Do you agree with this statement about how to stop racism?

Question

The only way to stop racism is to stop the media and government from encouraging it.

Media encourages all the people to hate eachother because they force blame on all groups then blow issues out of porpotion. They degrade one race to believe they need to act a certain way and must stay in a state of uneducated stupor. Then they play on history when history should have nothing to do with how poeple should be today. If the media was ever trying to uplift a degraded people then those people should be proserporous today it is 2007, not 1850, 1955, 1965 but the age where people should be enlighted. Where the people should be filled with hope. Where we should have flying cars and moveing walkways, awsome public transportation systems. Where anyone could hop a monrail and go across the country in a day. What has happened? Government shows favoritism, forces blame, pretends to encourge then turns it's back on the people that it is trying to serve. Do they encourage hatred among the races?

Answer 1

While it is true that racism is learned behavior, it is perhaps giving too much credit to media to suggest that they own the problem. They are a big part of the problem and promoting stereotypes is one example of why but also the labeling of class groups is and pigeonholing (pressuring) people to consider themselves identified by those labels.

However the media does not invent those labels, nor are they the first and only place those labels are learned. It is also said that "racism begins at home" and this is an even more powerful truth. When the paradigm of social relationships that are taught at home change we will find that the media goes whichever way the market goes.

Ultimately while we can only change the world one person at a time starting with ourself, we can begin to foster environments of reason in our homes and families that support a more responsible, tolerant and meaningful concept of society and its racial definitions. One that is more inclusive and appreciative rather than exclusive and disparaging.

The problem for this paradigm shift is that it is seen by many that want to adhere to old paradigms as forced assimilation, so what is also needed is a balance of protecting the best of the past views with transformation into new models of racial definition that in particular emphasize shared racial heritage (multiculturalism) over *monoculturalism* (racial purity).

There is only one race of us biologically; the human race.

All the other definitions are more about ethnicity and culture rather than biology. When we can better understand our culture and define it in a coherent manner we sill see media fall into place promoting it because that is where the profits are. They simply have less of a social agenda than they are often credited with and far more of a *profit motive* than most people understand,

Never forget that they are selling people what they already want to buy even more than creating any product of their own design.

Answer 2

Elimination of the media and government encouraging racism, will not eliminate racism itself. The unfortunate reality is, some people hate other people based on race, and that won't ever change.

Racism was alive and kicking long before TV, newspapers, etc. It goes back to biblical times.

Answer 3

There are only 2 ways to stop racism.
1.For everyone to accept every person on Earth as completely equal.
2.For 1 race of people to kill off every other race of people.

But the media does encourage racism by telling minorities that it's okay to be angry at White people over the past, & to blame Whites for their failures & mistakes in life. But racism isn't socially acceptable in American society. White racists are looked down on almost as much as child molesting heroine addicts.

People should realize that if you make your race or ethnicity a big deal, then certain people will hate you for your race or ethnicity. I think ending minority specific things would reduce racism. That's my statement about how to try & stop racism.

Answer 4

YES!! They are so busy trying to "make up" for slavery and other such racist mistakes that they are now being racist to whites and mostly the men!

They need to do away with ALL programs that "help" someone strictly because of their race. Racist scholarships and grants should be done away with. If it doesn't matter, why does it matter so much?? As a white man, my husband can be called every horrible name in the book at his job, but if it happened to a black man or a Filipino, or a Mexican, WATCH OUT!!!

This is just so ridiculous.

Answer 5

If the media stopped portraying racial stereotypes would that eliminate racism? No. I don't know what will, but racism and stereotypes are already known. Making them dissappear from the public view won't erase them from people's minds.

However, maybe... EVENTUALLY racism will die away, when more and more people are aware of stereotypes.

but wait, people aren't stupid, we can figure out stereotypes for ourselves.

But to answer your question- no, I don't think that will inherently work =(

Answer 6

How the hell are you even a "top contributor" Losser James, when you constantly post idiotic and FALSE analysis' of every single question that you answer? Why do you constantly put down Black people in your LONG WINDED paragraphs. Your profile is incorrect, you're not RIGHT 85% of the time, you're WRONG.

Answer 7

it's not just the media. humans automatically categorize things, and form stereotypes, whether from their own observations or from others'. i think one thing that might be more helpful is to get people to realize that, to quote a song from Avenue Q:
Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes
Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes

it's a good song, listen to it sometime.

Answer 8

There's money and population control in war. 911 is all about money-if it wasn't, why aren't we attacking the country that the supposed terrorists are from, they're all Saudi...?

Answer 9

It will never stop no matter what the hell we do!!!
There is only two times in the whole wide world that racism does not matter...
WHEN YOU ARE BORN AND IN THE MATERNITY WARD...
WHEN YOU DIE AND ARE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY...


GOD SAVE US ALL...

Answer 10

racism is really pretty much learned from family and bad experiences. Thats it., stupid people are racist. Done end of story.