Racism

[Katherine]

I was watching the news last night and one of the professors in an Australian university was lecturing about how Asians should all go home because they're making the Australian economy worse.

I've never first handedly experienced racism, but I know alot of people who have, my mother for one.

Australia is a very multicultural country, populated by all sorts of nationalities and it aggravates me that 100 years after federation they're still arguing of what the Australian National Identity actually is...

[OCallyFaN80]

Wow. I'm asain, but I don't live in Austrailia, but that is very messed up. I'm very proud of being asain, but wow. That sucks so bad! I can't stand that. Racist is a big part of me. I sure know that I'm not one, and I wish everyone isn't racist...

[amberdawn]

Unfortunately, there will probably always be racism. But Im definitely NOT a rascist person! I feel horrible when things like this happen. Im Australian, and I didnt even know about this because I live in the US. I dont get Australian news.

[OTH man]

ya im afraid racism will never go away which sucks cuz like it doesnt matter ur race

[amberdawn]

^^ No and it shouldnt matter. We are all human beings. Skin color or what your nationality is doesnt change that.

[OTH man]

i dont get why people randomly start treating people badly bcuz how would they like it people were be racist toward THEM

[tinaweird]

Racism is something that we can't avoid; which is probably something we all don't realize. Whether we like it or not, we all judge people by appearances. If we see a giggly girl with blonde hair wearing all pink, we're gonna immediately jump to conclude that she in fact, is a ditz; right? If we see a black guy sporting a track suit and a hat to the side with a bunch of large sparkly silver necklace things, we're gonna think he's some sort of thug/poser, right? What about a guy with a mohawk? I admit, I've judged people by their race sometime before, told racist jokes before, etc.; and I'm sure you have done as well before.

As an Asian-American, I have encountered many racial statements about my eyes, driving, rice cookers, whatever. I've gotten used to it though, and I don't quite really dwell on it. Now, if it's something like (if any of you remember) the whole 94.9 (or something) Wild "Tsunami Rap" incident; or persay a hate crime; I am truely affected.

I'm not insensitive to racism or anything; I just find that everyone is racist. It's just the fact that they deny it or not.

[Julie]

I have had my fair share of racial comments (looking like an asian myself) but I guess it really all depends on how you handle it. Because it's true, unfortunately, I feel as if it is only human nature to look upon people of the public or even your peers and make some sort of racial/stereotyptical judgement (mentally or verbally, harmfully or not).

We have evolved though and looking at what it use to be like- I'm glad I don't live in that time or era. However it is a disappointment that comments like that still exist today and that respectable people like a Professor at a university lacks the integrity to come up with a more open-minded or more progressive opinion about the Australian Economy. However that is his personal opinion and he would have every right to make an opinion like that- But on that note I hope that the people he lectures have a more optimistic outlook on said topics.

In all my working life in Australia, I have never bludged from the government. I might have applied for some sort of welfare when I was jobless, but the application procedures were ridiculously time-consuming and annoying! So I can say quite proudly that I have contributed to the Australian Economy since I was 14 years old (and I am currently 20) and they best well know, that I am not going to be the only asian who has done this. Some people really do need to wake up to the world around them because if they took a better look, they'd notice they take as much (and maybe more than) as they ever claimed to give.

[Kari]

Prejudices are probably as old as humans are and they will always exist.
We always will have them. It has to do with defense mechansims and Xenophobia.
We seem to always fear what might be new or different, and like to hide in shells.
Especially when there are difficulties in the economy or education (or whatever) suddenly it's all the fault of the strangers who take the jobs...How can people say immigrants would take their jobs, when they would actually consider themselves much too good to work in this job. It's total hypocrisy.

I live in country whose history has been influenced by racism and facism a lot, and I still see the aftereffects of that everyday. On myself and much more often on others.
A lot of Turkish people live here and most of them don't cause any problems, nevertheless on Christmas this year the Mosk in the town where I live has been burned down. That made me extremely mad, because it was simply one of the many incidents that showed how far racism is still spread here - though we should actually all know it better.

There is no week without news about racial crimes, or new successes of the NPD.
It's outrageous that this party, the nationaldemocratic party of Germany, who clearly has racistic contents, entered the parlament of one German state.

