Originally posted by Fishy
So wait, because whites used to be racists against blacks, blacks are now allowed to be racists against whites and whites should just stop complaining? What kind of idiotic bullshit is that? Either all racism is wrong or none of it is. One kind of racism is not better then the other kind.
Someone mentioned race? My fav subject.
I think racism depends on various factors, in some respects, it's systematic, and not related to the white race at all, just people in general. For instance, I had a former college roommate from New Zealand, she talked about the indigenous group that only leases their land to foreigners, whites can have property, but if they can't "own" it, it always goes back to the indigenous folks. She doesn't like them, but her grandmother is one of them, she had a derog. name for them that I won't repeat, but I wouldn't label her racist at all, more like one part of the family hating the other based on property, people of the same race dislike each other for the same reasons but will use whatever physical attributes aval to put the other person down.
Now, various factors of racism:
1. Personality type
(I believe there are some that have a predisposition to racism b/c they're star or sun sign is so carnal, they only like what is familiar, everything else goes to blazes, and that means, anyone from that particular star sign has the disposition or tendency toward racism.
2. Consistent Bad experiences
If I get beat up by blacks, and I am black, I will still hate black people, doesn't matter that I look like the group or not. Or, if I feel that blacks are domineering toward me to be a certain way, and I like my own individual freedom, but it's not respected, I would hate being black. So, racism isn't mutually exclusive to the opposite race, it can include the same race, depending on experiences. If a female is raped by a guy of the same or opposite race, she can become racist, against her own race if the guy is from the same race or racist against the color of the guy who raped her. The trouble I have with blacks is that the "raping" of black women was in the PAST, the past. And no need to rehash the past to cause younger generations to feel that they need to be loyal and hate whites.
3. Sexual tension or ego
Some may have complexes about being attracted to someone different then their mother's/dad's race, depending on if he/she had the personality sun sign of a racist, he/she may have influenced by the parents personality or bad experiences. Sometimes, people are kinder to those who are attractive, no matter the race. But no all attractive people produce attractive children, and not all attractive children are from good looking parents, hence, these folks love each other b/c they are familiar, but society around them may treat one better then the other based on looks, and may find tension as one family member who is good looking gets along with all races, and the one who is not as attractive seems to get picked on or left behind. If the attractive one has a close bond with family, he/she may resent the superficials and all the attention may backlash, as family sometimes sticks together.
Also, black men seem to prefer white women, but seem to be very possessive of any female that even resembles blackishness (brown, light brown, slightly curly hair, round face, almond eyes, wavy hair)...they start to take on a possessiveness toward the female, even is she doesn't want it, which makes them think she is racist, when really, she may just dislike the possessiveness from strangers. Black men do prefer white women because I remember reading that in Morocco, during the British Empire, the Brits sold the Irish women as slaves or sex slaves to work as harems. I think even in most belly dance, they prefer white women, which is great, but I thing is stop pretending that it's not a big deal when it really is. So, if black men have this fetish for white women, and a lot of white women are very pretty, and they have this possessiveness to control black women (as they don't mind fat women, b/c they know that's one that a white man wouldn't touch), they have the best of both worlds, they go to the black females who aren't sexing white men (as most black females feel that weight is ok, and that black men tell black females not to get skinny) and they put out a lot of sexual vibes toward white women, so they get to dip in both sides of the candle whenever they chose, I feel that they can care less that most men don't find black women attractive, because that's less competition for them. Think of the competition that Asian men have to deal with if they like an Asian female, see the issue, so black men have more control over black females.
4. Economic issues
I'll explain later, but blacks had blacks as slaves, blacks have had whites as slaves, whites have had blacks as slaves, we, as in mankind, have been doing this to one another. It sucks ass, but it's just part of the human argument of the Haves, and the Have-snots, has nothing to do with race, some blacks love Egypt, but they enslaves a lot of blacks, as whites had whites for slaves too. The only empire I respect the most is the Greeks, as they felt that once a person is able to reason, they could no longer be a slave, had nothing to do with race at all. Slavery is in the mind first. Oh, and herd followers are mind-slaves, I like my individuality, but sometimes, being black gets in the way.