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I think I would word it a bit differently. I think that some of the things we do to overcome
racism, such as affirmative action, multiculturalism, etc. Have as a side effect, the perpetuation
of racism. Whether you discriminate, for the benefit of a person or the detriment of a person,
based on race, it is making the same error of thinking-----which is to base one's treatment of
another on race. Now, having said that, is it worth it, so to speak, to accept this side effect for
the overall justice in a society? That is a difficult question to answer. Another question is how
much does a culture "tolerate" someone who is a racist. Is the amount of freedom allowed such that
a person can harbor hateful, misguided thoughts and beliefs? Do we allow individuals the freedom to
think things that the majority of folks may not agree with? This is another difficult question to
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As long as we have the need to have laws against racism the is.
It is self fulfilling.
It is a bit like cops and criminals without one there would be no need for the other. |
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If people didn't get offended so easily racism would have been all but forgotten by now. |
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The aim of being anti - racist is to defer away from barriers which divide us and yet anti- racists
simply don't let those barriers slip by defending unreasonably the rights of ethnic minorities, i am
against fighting with people because they are different, just as i'm against fighting altogether,
they should no get special treatment because of our differences because you are being racist just in
a different light, in the opposite direction .... So to speak , its like being extremely good to an
ethnic minority just because they are an ethnic minority which is contradictory and incorrect we
should have no difference between the races and accept that we are different as humans in an
infinate number of ways except our legal system, which should not hold loop wholes for races....
It's just political correctness gone mad as ur_wrong lol rightfully put it .:P |
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Wow I never thought of that. Agreed. |
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Fantastic motion...
Those who tiptoe cautiously around those of different race are in fact the most racist, indicated by
their incessant wariness. |
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What the anti racists don't realize is that discrimination is a part of life, every single person
discriminates on a daily basis whether between breakfast cereal or people. Anti racists have a
strange misconception as to what true racism is. To demand someone must treat one race differently
to prevent racism, is racism. Case in point, a well known shopping chain in England effectively
banned any kind of Christmas celebrations because and i quote"it would offend the Muslim employees"
is making an assumption like this not racist??? The Muslim employees put in a complaint and now
Christmas is back on. Racism is an insidious thing everyone can be racist to deny that point is just
pointless. |
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Ye dunno y i agree i just do |
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In some odd way it sounds true. We discriminate against racists now sooooo
were racist against racists. Haha that's a new one |
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"Political correctness gone mad." |
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This is a cool, unique twist, Tromanator.
Kudos to you!
Yes, actually I agree from a certain point of view: Judgementalism has replaced Racism as The New
Racism;-)
I...."get it"......;-)
Good debate. |
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It is human nature to either completely ignore or grossly overreact. However I think I prefer this
new version of racism to lynching and segregating. |
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Definitely.
We now institutionalise differences through policies of multiculturalism. Racists would say that all
people are inherently different due to their biological make-up, multiculturalists say that all
people are different due to their cultural background.
The opposite of the racist view would be that people are essentially the same regardless of their
physical differences. However modern anti-racists argue that people are all different just like
racists argue they are. Multiculturalists claim we must accept and tolerate the various cultural
differences as though they are fixed. This is simply racism in a new guise. |
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No, because if you become anti-racist, then you don't make fun of any race. Then, you aren't a
racist anymore. |
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Stranger said it best.
He states a racist is not a race, so we can't be racist against it.
You can't be against something and in terms turn into the essence of it. And I see where you're
coming from, that was good thinking, but the people who are racist are not someone we treat
different because of what they do. We treat them different if they do do anything to us, because of
our race. It's the fight to not be discriminated against, not to discriminate against those who
discriminate. Because we don't even know you do it until you discriminate and even then we try to
work it out, not allow them to eat, or come into the store because of what the do, but because they
caused a quarrel. My point summed up is we are not racist against racist, on thin terms, because we
don't know they are racist until they show it and even then we don't take actions as a racist would
do.
They discourage it,
They know it might not work and,
They try to murk it, keep it dirtless,
Make it equal so no one is hurt,
Same work and same pay,
Same clerk with the same view, the same say,
Not against the way a person's skin pigments were placed,
To keep it smooth and to lay hate to waste,
No harm meant, or to cause alarming,
To defrost the heart of the large, the many,
To just BEZ and may everyone enjoy the same company.
Hah, get it get it. No seriously though.
Good thoughts, but it's not being the essence of something when intentions and influences are
different.
Racist hate on what they see, we hate on what they do. |
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No
We're more becoming discriminative.
There is a difference.
Good topic though,. |
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