I, myself, was only once the victim of racism, which is totally riddiculous, because I'm German and white. But, hey, it was dark outside and I have dark hair, I might be Turkish, so why not discriminate me.
I wasn't so much sorry for myself back then. I could deal with that. But it was my first direct encounter with racism and I was shocked to see how people are treated.
Even when they know our language perfectly well, live her for three generations and are totally integrated.
They are disciminated because they still believe in their own religion, and how can that be?

Our of everything I see in this world, there's nothing that disturbs me as much as racism and that's why I will always be doing my part against it as good as I can :)

[Gilmoregirl16]

I absolutely cant stand racism. Some of my cousins are "mulatto" (sp?) and i hate to see things like this happening to any race.

[Andrew]

Racism bothers me to no end. It's the absolute thing that i will not tolerate (the other being ignorance, which is most ways, goes hand in hand with racism)

I'm mixed (part asian, part jamaican, part israeli <-- ;) Heather) which serves as a true and tangible testament that people of different races can coincide and cohabitate to a point of love.

And yet, even with the knowledge of racist inevitability, it's still amazing to find out that there are still morons who remain secluded in their ignorance.

Also you say this person was a professor? I'd like to quote two people:

"It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated"
- Alec Bourne

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
- Oscar Wilde

[Kay]

egh racism. Personally I think its the reason for all the hate in the world!

Yesterday a black guy, who was great! went to church, helped kids, smart, loved by everyone was killer. With an axe. Why? because he was the wrong color.

It's the one thing that can't be stopped and can't suck any more; its like people don't have enough to worry about for someone to add skin color or religion into it!

[freakygirl]

I have experienced racism too. I was a Chinese person living in Japan and was treated horribly at school. If you read my Ms. Fanbolt pageant answer, you probably know already.

[Krazy]

Yeah a guy recently in England, Antony Walker i think he was called was killed because he was black. He was with his white girlfriend when a bunch of people shouted racist abuse before attacking him with an axe. They didn't know him but he was made their target because of his skin colour,something he had no control over. Racism is a sick thing, we might think that just because places like Australia,Uk and US are more multi-cultured then they were a few decades back that people have learned to except people of other races. But we are wrong,racism will never die, people just keep their opinions of other races to themsevles nowadays.

[tinaweird]

Yeah a guy recently in England, Antony Walker i think he was called was killed because he was black. He was with his white girlfriend when a bunch of people shouted racist abuse before attacking him with an axe. They didn't know him but he was made their target because of his skin colour,something he had no control over. Racism is a sick thing, we might think that just because places like Australia,Uk and US are more multi-cultured then they were a few decades back that people have learned to except people of other races. But we are wrong,racism will never die, people just keep their opinions of other races to themsevles nowadays.

I never really got why two races can't date. You never really see any in movies, tv shows, or books. It's always black and black, white and white, asian and asian.

Of course, I suppose we're accustomed to that or something. But still.

[Katherine]

Well this Professor is American I believe and the fact that he centered on Asians overpopulating Australia annoyed me. Why Asians alone?
We're not the majority minority (ha!) in Australia.
But a few of his Asian students didn't mind him. And want him back to teach (because he's been banned).
There is no such thing as White Australia, or White anything!
(I'm not racist against whites, don't think that).
I hate that people are STILL being labelled by colour. Stupid Darwinism theory and Aristotle for that matter.

I like the points all of you have made.

[Herzschmerz]

I, myself, was only once the victim of racism, which is totally riddiculous, because I'm German and white. But, hey, it was dark outside and I have dark hair, I might be Turkish, so why not discriminate me.
I wasn't so much sorry for myself back then. I could deal with that. But it was my first direct encounter with racism and I was shocked to see how people are treated.


I waas once a victim of racism too. I really don't know why. It was also dark outside and I was with my friend and 2 other Boys. We are all white and there was no reason to attack us but they did! They had baseball bats, they dodn't use it but the fact that they had those bats was very scary. That night was the most horrible night in my life. It made me that I'm afraid to go out at night.

I'm not proud to live in Germany when somebody call me racist just because I live here. I like my country but when I hear such stupid stuff I ask my myself why I have to live here. It makes me feeling terrible. The worst thing is that we have the NPD. I mean they support racism. Why are these things allowed?

