on the content of their character. I wholeheartedly agree and want to treat people as such. Why then, do modern day black leaders(Sharpton, Jackson, Farakhan) constantly want special treatment for black people.
Affirmative action is a prime example. Why should anyone get an advantage because of their ethnicity? The playing field is level.
I do realize that there are people who are racist and would never hire a person of a race they didn't like. But I have been to many a chinese restaurant and seldom see a white man or black man working there. Where is their quota?
I am married to a woman of another race and attend a multi-racial church, so please don't call me a racist, I'm not. I just don't understand why we can't shoot for MLK's dream rather than swinging the pendullum the other way.
2006-11-28 06:38:04 · 10 answers · asked by songndance1999 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I am not sure where you live, but that seems to have quite a lot to do with racial equality. Here in the south, and in the deep south, there is still so much tension. There is not a level for living equally. We still have all black neighborhoods, and we still have gang wars, and violence within the barrios, and schools.
I just returned from a Christian wedding. My niece and her new husband are a "interracial" couple.
I personally see a marriage that is mixed when it is a believer and a non believer. That is the only criteria that holds for me.
My new nephew is from Ghana. An engineer, speaking 5 languages fluently, holding 3 degrees has so much to offer America, our family, and the Lord. Perhaps not in that order....
When I show their beautiful shining faces to people I see shock and then that "quick mask". I have seen people get up and move away from them in restaurants...So sad.
Until we can get past the little things, how can we get to the "dream".
I have worked in many Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants here in TX. and have had all races work with me. In harmony. Maybe that was rare?
2006-11-28 07:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by 2ndchhapteracts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that the pendullum is swinging the other way. Dr. Kings dream has still not come to fruition and probably never will. There have been advances in the civil rights struggle true indeed (integration of minorities into public/private school systems, public transportation, restaurants, afro-american and women's rights to vote etc.) however there is still a long way to go. When you consistantly have more afro-americans imprisioned than whites, and the sentencing time for the same crime committed by whites and blacks varies with whites getting a less severe sentencing then you would see the field isn't level. When you see inner city school districts being denied funding for books and materials then you would realize that the treatment that Jackson, Farrakhan and Sharpton (who in my opinion aren't much in terms of leadership) are referring to isn't special, but it's more in the vein of Dr. King. Just give us equality.
2006-11-28 06:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by thinkmovement 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly what you mean. I am from a mixed race family and never even realised how many race related issues there are in the world. I don't judge people on the condition of their fingernails so why would I judge them by the colour of their skin? I try to ignore this positive discrimination rubbish as it really irritates me. Why people like to segregate themselves, black white whatever will always be a mystery. Grrrr!
2006-11-28 06:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by Miss Emily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Jackson and then want us to "make up" what our ancestors did to them by giving them more rights. I know Other colored people hating whites so it's not just white people who are racist like many people believe. I think it's stupid to and we should all treat eachother with dignity and the respect we all dserve, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. So we just have to change the world one person at a time.
2006-11-28 06:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hundreds of years of oppression, in the form of slavery, tends to take its' toll on a race of people. I find it interesting when some people view the enslavement the black race endured with an "it's over now - get over it" mentality.
Just a little over 100 years ago, it was actually AGAINST THE LAW for a black person to get an education! The American Slave Code, chapter VI read: The Slave, not being regarded as a member of society, nor as a human being, the government, instead of providing for his education, takes care to forbid it, being inconsistent with the condition of chattelhood. Chattels are not educated. And if human being are to be held in chattelhood, education must be withheld from them.
That is just ONE AREA in which the black race was oppressed. You ask why should anyone receive an advantage because of their ethnicity? How level can a playing field be when it was slanted towards enslavement and oppression for hundreds of years? You make it sound like the "end" of slavery, with the government saying, "...ok, slavery is over. You can go now..." made everything fine as far as being a former slave was concerned. But, there's a little problem with that logic - a GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE was done to the black race during slavery - physically, sexually, emotionally, spiritually and economically. Even when slavery ended, abuse of the black race just took a different form.
As far as I'm concerned, MLK's dream spoke of what should have ALWAYS been. And, as far as the swinging of a pendullum goes, even a simple law of motion dictates that a pendullum that has swung in one direction must first swing in the opposite direction before it eventually centers itself in the middle again.
You can't tilt the playing field towards the oppression and repression of an entire race of people for over 350 years, then finally "level" it and expect that race of people to just live happily ever after. It just doesn't work that way.
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SAINATI - you're a GREAT example of what I am talking about!!! COLORED????? Hello???? It's 2006. Black people aren't referred to as "colored" anymore. You're about 35 years or so behind the times. Black or African American is what we generally like to be addressed as. Your belief system is an example of why racism will never end. Never.
2006-11-28 07:27:35 · answer #5 · answered by loveblue 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The key is your statement that "the playing field is level." Many people would strongly disagree with that.
Since the playing people is actually totally sloped, and the people with the darker Jerseys are running uphill, some of them believe that the goal line should be moved a little closer. You should give me best answer props for that metaphor.
2006-11-28 06:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Racism is not confined to any one group or race. Racists can be any color or creed. Sharpton, Jackson and Farrakhan are in it for themselves.
2006-11-28 06:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think MLK made a fine point .".......on the content of their character" and those who are the most racist run their mouths the most violently
2015-01-19 19:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Cindy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally see your point. I wish that all people would stop looking at each other as different and recognize that we are all just human beings.
2006-11-28 06:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by mutterhalls 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They don't want equality, they want priviledge.
2006-11-28 06:46:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