicities, we've "races". I agree that racism and discrimination is misguided no remember who's in the back of it. I additionally comprehend that there are various white people who're no longer racist and are many times caught up in being falsely accused of being racist, notwithstanding, there are various extra recepients of relatively racism. to absolutely savour this, you will desire to be on the receiving end of the racism to draw close it. in any different case, it relatively is going to continuously be denied, debated,etc... renowned it or no longer, racism is genuine, it became into created in an relatively strategic way and reckoning on which component you're on, your awareness of it is constrained.

Answer 7

People get upset about it for usually two reasons

One side thinks it is just an excuse for not succeeding or being excepted.

And the other side gets upset because discrimination really does exist, and they cant understand why the other does not see it.

I wish we were all color blind. Honestly I do think it is getting easier over time.

I feel like kind of an expert seeing it change here in the south, for the better, but slowly.

Answer 8

The truth about racial discrimination is this: Whites are the main victims of it. Anti-White racism is everywhere in the entertainment world: on television, in magazine ads, and in movies. Whites often are required to act Black in order to get any publicity at all.

Worse, anti-White racism is also the official policy of the US government. The only race that isn't required to be hired is White. There's no "quota" for us.

The only race that can't get a racial pride slogan trademarked is the White race. The US Patent and Trademark Office has given trademark status to African Pride, Asian Pride, Jewish Pride, and even Black Supremacy. But it has refused to grant the same status to the slogan White Pride.

In 1991, Mary Frances Berry, the Black head of the US Civil Rights Commission said: "Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them." Officially, Whites don't get any benefit from Civil Rights laws. They merely have to pay most of the taxes needed to enforce them and suffer disproportionately from the punishments thereunto appertaining.

Nobody calls "Foul!" when Blacks set up Blacks-only scholarship funds. Nobody wants the police to shut down charities by Jews and for Jews exclusively. And yet when a young White woman in California began a small used-clothes charity called the Aryan Baby Drive, the police found an excuse to arrest her.

Nobody calls what seems like half the rap songs in existence Black racism. Black gangsta rappers get only praise and promotion from the media. But when two teenage White girls sing songs to the glory of their race, all the media, from ABC Primetime to the New York Daily News, tried to make devils out of them.

When the police set out to do their jobs, they notice that most of the violent crime is committed by Blacks - ten times the amount committed by Whites. They notice that Blacks target Whites for violence about 50 times more often than the reverse. But what impression do you get from the broadcast TV news? Right. You get a false impression that there's some sort of "equality" in crime, except that race is never a factor when Blacks are the perpetrators.

So tell me about "racial discrimination," oh wise dark one. Whatever it is, it's small stuff compared to what Whites have to put up with.

Answer 9

I think talking about it is the only way to help the problem. I am white, and my husband is black. We have 2 "mixed" children. 2 Beautiful little girls. And I worry that one day they will be desciminated against. They could be descriminated by both whites, and blacks, and that scares me. I am not racist, and neither is my husband. We teach our children that color does not matter. But how can we prepare them for what they might encounter down the road? This subject is not whining.... it is important. Good for you. It's about time someone brought this to light. The ingorant people are the ones who are racist. This topic should be taught, and discussed.

Answer 10

I agree with you, if people would open up and at least talk about it it could be fixed possibly. It helps to understand it a then confront your feelings about it. Can't hide from it though and expect it to go away.