I'm against racism

[Kari]

I can't stand that anymore as well.
Living here is nice, that's for sure. I can go to school, I have a safe shelter, I do have all the rights I could wish for and I have something to eat every day.
I'm not patriotic and never have been, but still I'm commited to try to make this country better than it is. I was born here by coincidence and now I'm trying to make the best out of it.
Probably it happened to you as often as to me, that you were called a nazi, racist or whatever, only because you said you were from Germany, which is so riddiculous.
The sad thing is only that many people seem to give these accusations new ground.
With the NPD, or the REPs coming around every corner, getting more and more votes.
And this is not harmless anymore. I wish something effective would be done, and that this party can still operate is scaring.

[chichen02]

racism is so messed up. i think it's wrong. sadly, i doubt it will ever go away so the best thing you can do is to make sure that you yourself don't judge or act on anything based on race and don't be racist yourself.

[Herzschmerz]

Probably it happened to you as often as to me, that you were called a nazi, racist or whatever, only because you said you were from Germany, which is so riddiculous.


That's what exactly happened to me. A few times! it is really riddiculous!

[kristy_star]

how does being an asian affect australian economy? i'm asian and i don't get the whole point.....

[Kaylan]

^ I was thinking the same thing. Would love to read exactly what the professor was saying. How exactly is the economy being ruined?

Racisim is something that will probably always exist. No matter how much we condemn it, the fact is, some people just can not stand other people.

[Katherine]

Well it's always been a problem in the Australian economy that there are some jobs that natural born Australians can't efficiently do so they therefore hire Asian experts to do the job for us.
Plus there are still sweat shops existing in Australia who hire Asian workers because they work longer and for cheaper.

I think the professor means ruined in the sense that Asians are doing the jobs that Australians are meant to do...

Now I love my country (Australia) and I love the people but as Kaylan said, there will always be racism...

[oclover24]

^I don't get how there are "some jobs that natural born Australians can't efficiently do so they therefore hire Asian experts to do the job for us." What does that mean? What kind of jobs?

[Krazy]

Asians have done alot for the economy of countries but some people don't realise that.

[Chenya]

Racism is everywhere, and if you'll have a look at where I live, you'll see that it's definitely not new to me. My grandmother and father from my mother's side suffered deeply from WW2 because they were jewish. After the holocaust, I thought, we would understand that that kind of hatred can lead to disaster, but unfortuantely, we've never understood it. Jewish people from the eastern side of Europe tell jokes about people who came from Africa or the western side of Europe. The Israeli-jewish community is very diverse and very divided: There's a lot of disrespect here, and I'm sure it's all across the globe. And as I see it, there'll never be an end to it.

People always want to feel good about themselves, most people feel they're inferior to others, and when they feel like that, they search for something that would make them feel superior. Nobody wants to be poor, most of us wants to be rich. We want to be powerful in a way, and racism is a way for people to feel better about themselves.

I think what Tina said is true, we are all racist in some way, I'm not saying it to blame anyone or to curse everybody, I'm just saying that we judge people by their appearance, not just by it, but we do so. It's not going to change, 'cause what can we do? We were created as different individuals who have different opinions and looks. I think we need to respect each other's opinions and diverseness, that's the only way to fight racism. That's only my opinion.

(P.S Please excuse me for my English :) )

[diamondroad17]

Racism is a never ending cycle. People fear anything that's different, and it sometimes it is passed down from parents (not genetics, but how they were taught growing up).

I admit that I did judge base on the skin color when I was younger because I was ignorant and I was going by what others around me have told me. But now I know better.

I agree with Tina, I think everybody judges people base on appearances. I'm guilty of it myself, but I'm more aware of it now, and I tell myself to not judge.

[diamondroad17]

I never really got why two races can't date. You never really see any in movies, tv shows, or books. It's always black and black, white and white, asian and asian.

Of course, I suppose we're accustomed to that or something. But still.

I find this funny since a while ago someone else were complaining that you don't see two African Americans as the main couple in a major movie. Usually when two blacks get together, the movie are steered toward African-Americans audience. They feel as if the general movie going audience wouldn't enjoy watching a movie where two African-Americans get together. For example, in Hitch, they paired Will Smith a Latina female lead. Hollywood didn't want to pair a white and black together, but they don't they that the audience would go for a black and black pairing, so they go for the Latina.

[Katherine]

Christine - I believe he means the jobs in engineering and science and hard labour jobs...

