If you think it's not good, do you have any solutions YOU, not someone else, can implement? Why or why not?
Thank you
2006-12-05 09:43:56 · 17 answers · asked by In 2 Deep 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Race relations in the U.S. have improved since the 50s, true, but I sense a subtle ...backsliding.
In my opinion, it's because there are people who are so busy being black that they forget to be Americans, first.
What do *I* do...? For one thing, I refuse to use the ridiculous term "African-American". If you hold a U.S. passport, you are American, not Ethiopian, Zimbabwean, or South African.
I refuse to acknowledge "Kwanzaa", which is not only racist (a holiday for blacks...? How separatist.), but made up, as well.
I don't let people's color influence me when it comes time to hire, or to vote. As a result, I have many black people (one of them really IS African!) on my staff, and I have voted for many candidates for public office who just happen to be browner than I am.
Finally, I do not tolerate racist remarks in my presence; and, I don't care WHAT color the speaker is, the "n" word is ugly, and I won't allow it.
2006-12-05 10:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its ok not necessarily good. There have been quite a few advances in equality and race relations over the past few decades (in the USA). Are the still issues? Sure. But there have always been throughout the age of man and there will almost always be. And it really varies depending on where you live and the mix of the population.
There are no solutions besides people chilling out, learning about each other, education, etc.
Race relations have to work at the personal level. There are no programs or solutions that will work across the board.
2006-12-05 09:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I am niave but I truly believe that things are better. For some reason I cannot fathom, it seems the news media wants to make things seem worse.
I think the main thing I personally can do is educate myself about other races. Befriend them when I can, and be understanding when I'm unsure of what they mean.
I also realize that sitting back and looking at it from my little house does not tell me the whole picture. I have not experienced prejudice in my own life, except for some age related stuff in my last job, so maybe I am really not even qualified to comment.
2006-12-05 09:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by mamadixie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Race relations are getting better over all. I think that they are slowed and sometimes set back by "race hucksters" like Jessie Jackson who seem to thrive on being "professionally offended" by every incident no matter how small or accidental yet see no problem with belittling another race themselves. For average people like you and I, race probably doesn't matter much at all. The older I get, the more I realize the truth of what my dad told me as a child: there are a lot of reasons to like and dislike people that have nothing to do with their race.
2006-12-05 09:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that "they all" should alternate driving from all the way around with a left hand turn to making it all the way around to the right. Ya know, switch it up from race to race.
Seriously, does America really care? If I weren't white, maybe I would notice. To me, there isn't a pivotal issue out there that our government isn't propogating through the legal system and elsewhere that doesn't offend us all.
Race Baiting, or making issues of race to me is just another way to divide and conquer. Sorry, I'm too intelligent to play that game!! OH SH!P! I just answered didn't I--DAMMN!!--lol
2006-12-05 09:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by scottyurb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I can do is what I have been doing my entire life. That's treating people as individuals regardless of ethnicity.
Race relations can be better. Unfortunately, from what I can see, the problem seems to be expanding. It's becoming OK to a lot of people to treat Americans of south west Asian ancestry as second class citizens.
2006-12-05 09:56:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is better than it has been, but there is still a problem. i think the only way we can get over this race issue is if we all breed with people outside of our own race. discrimination and hate will always exist as long as people are different, and mixing our genes until we all "look alike" seems like the best solution to me.
2006-12-05 10:00:50 · answer #7 · answered by Christopher 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think it is good but I can say that since the problem took many years to be manifested, it is going to take just as long if not longer, to solve. Sadly, I think we should forget about our generation and worry about the future. They will have enough problems as a result of our actions today. Might as well do something right.
2006-12-05 09:52:31 · answer #8 · answered by queensruleall 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People need to stop yelling racism every time something happens. Things have gotten better, but it has to work both ways.
You can't have black colleges,NAACP, ebony magazines, black Miss America, black college fund, and then have a fit if someone says for whites only. People like to be with their own kind. I see nothing wrong with that.
2006-12-05 09:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by jackie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The majority of America's democratic party voted AGAINST every piece of civil rights legislation since the civil war. They only visit minority churches two weeks before an election, and racially bash any minority opponent.
Explain to me again how they are the party representing America's minorities!
Improve relations...Vote Libertarian!
2006-12-05 09:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