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I believe that world peace and the end of racism can be achieved when the last american wasp is struggled with the guts of the last english.
if this makes me a racist, I don't know *shrug* I don't think so tho.
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Guynemer
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Oh, come on. We can't tell the differance any more than they could for someone who is American, someone who is Canadian, someone who is Australian, and someone who is British. |
Actually, regarding East Asians, there are differences if you are observant enough. They are subtle differences, and exist over a spectrum, but someone familiar with them can usually tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Laotian (for example). And, of course, they could tell the difference amongst themselves much easier than an American could.
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Ramo
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You're probably right, KH. Never been to Canada before, so I have little idea what the ethnic composition actually is.
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We can't tell the differance any more than they could for someone who is American, someone who is Canadian, someone who is Australian, and someone who is British. |
Linguistically (therefore, genetically), the difference between the Chinese and Laotian people is about as great as the difference between the English and Iranian people. In other words, the difference is certainly not trivial.
Last edited by Ramo on 19-02-2002 at 04:09
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:17
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Oxford defines racism as: 1 (prejudice based on belief in superiority of particular race. 2 Antagonism towards other races.
The Encarta dictionary lists similar definitions, but for the second it states: The belief that people of different races have different qualities and abilities and that some races are inherently superior or inferior.
Using the Encarta definition, Caligastia is a racist.
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:17
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I took the test and got:
# 1 Anti-Racist
# 2 Colorblind
# 3 Racist
# 4 Racial 'Realist'
# 5 Racial Bigot
# 6 Racialist
Which question dealt with affirmative action?
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chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
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Why shouldn't your race be considered at any time? Ignoring someone's race is pretty bad, also. You're saying to someone that part of who they are isn't worth recognition. Ignoring our differences is not superior to recognizing and clebrating our differences.
Vive la difference. We would be f*cking boring if we all looked like one particular group of people.
Growing up in a racist society, you are taught, over and over, certain assumptions about other groups. These become part of your core belief system, some of which may be so deeply ingrained that you don't even realize that you have them. The assumptions you make just seem natural.
I believe it is impossible for anyone to grow up in a racist society without being deformed by that sick system. By default, we are racists. We can educate ourselves and try and overcome these inherent asumptions. Even knowing, however, that you have racist attitudes is not necessarily enough. It may be that mere knowledge is enough to motivate a person to overcome those beliefs, but often it seems, it takes interaction to really break down those attitudes.
BTW, again, complex social issues can only be defined using a dictionary if you are a complete fool.
Yes, race is an arbitrary social distinction between humans. So is American and British and what we think the roles of men and women are. Their arbitrariness does not make these distcintions less real. Money is only an agreement among people, yet no one argues that it doesn't exist. Race exists, because we agree that it does, we act like it does, and among people, that's what's important.
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Urban Ranger
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Apolyton Duke of Off-Topic
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Originally posted by Guynemer
Actually, regarding East Asians, there are differences if you are observant enough. They are subtle differences, and exist over a spectrum, but someone familiar with them can usually tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Laotian (for example). And, of course, they could tell the difference amongst themselves much easier than an American could. |
That's very true. I can tell the difference between a Chinese, a Korean, and a Japanese readily. For SE Asians that takes some work.
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