Did you know that racism can be dated back to the old testament. Noah banished his son (who was dark skinned) and during the early centuries where religion played a big part they took that as dark skinned people should be banished or something...

[Kaylan]

I believe that we do judge people by appearances, but that isn't necssarily racism. if i saw an asian person dressed all punk, i would think. punk person. same as if it was a caucasian person dressed the same way.

about the job issue. i guess the professor was claiming that 'important' jobs were going to asians?? well, if they are equally as qualified why won't they get the job? besides, besides affirmative action.

[oclover24]

Christine - I believe he means the jobs in engineering and science and hard labour jobs...

Thank you for the answer!

[NIRVANA_17]

I hate racism. I am a turkishguy. I am white. I am atheist.But ı like black peoples, chiristians,muslims............

[*GrEGsBaBY22*]

I'm really glad there is a forum for this when I was in 4th grade my best friend at the time told me we could no longer be friends cause her mother didn't approve because I was African American & i reemeber crying so much cause i didnt understand my parents raised me to love everyoen no matter what & i couldnt believe taht this was happening to me you know you hear stories but when its happens to you its something different
and I hated to say this but being African American the minute something of the Caucasian race call one of us a ni*%a it will never end & it will be all over the news & the hugest story & dont get me wrong the person should have never said it But We call each other ni*%a all the time & everyone thinks ok & i dont seeing as where the word came the from it shouldnt be used at all !!

[jquijano617]

Sad as it is, Racism will always be part of our world :( People will always discriminate against African Americans, Asians, Middle Eastern people etc...that's the way it's always been, which is so sad...

[celebfan2005]

i have so much to say about this issue you know .

[Prue14Fan]

Sad as it is, Racism will always be part of our world People will always discriminate against African Americans, Asians, Middle Eastern people etc...that's the way it's always been, which is so sad...


Yeah, it is. I love how Tracy in the movie Thirteen says "If everybody married someone from a different race, then in one generation there would be no prejudice." Unfortunately my family is a little bit prejudice. They don't believe in mixing races. My cousin moved in with a black guy and my grandma told her that if she ever had kids with him not to expect any presents or anything else for it from her.

[oclover24]

^That's sad. :(

[seth_is_my_baby]

I hate racism! It's disgusting.

[Prue14Fan]

Good way of summing that up Em! :lol:

[seth_is_my_baby]

Thanks Britney :)

It's the truth though, racism is foul.

[celebfan2005]

I hate racism! It's disgusting.


I love what you said

[OCallyFaN80]

Today was my first day of school and already I exprienced racism for the first day. It's not my first, but it was stuff I heard on the first day. There was this guy who was making fun of asains and such. He didn't notice me, but when he saw me, oh man, he just kept on making fun of me and other asians. When I heard his gay jokes about it, just wanted to take a punch, but don't worry, I didn't. The guys at the table laughed and such, which ticked me off. Racism, again, is a big part of me. Some people, which I can't believe, doesn't accept for who you are. Definition for racism is hate and different, if I had to summarize it like that. There's a lot of hate and there's plenty of different colors and nationality in this world. Everyone must accept for who they are. I wish this world didn't have so much hate on each other.

And yes, Racism is a disgusting thing. Racism is a thing that no one wants to see in this world. It's just doesn't go with this world... The world just needs peace!

[oclover24]

^That sucks! :( I'm sorry that happened to you.

[OCallyFaN80]

Christine, you just summarized it for me. Thanks! Yeah, it sucked really bad. My school deals with a lot of racism and A LOT, which is bad and you can't imagine it! Even this summer, I was IMed by this kid I know at school and he was insulting me saying flat face and such. It just killed me! I mean, just because I'm asian really doesn't mean nothing. We are the same, we're human. Just because we have different color and nationalities doesn't mean your 'different'. I think everyone is different. We are all humans and should respect each other for who you really are...

[oclover24]

^Yep, I agree with what you're saying: "I think everyone is different. We are all humans and should respect each other for who you really are..." Everybody is different personality wise yet the same body wise! We're all human - and some people don't get that!

[OCallyFaN80]

^Yep, I agree with what you're saying: "I think everyone is different. We are all humans and should respect each other for who you really are..." Everybody is different personality wise yet the same body wise! We're all human - and some people don't get that!

