Race Issues?? Is it ever going to get better or worse?? Just asking for opinions. Are we the only country that has this much contempt & stereotype towards others?
2007-06-09 08:57:06 · 11 answers · asked by ms ambitious 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'm sorry..I kept it broad just so I could get your general opinion...
2007-06-09 09:04:03 · update #1
I think it is going to continue getting better. Race/ethnicity will mean less and less. I saw some statistics on Generation Y. Way less prejudiced than previous generations.
Why has the US struggled with this? Because we have large enough minority populations to matter. Most other countries have much more homogenous populations. France is a good example. Lots of Americans thought the French were so much more enlightened on race. They just didn't have enough of any single minority to bother with. Now with a lot of North African Muslims, the French are in a tizzy.
2007-06-09 09:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by marsel_duchamp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thank you for your question.
Actually racism in this country is the most publicized and thus appears to be a bigger deal here than it is elsewhere.
If people don't change their hearts and obey the commandment to love God and to love their neighbor- this goes both ways or all ways, across all ethnic groups - I truly believe it will get worse.
Speaking of other countries. Go anywhere in the world and you will encounter intense racism, class division, religious bigotry(let's get all of them out on the table since they deal in the same category of hate).
This is strictly my opinion but I believe America is one of the most tolerant countries in the world when it comes to tolerance of other "races" - I prefer to call them ethnic groups because we are all the same race physically and spiritually.
I am saddened when people I know who have been taught to love their neighbors spew out comments with "racial" tags attached. I wish they would just follow the rule that " if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all"
I hope you and everyone else reading this will take it to heart and depend upon the atonement of Jesus Christ to heal our hearts and the the heart of our communities and our country to be able to love our neighbors as I hope we would want to be loved and as God loves each and every one of us.
I say this because, honestly, we cannot do it alone; there is so much pain and injury that has been caused by hatred that Jesus Christ is the only one who can heal the wounds, which are deep both individually and collectively.
2007-06-09 18:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by duhanlorian 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes we may still have racial issues which is rediculus but i do beleave...or atleast hope it gets better. People of EVERY Race need to stop being ignorant. There are many countries that deal with this problem as well whether it be racial or religious issues.
2007-06-09 16:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very little if anything will change. I think that it is innate in human beings to have prejudices about, or to dislike, people who are not like them. I would bet that every country in the world has problems with hatred, prejudices, and stereotyping. It is an unfortunate part of the human condition.
2007-06-09 16:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by HundFrau 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
In Jesus it gets better all the time-equality isnt a race issue when your part of salvation. Out of Jesus it will have its continued issues-from much of the black rap that degrades a woman and makes whites their target for their money.
this is what got me to believe the truth as a Jew-that all are one once we are in Jesus=one I was going to commit suicide having everthing I wanted as a Jew with money.
and the reason is because I finally believed the prophecies and prayed- "Jesus I am sorry for my sins, come into my heart and help me, be my friend, amen."
He said he would in Revelation 3:19&20 "I love you, and ask you to repent from your sins quickly and turn to me, Behold I stand at your heart door and knock, if you open the door asking me in, I will come in and be your friend."
this is why I came to believe Jesus=As a Jew I was taught Jesus was a liar, yet as I read the Jewish prophecies of the Messiah I had to chose if I would continue to believe a lie or to believe the truth.
A proof of the Bible being the Word of God and not tampered with is the fact that these prophecies are in the Jewish scriptures -while the Jewish people apart from Messianic Judaism say if you believe them your not Jewish any more!
"Unto us A CHILD IS BORN, A Son is given, and he will be almighty God, the prince of peace." Isaiah 9:6
"He will be exalted. Yet he will be marred more than any man.
All we like sheep have gone astray and the sins of us all will be put upon him. He will be despised and rejected. He will lay down his life to make atonement for our sins. He will die with the wicked and be burried with the rich. He will see his seed and prosper." Isaiah 52:13-53:12
ARE YOU THE SEED OF JESUS?= JOHN 3 Jesus said repent of sin and be born again.
will you believe the prophecies and salvation? I did
prayin for you, to trust and believe in amazing grace, David
2007-06-09 16:14:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Thats a very broad question. Would you narrow it down a little. Are you talking about treatment of blacks, whites, others?
Who, what when where, how?
2007-06-09 16:03:08 · answer #6 · answered by johnnywalker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's going to stay right here where it is now.
2007-06-09 16:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
since the blacks are destroying all the major cities I'd say there is going to be a backlash towards those people.
2007-06-09 16:04:08 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I think it will probably stay the same.
2007-06-09 16:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by Yvonne Cesaro 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
huh well BEFORE i read this board, i thought better.
but i dont know now D:
2007-06-09 16:54:26 · answer #10 · answered by i_love_artichokes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