Im not raciest honest but when I watch tv etc its always the minorities who seem to have a voice or a face giving their opinons sorry but I watch a lot of tv its not just ethnic groups its all minority groups are the media trying to cause mayhem and not give a fair play ground for us all
2006-10-21 21:56:42 · 23 answers · asked by bobonumpty 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
honest Im not a raciest just think the media are not doing whites or what ever colour any favours just selling newspaers ..please go with this forget Im white or any other colour just look at the overall picture please
2006-10-22 00:06:31 · update #1
please read the q. sorry if rubbed up some of you the wrong way just want a honest debate forget my colour
2006-10-22 00:35:17 · update #2
I have noticed this too , while any ethnic group can claim racism , me being white cannot , where is the fairness there , for instance I was on a train for no reason at all I was called a white honky , by a dark skinned woman , I complained to the police and was told nothing can or would be done as this form of so called racism does not exist , IT DOES IT HAPPENED TO ME !!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-21 22:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by TRUEBRIT 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
A lot of people are expressing views like yours followed by the line “and I’m no racist”. Let me explain why that IS a racist view.
You are saying that you have no voice because the people on TV have a different skin colour/ethnic background. So you are saying that people of a different skin colour can’t represent your views, that they are inherently different from you. A real non-racist would listen what the media personality was saying before judging whether they were representitive of their own position, and not take a second notice of their race.
The exception is of course when it’s a race related news event, and you may be referring to the number of Muslim faces on TV latley talking about their faith/the veil etc, but that’s only natural. You will see a lot of scientists on the news when global warming breaks the headlines again.
As for all those people saying that whites have no rights? You really need to stop reading the Sun and the Mail because this is complete bollocks. Ethnic minorities still suffer racist prejudiced in the work place and at the hands of the police (blacks are five times as likely to be stopped as whites). Whites pay for everything Assassin? Where do you get these things from? Since when were non-whites tax exempt and whites banned from the Doll?
It’s vital that you have many different news sources. By a different paper everyday.
2006-10-22 07:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by James C 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes this is all just done to stur up conflict in peoples opinions and people dont realise how dangerous this is the media is controlled there not discussing or covering the issues that need covering or asking the questions that should be,the government basicly are slowly taking are rights and freedoms by making the public see just only a one sided view which as you say there is an imbalance,they basicly have opened the borders there giving these people all the benefits that the native is not getting old people that payed in all there lives and getting next to nothing,to question these things is not racist its your right.go on google video look up police state and terrrorstorm or alex jones it shows so much info and footage that just isnt being covered by the main stream media also asks questions that are not being answered by our goverments anyway just give it a watch be informed and dont just beleive what your fed.its stranger than fiction whats going on .
2006-10-22 06:12:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once you discount minority groups like:
- those of different skin colour
- those of different nationality
- people with dual nationality status
- children
- the elderly
- homosexuals, cross dressers, transgender people, bisexuals
- those who follow different religions
- people with unsual political views - socialists, faschists etc
- masons, trade unionists and any other society members
- those in unusual subcultures - goths, rastafarians etc
- the blind and deaf people
- people in wheel chairs and any other physically disabled people
- the menally ill
- the mentally handicapped
and the list goes on...
To be a Caucasian heterosexual working adult with middle of the road political views, no affiliations with societies, a conservative dresser, with no physical or mental disabilities, following Christianity or being an atheist, and living in your country of origin will almost certainly make you one a minority these days.
Personally I fall into several minority categories, such as dressing unusually and having unusual political views. I think if you think about it there is no such thing in life as normal.
2006-10-22 06:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had a Russian colleague working in the UK with us recently. He made an interesting observation.
He said that he would hate to be an English white male living in the UK, because they are bottom of the pile when it comes to getting the law on your side. If they get passed over for promotion, or don't get the job, or get racially abused by one of the minorities in the UK, they don't have a leg to stand on!
What kind of society are we turning into, when the whites have no rights!
I'm not racist either. I have a much loved mixed race god daughter, and niece.
2006-10-22 05:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by Copper 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me that to be white and Engish is a major minority group. Almost every other is allowed a view and/or partriotic stance. Welsh, Scots, Irish............but forget it if you are English.
I'm not racist either, but just a little fed up of being made to feel there is something nasty and inferior about being white and English.
2006-10-22 14:54:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do have a voice but you don't have the stamina or the stand up to use it. Most are happy to sit and moan about whats going on with the media but they are not happy to put themselves in the limelight in front of the camera or the reporter and say how they feel about what is going on in their own country. The more people stand together the greater the voice will become.
2006-10-22 05:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by Tabbyfur aka patchy puss 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
So, what's colour, creed, religion got to do with it?
If you think you've got something useful to say then stand up and say it; no-one's stopping you.
If the "middle whites" wish as much airtime as the other minorities then they need to make it and take it. The media will go for the lively opinion/story; middle england moaning quietly to themselves won't get airtime.
If they stand up and shout then they'll get equivalent airtime.
2006-10-22 09:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by phooey 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the media and the government are promoting racism (and other sorts of ism) by making such a big deal of it.
Yes, we have to have equality - but the way they are carrying on is really only promoting inequality.
2006-10-22 06:28:34 · answer #9 · answered by Sally J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not just the media, seems like slowly and gradually we are all losing basic human rights in every country in the world.
2006-10-22 05:29:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