Ditto on that! I mean, there's no difference! This world needs so much respect than racism. No one wants that here. But, any way, there has to be at least one person in this world to be one. But, hopefully, this world and all about this racism won't exist in the near future, even though I doubt it, but as always say, keep your hopes up. But, hopefully, everyone realizes what they did to whoever they did it to. I mean, no one shouldn't ever deserve racism at all, even though it maybe be your enemy, racism should never be involved. But, it always has to once in awhile... :(

[celebfan2005]

Ditto on that! I mean, there's no difference! This world needs so much respect than racism. No one wants that here. But, any way, there has to be at least one person in this world to be one. But, hopefully, this world and all about this racism won't exist in the near future, even though I doubt it, but as always say, keep your hopes up. But, hopefully, everyone realizes what they did to whoever they did it to. I mean, no one shouldn't ever deserve racism at all, even though it maybe be your enemy, racism should never be involved. But, it always has to once in awhile... :(

i love what you said well said :)

[OCallyFaN80]

i love what you said well said :)

Thanks for the wonderful comment. I maybe poetic sometimes... ;) :lol:

But, anyways, back to the racism subject... In the past, which was like in what, the 1900s', well, anyways, there was many hate between every color. Maybe you guys might of heard of Martin Luther King Jr. a lot. Well, since I go to a public school and have a lot of blacks and hispanics. We studied a lot about the past about the fight between black and white. I think this was one of the great things that happened for the world. Doctor King made the world change. He had all colors together and not separate each and everyone by color. During the time, I think it had to be one of the rough times. This is a free world. All combined with one place and world with more than 10 nationalites and such. If it wasn't for Martin Luther King Jr., then the war between black and white would still go on. So, at least for now, I thank him for making this world all in one.

As what I said a bunch of times, racism is all based on hate and differences. Just because your different and different from others doesn't mean that everyone will hate on each other. Racism a complicated word to say. It's an insult to everyone in the world. No one wants people to refer you as a 'racism' or themselves. And also, just because you look way different from others doesn't mean you will hate on each other. Racism is hard. Wished the world could change about that, but I don't think it'll be fixed. Hopefully in the near future, the racism will be bailed and have a peaceful life with love and without hate on each other because everyone is the same, no matter what color or nationality you are.

[jquijano617]

Don't we wish everybody has the same views as us about Racism! :( I'm asian too but thankfully I haven't encountered much problem w/ it.
I just wish people of all colors and nationality would just come together and accept that we're all part of the human race, all struggling to be part of a better world and striving to be better people...for the good of this world we all live in...:poke:

[celebfan2005]

racism is nasty its people like the kkk p diddy and kanya west that makes racism sickning

[Prue14Fan]

My school deals with a lot of racism

There is a group of racist people at my school. I'm not sure what they're racist against but I know they seem to really hate black people (there's only a few at my school, everyone else is all white) and last year they were asking people to join the KKK. They're pretty pathetic really.

[seth_is_my_baby]

^^ Those people sound completely stupid and pathetic Britney. Talk about attention seeking....

[everwoodisfab]

Racism sickens me, it is low and just shows ignorance. I can't understand how people can still have these views- everyone is a person end of. Everyone is a person, everyone is equal and should be treated as such

[Katherine]

For my assignment I am talking about how the World Wide Web has spread racial and ethnic hatred around the globe.

I was wondering if anyone knows of any openly racist websites....I remember we had that thread that started the whole "Ban The Hate" thing - but I can't find it anymore.

[Quinton]

The sad truth is that racism is going to continue for at least the foreseeable future.

And, if you wanna be really open and honest about it, I think every one of us is guilty at one point of being racist or at the very least, discriminatory. That's not to say we openly participate in hate marches or anything like that but we are all guilty of either a) having at least one racist thought or b) indirectly saying something racist whether we were joking or not.

Saying things like 'we're all equal' or 'one planet, one people' etc is nice in theory but not ultimately true. Truth is we're all born different and as much as we want to say we see everyone in the same light, we don't. The first thing we notice about another person is their physical appearance. Give a police description of somebody and their skin color turns into one of the most important pieces of information. If you were to walk down a dark alley and two black men are slowly walking toward you, what would you do? Most people would get scared.

Again, I'm not saying that we're all haters or biters, just that in order to work on the whole we need to start from within. It's no use trying to heal someone if you're already broken.

