If I asked you what people were enslaved in America for three hundred years, would you respond by saying, "people?" If you responded by saying, "people," I would ask you to be more specific.
I see nothing wrong with making distinctions. However, I think it becomes a problem when we believe that a race is superior or inferior because of those distinctions (i.e., skin color, hair texture, etc.) Although we are categorized into different races, at the end of the day, we are of the same species because we can reproduce with one another.
Blacks were enslaved in this country for over 300 years. Can you refute that? Slavery in America was based on race. Furthermore, if I asked you, "What group of people died because they weren't immune to European diseases?" Native Americans. And, if I asked you, "What group of people were slaughtered during the holocaust? Jews.
There is nothing wrong with being specific; it doesn't make you a racist.
2007-03-16 09:41:03 · 10 answers · asked by job_32787 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
*Continued from above*
A racist believes that someone is inferior or superior based on their differences. Would you say that a purple dog is superior to a yellow, red, brown, or white dog? Why, if you did, sane people would label you insane.
What are your thoughts?
2007-03-16 09:41:56 · update #1
@ Robert
You're a racist.
2007-03-16 10:35:10 · update #2
"The first slaves arrived in Virginia around 1619, and slavery existed in America for the next 250 years. Africans made up the largest number of migrants to the New World during the colonial era, especially during the eighteenth century. During the four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade, an estimated 11 million Africans were transported to North and South America."
http://www.uen.org/themepark/liberty/slavery.shtml
2007-03-16 11:52:31 · update #3
"Even the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 did not end slavery. Slavery continued in the states that were part of the Union forces. Slavery came to an end in 1865 when the 13th Amendment was ratified after the end of the Civil War."
Study to show thyself approved.
2007-03-16 12:02:15 · update #4
i dont know why people get so angry i was just thinkin about it today if you use a sentance with the word black person or even just black in it people get SO mad and you dont even know why its like what the hell do you want me to say?? i even got someone mad by saying african american! i love when people call me white i dont get offended at all
2007-03-16 09:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NOBODY was enslaved in THIS country for 300 years. The UNITED States of America was not a country 300 or 400 years ago. There were a handful of countries(Holland, England, France, Spain, etc.) in this land that were competing for natural resources and they were ready to go to war for more terretory at the drop of a hat. It wasn't until the American Revolutionary War ended in the 1780s that this land became ONE country--the UNITED States of America.
Slavery only existed in this UNITED States for 87 years-1776 to 1863. Look up these dates in history, they'll explain things you should know.
Lack of knowledge of these facts has caused many ppl to develope racist attitudes toward others that are still today unfounded, except in uninformed or misled ppl.
2007-03-16 18:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you, being specific doesnt make you a racist unless you believe that you are better because of race... I would say if what your saying is proven fact (like history), but when you talk about something that is YOUR opinion you could head into troubled waters for over generalizing/ stereotyping
Hating other people isn't going to solve the problems in this world... its just creates more of them!
When will we learn?
2007-03-16 16:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by Kimberly R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It would be foolish to pretend that all people were the same. But if you do make distinctions, you will be called a racist if certain people want to bully you.
The original word was racialist, a person who noticed and accepted the differences between all of us. It was much nicer when all of us could be openly racialist.
2007-03-16 16:50:43 · answer #4 · answered by REV. JESSE LEE PETERSON 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
This is easy when you talk of history - it's hindsight. However, if I say, all whites are oppressors, all blacks are victims, all Asians are opportunists etc, then we start threading on dangerous territory. So, no - if you are SPECIFIC, you are id'ing a problem or situation and not making generalizations that would make you...you guessed it...racist,.
2007-03-16 16:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, it's just that there is too much PC idiocy out there. Just ignore the racist idiots. Remember, racism works both ways!
2007-03-16 16:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Black people. I can't refute that. It was barbaric to say the least. I am not proud of that part of my heritage.
2007-03-16 20:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by Alissa J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You better quit talkin bad bout the white man they gonna shipp all us back ta Africa. Then you might likesem more gooder.
2007-03-16 17:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Very true. It's political correctness gone crazy..
:)
2007-03-16 16:58:24 · answer #9 · answered by viragotriker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree with you
2007-03-16 16:45:17 · answer #10 · answered by Nohbdy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