Originally posted by Ymir
Really don't see what the point is. Most of us have known this for awhile. As for racism, the assumption that it is natural is a misconception. Racism only came to the forefront of white culture after slavery was in place.
I use to hear people tell me that and I once believe it, until I read a bit more about history.
What do you think that expelling Jews and Moors (muslims) from Spain and other parts of Europe was about? (although I think I read the arguments on why this happened, it was rumored that Jews started the plague (via purposely putting rats in area, conjuring up, ect.)....http://www.luc.edu/faculty/ldossey/bubonicanov6.htm
What about the Russian pogroms (going on hunts to kill Jews on Easter)?
What about the gypies? They were kicked out anytime there was a plague too....
Once you understand that it's not just a black/white issue (although it could be to some folks of any race), once you read history, I wonder if it's white culture that put that in place, read from Bablyon to Timbukto (from what I understand from that book, whites were color casted as slaves...just read history from all sources and you'll understand the world better)....are you stating that only whites are racist? I don't think so.
Originally posted by Ymir
My point is that racism is never natural. It evolves over time for a number of historical reasons.
It evolves nonetheless, and has been around for a very long time, way before it started with whites.
http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-Timbuktu-History-Ancient-Including/dp/0962088110
Do you really think that Egyptians saw anyone else as better then them? What about the Romans? What about the Greeks?
I think it's not cool to just say it started with the Europeans, as history seems to suggest otherwise. I understand your point, if someone sees the world from a wholistic point of view, racism is not natural at all.
I never said it started with the Europeans. I said that European racism towards blacks, a very specific concept started during the Age of Exploration and the subsequent imperialism that followed. I apologize profusely if it looked like I was implying something else. Perhaps I was too vague? This is my first day here, so... again, I apologize.
Originally posted by Ymir
I never said it started with the Europeans. I said that European racism towards blacks, a very specific concept started during the Age of Exploration and the subsequent imperialism that followed. I apologize profusely if it looked like I was implying something else. Perhaps I was too vague? This is my first day here, so... again, I apologize.
Re: Re: Re: U.S. minority population tops 100 million
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Express yourself as distastefully as you like. I do however find it odd that you consider me a representative of Hispanics when I've never even volunteered, much less applied, for the position. I found it as odd as your reply to the thread topic which seemed to oppose actual fact.i dunno.
Every individual represents the culture. The way you act and treat people gives others an impression of hispanics. How do you think stereotypes are born?
I find it ridiculous that I have to explain this shit.
Whob's agendas rival some 45-year-old nutcase trapped in his bedroom with newspaper clippings pasted all over the wall.
Whirly's agendas rival a 12-year-old girl trying to figure out if her cheating 17-year-old boyfriend is the one she's going to marry.
For future sock accounts, I would suggest making one of these elaborate user profiles to try to dispel the belief that it's a sock. You know, the ones that you have to scroll down for 30 minutes just to see all these quotes people said about you in the OTF. Actually, whob should be pretty creative with that.