[Katherine]

Q I agree with you.

I am guilty of having racist thoughts and laughing at racist jokes, even cracking a few of my own. I have no-one to blame but myself, actually if I was to blame anyone I'd blame my family for creating these racist ideologies within me.

I do believe racism is wrong but you're right, we can't change the way the world thinks.

Can I change my line of thought? Probably not.

But then comes the whole question of jokes. Jokes are generally offensive to particular groups of people; Polish, Americans, Australians, Blondes, Gays, politicians etc etc...We can't not tell a joke these days (well a "funny" joke to teenagers) without offending some sort of group...it's a losing battle.

And I just made no sense...sorry...:blush:

[Quinton]

lol "why did the chicken cross the road..."

are you even aware how insensitive that comment is to vegetarians and vegans? huh?

That's maybe a little over the top but you get my drift.

[Kari]

Nobody is free of prejudice and it would be delusional to think so.
I try to be and I know I will fail again and again. The importance is to be aware of the fact that you have prejudices, because that is the only way to pass behind them - maybe.
I mean, this sounds all philosophical and like something a very wise man would say in a very theoretical book, but I think it's true.

[everwoodisfab]

Thats true, everyone has prejudices that we have to get over and nothing can be done to combat prejudice unless we all decide to work through our own beliefs. I often find that my friends make little comments without realising how offensive they can be, but then I probably do it myself without realising it....

[Fading Shadow]

Racisim is horrible I hate racist people there are alot of people at my school who are racist against other people I'm American and white but I get made fun of by alot of people.

[Scarlet]

Racism is everywhere...no matter where we're from....here in Australia, we pride ourselves on being a multicultural country, and yet those who say that also say that it's getting to be too much...that the immigrants that come here don't want to be Australian....I have an great amount of friends from all sorts of places around the world....Everytime I meet someone, they ask me where I'm from. I was born in Australia and I say that..then they ask me where I get my darker than white skin from, and I tell them that my mother was Filipino, but I don't understand why they ask anyway...does it really matter?

[Katherine]

When I meet someone on the net I always say I'm Australian, and later mention that I'm Filippino (BTW Shell...I did not know that...too cool)

Australia is a multi-cultural society, man Australia has always been a multicultural society. I mean the British immigrated (well "conquered" really) the land...

Lately on the news they've been showing stories about how immigrants should undergo an English speaking test before they get accepted in.

Im not sure whether I agree or not. But it is frustrating not being able to understand people at certain shops (and hey those shops are Filippino as well)

[Scarlet]

Hey Kat, yeah I'm half Filipino...:) but nobody can really tell, lol. I don't really look it...I got my Aussie dad's big nose and height, so I'm taller than usual, hahaha. I always get mistaken for Maltese or Portugese...and the only Filipino I know is "Komusta ka?"

Oz really always has been a multicultural country. The saddest thing is that the indigenous people have been treated like crap by our own government...

[Katherine]

Oh please I know even less Filipino...but one of my students is half Filo as well and I wouldnt have guessed if I hadnt met her mother...

[Faith]

My town in England is probably the most multicultural one around, Bradford. The majority of people are either white or asian (no Filo asian, as in Islam-worshipping, from the country of India.) And there is a lot of racial tension around. Mainly because there are a large population of asian men that do seem to spend an awful lot of time harassing (and chasing, and attacking) girls like me.

However, there is also a large group of unpleasant chav-y white boys around that love nothing more than joy-riding and harassing people (like me, lol.) So it annoys me that there has to be so much racial anomosity in my town.

I understand it, to an extent, where I live, because a lot of people have been subjected to racist or other kinds of attacks, and that has effected them deeply themselves. However, bottom line, it is unacceptable... it doesn't matter what race someone is, if they are going to attack you, they are going to attack you.

I get racist remarks sometimes, normally 'White b*tch,' but I don't let it get to me because I know there is NO actual difference between people, no matter what colour they are... grr racists! :tongue:

But in a way, it has borne good, because my school makes an effort now to interact with a muslim girl school from near by, and it might be a small step but it makes a difference.

There will always be narrow minded people :ponder:

[Krazy]

^^I live near Bradford, so i know what you mean,i'm part asian myself so the comments are slighly different :lol:
There are alot of asian men who do drugs and prey on young girls but there are also alot of white men too that do the same thing. I don't think Bradford used to be so divided but because of the riots things have changed.
To me skin colour doesn't matter.

