Not to say that the way the Black population was treated in America was right, but is it necessarily wrong to only want to interact specifically with people of the same nationality as you?
If segregation was a way of life, that is to say if communities and cities were zoned out to only a specific people per community, would immigration be as big a problem as it is?
If people do not want to tolerate people of other nationalities for whatever reason, is that a personal choice and not racism, or is being forced to live in way that makes you unhappy a violation of your rights as an American?
2006-09-06 06:22:52 · 20 answers · asked by chicago_paratrooper 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I don't know what all the fuss is about! I presented a question about tolerance. Either you choose to tolerate and live with other people, or you choose not to. Grow up people and quit labeling all you hear and read on racism, it's too easy and lacks thinking.
2006-09-06 06:34:09 · update #1
Alright, for everyones information, I grew up and reside in Chicago. Of all the places to interact with people of different nationalities, Chicago is by far the greatest city to do experience that.
I'm not gonna play the kiddie games and call people out by names but in reality if you ask people I would bet most prefer to be within their own ethnic group.
2006-09-06 06:37:44 · update #2
I think ILLEGAL immigration (not just immigration) would still be the same, only people would not care as much because it wouldn't be affecting them as much. There would just be a community of JUST illegal immigrants and those communities would be in shambles.
I don't think segregation is a good idea. For the most part, I feel there are many neighborhoods in this country that already are predominantly white, predominately black, predominately Asian, etc. If we made this a law or something official, it would only upset and hurt people. I also think just the idea of having to separate each individual ethnicity is very immature. What, we can't all get along now? It also goes against a lot of the values America appears to have. We are the melting pot country. That will all totally go away if we have to break up our communities. It also would be extremely difficult for the government to handle because each community would want different things. There are many things wrong with it and I could go on but i think you get the picture
2006-09-06 08:20:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Israelis know how to zone a certain ethnic group out, do you think it works there?
The southern US economy was backward and poor while it maintained the vestiges of slavery. But the region has prospered since Jim Crow was abolished. Coincidence or evidence that separate but equal doesn't work?
Remember all the civil disobedience when the segregation laws were in effect? Do we need more divisiveness and a resurgence of civil disorder, and the riots of the 1960's?
2006-09-06 06:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by TxSup 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
it is fine to want to interact with people of a particular race or religion, though i should see no reason for anyone to want to do so, for all are the same inside... ok, cut the crap.
wanting to interact with a limited group of people should not lead to segregation, discrimination or strife. because then personal preferences would affect the political, economical and cultural status of your community.
i speak from an objective viewpoint; segregation has taken place not just in america.
2006-09-06 06:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by idiotte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The religious moralists of the 19th. century took the Bible and justified slavery and segregation. In 1896 in case of Plessy v Ferguson the court ruled segregation was LEGAL if it were separate and equal. Well we know it was separate but never equal. When you start segregation with one group where do you end?
George Wallace in the 1960's call for segregation now and in the future. Standing in doorway to deny right of black person to attend the University of Alabama. We do not this repeated in the 21st. century.
2006-09-06 08:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It must have been as blacks folks want
A black only miss America
Black only colleges
Black only charter schools with white teachers(we hav ethenm and I thought they were illegal).
Voting districts redrawn so tha tonly blacks can get voted form them.
black origanizations such as the NAACP which get tax free money, force contrubutions form businesses and goverments, and only (openly) support black people.
Blacks (or the wide majority of them)or do not claim to be Americans but wish to be known as African American(there is no africa ameircan country).
Blacks looks the world over for names they consider non_American to name their children.
Blacks force copmpanies like Microft to donate monies and computers to classrooms in which white or asian children are not to use.
I think Segration must be good or so many blacks would not think so.
2006-09-06 06:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racial segregation is a bad idea. Research shows that people who live in segregated communities are more likely to identify less and less with those outside of their community. It will lead to more racist attitudes and less unity in our country. Remember that the first thing the Nazis did was segregate the Jews, it encouraged the tendency of in people to classify them as "Them", and made the Holocaust possible.
However, there is some evidence that sexual segregated education might be beneficial. Children in single sex classes tend to do better, especially girls.
2006-09-06 06:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Wundt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no Constitutional guarantee of happiness in this country, just the right to, "... pursue happiness". In a country where all citizens are guaranteed the same basic rights - how could one community exclude someone that wants to live there and not violated their rights guaranteed by the 14th Amendment?
The Constitution does not guarantee you the right to discriminate base on race, color, etc.
2006-09-06 06:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by jack w 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As much as we want the world to be one big melting pot, it will never happen. The animal world proves it and birds of feather do flock together. Thats why cities have a Black district, Chinatown, Greektown, Little Italy, etc. It's in our nature to stay with our own kind. Learning a second or third language does not make you change your ethnic path. Why it happens, no one knows. It just does.
2006-09-06 06:34:38 · answer #8 · answered by 2hot 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. Seperation just feeds the hate. The majority of racists are those that are far away from the other racists. the only examples they have of that particular race is the stuff they see on the news...in other words; the criminals. I believe that we can learn to live together. Most large cities are doing it well.
2006-09-06 06:39:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interaction breeds tolerance. Tolerance reduces violence. The government is supposed to act in the best interests of society and keeps this in mind. I don't see how you are being forced to live in any way, encouraged maybe but not forced. The question you're asking doesn't inherently make you a racist, some of the previous answerers need to chill.
2006-09-06 06:30:14 · answer #10 · answered by Andy S 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