[M&M Vermelha]

Brazil is a mixed country, really mixed.. for example, I have spanish-german-portuguese-arabic-among-others blood. And that happens with most of us, we don´t have as much segregation as you can see in another countries, like USA... which means that we have less racism, but we still have.

Our prejudice is more often strong with people from some poor states from Brazil, and against some especific countries, such as Argentina...

[Faith]

^^I live near Bradford, so i know what you mean,i'm part asian myself so the comments are slighly different :lol:
There are alot of asian men who do drugs and prey on young girls but there are also alot of white men too that do the same thing. I don't think Bradford used to be so divided but because of the riots things have changed.
To me skin colour doesn't matter.

Argh, the riots... *pft* that did bugger us up a bit, huh? and then with the London bombers being from leeds, as well... Yorkshire is really not coping well at the mo, huh? :lol:

I don't get racism in Bradford from either side, I mean as I said, there are just as many white chav gits that harass me as anyone else.

[Krazy]

Don't you just hate them chavs?:lol:
I remember when the riots where happening that was bad,NF didn't they call themselves?:ebraise: The london bombings just bought everything back just as everyone was beginning to move on ,forgive and forget. But there are always people from both sides who stir things up and make it impossible for others to get along.

[Faith]

lol why fight each other when we can gang up against the chavs?! (lol I'm kidding, I know some lovely chavs... SOME :) )

I was on holiday in Ibiza during the riots... I told one guy I was from Bradford and he laughed at me, so from then on in it was, "I live near Leeds..." lol then the bombings happened, and it became "I'm from Yorkshire..." :lol:

Nah, I love Bradford, I just wish there was less tension :)

[Scarlet]

Oh please I know even less Filipino...but one of my students is half Filo as well and I wouldnt have guessed if I hadnt met her mother...


Same here...lol....But I love how everyone is so shocked when I tell them I'm half Filo, they don't believe me, hahaha. I always get Spanish, Maltese, Portugese....and then I show them a pic of my mum, and then they get it....:lol:

[Krazy]

I get what you mean Gem is it?
There are alot of chavs that go to my school,most of them are just pathetic but one or two are okay but still weird IMO.
Yeah it's so not cool to say you're from Bradford or Leeds now but there's no point denying the truth right?;)

[Faith]

I'm proud of my crappy little town :)

We have some rocks... and a starbucks... and some more rocks... a couple of trees... a few mcdonalds... racial tension... what more does a girl need? :lol:

Nah I love it... my point is, for as many nice chavs there are, there are also a tonne of nice Asian people (I work with like, 10 that I love to bits) so I dont get this whole racism against Asians (from my side, obviously.) I dont get it about white people, either... it all just sucks. Can't we all drink a starbucks and get along? :)

[Scarlet]

In a perfect world we can...but we can't....:lol:

[Krazy]

Bradford's starbucks is great http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/kiss.gif Nice hot choclate there :lol:
I guess there will always be racial tension no matter how many equal human rights there are,no matter how many people we know of different races. :nohope:
It's sad really but i'm glad that i'm open minded myself. :)

[Faith]

lol I love the people that work there! Martin rawks :lol: :lol:

Back to the subject... racism is bad :(

[Krazy]

I don't know the staff well but next time i go i'll give Martin a call :lol:
Yeah racism is bad very bad but it's everywhere.

[Katherine]

I know this is completely unethical, but if anyone has stumbled across a racist website, could you please PM me the link. It's for an assignment.

[allipare]

Oh, racism, what will we do with it? In the end, it's just so pointless, as is so many other things that seem to destroy man kind.
I don't think racism will ever disappear. Some believe that it is gone, but it isn't. There's no way. It comes in so many different shapes and forms. Think about it .... when you hear someone say " Oh that's gay. " Which, I'm sure you've heard or are guilty of saying it ( I sure am ). Anyways think about what it means ... first off, your putting gay in the place of a vile word, like stupid. So, you're basically saying that being gay is dumb. Now, how is that not considered racist or prejudice? It's hatred towards mankind. We are who we are and we can't help it.

People should really think before they say or do certain things.

[everwoodisfab]

^it's true that people often use the word "gay" instead of an insulting or bad word but I dont think that can be classed as intentional racism- obviously it is in some cases and it started out as a way of putting homosexuals down but now it has just been adopted into slang- which I agree it shouldn't be but at least it isn't intentional racism

[Theresa]

I think racism is pointless and horrible. People should accept who you are. Ive been bullied myself because of my race when i was younger but its not as common now.

[Alex C]

people who r racist, get me really mad, it is pointless and rude !!

[allipare]

^ indeed it is.

Okay, off topic :ot: --> Oh my god ! You're from Ireland !? LUUUCKY !! :D I adoooore ireland. hehe. My heritage is irish...

[Alex C]

off topic but.

cool, but i wouldnt say im lucky, Ireland kinda sucks!! lol and my accent is kinda annoying, if i do say so myself !! lol

[Kari]

Irish accents are so sweet, really.
Don't worry about it :)

[HappyHamster]

off topic but.

cool, but i wouldnt say im lucky, Ireland kinda sucks!! lol and my accent is kinda annoying, if i do say so myself !! lol

:ot: Aww pweez don't say that! I'm hoping to move to Dublin soon. If the damned people at job I'm going for would ever just reply!

I apparently already have the accent for it, but that's what happens when you live with a Dubliner for 6 years. :lol:

[Alex C]

:ot:

yeah the southern accent is cool, i like it, but im from N.Ireland and my accent sucks!!

i totally love Dublin !! the shoppings really good, and it has really really good night clubs as well !! :cheers:

[allipare]

What ! Ireland = friggin' kick ass. Plus, the accents ROCK ! I love hearing the different accents ... :D

[Scarlet]

I love a good Irish accent...I love several accents but French and Irish are sexy...:lol:

[everwoodisfab]

Irish accents rock :D

[everwoodisfab]

Sorry to double post but I got some racism recently. It was the first time anyone has ever said anything really offensive to me. This guy told me to f*ck off back to my own country (stupid really seen as the British isles is all one country) and said the my family should keep England clean and keep our crap in Wales. He then went on to make alot of nasty jokes. I.e "whats another name for a sheep tie to a lampost in Cardiff?" etc. I mean I have heard people make those jokes before and just lauged along because I know they didnt mean anything by it but this guy was really serious and it wasnt pleasant :(

[Andrea]

That isn't exactly racist. It's more like... regionalist? Ethnocentric?

Regardless, it's undoubtedly *rude*. I practice my "B****, are you for real?" expression for just such moments =)

[Ashlyn]

I hate how racism can be so accepted. Kids who grow up in my state, especially guys, feel like that hate is their... legacy. That's why our town has less than 20 non-white people, and i'm not even exaggerating.

The kids at my school make stupid comments like "The KKK has to rise again!" or "We can't let those N****** take over our country!" :rolleyes:

To be honest, I don't think these people even hold these views, but they feel like they have to hate black people because there parents do or whatever, and they just keep breeding generations of this fake illogical hate.

Now, I just finished watching Crash, which is an amazing movie that deals with racism. I came away with a sort of different feeling about it. The racism of our generation isn't like the older days, when non-whites were fighting for tangible things like intergrated schools and the right to vote.

Now, the battle is almost entirely in our minds.

[Cohen_girl]

I hate racist people.. When are people going to realise that we are all the same?

[Buffy_Summers]

I'm sick to death of how racism is treated in the U.K. Of course it's wrong to be racist against Black or Asian people (and any other person) but people seem to be forgeting that it's not okay to be racist against white people. A good example of this being the case is today at school an Asian boy was kicking me because I'm white and to those who saw it there was nothing wrong with what he did except for the fact he was kicking me. The fact that he did it because I'm white was nither here nor there to them. Then I said to the boy 'If you hate white people so much, you shouldn't be living in a country where there are mostly white people'. Now I'm being picked on for being 'racist'. That is what I really hate about the way a lot of people are starting to think about racism, a white person says something that is completly unracist and they are seen as racist, then someone who isn't white says something racist about white people and it's completly fine.

[Ashlyn]

Meh..

Backwards racism is terrible too, and pretty acceptable.

[Scarlet]

But that's the thiing...if a white person says something about another race, it's automatcially classified as racism...but if Asian or blacks, or any others really do it against the whites, nobody else says anything...i can understand why they would say things, but I don't understand why it's not also classified as racism....