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Just a thought.
Because countries are no longer (were they ever?) consisting of one race of people and instead are a collection of different races and cultures it is impossible to be racist by saying something such as 'I hate the French/English' because there is not a specific race attatched to that country (like there ever was).
So to be racist you would have to say 'I hate the French/English race' but simply saying 'I hate the French/English' is not racist as you are commenting on a nationality and not a race.
Thoughts?
Because countries are no longer (were they ever?) consisting of one race of people and instead are a collection of different races and cultures it is impossible to be racist by saying something such as 'I hate the French/English' because there is not a specific race attatched to that country (like there ever was).
So to be racist you would have to say 'I hate the French/English race' but simply saying 'I hate the French/English' is not racist as you are commenting on a nationality and not a race.
Thoughts?
I hear that if you go back 30 generations we're all related...urghh! Incest!
Garin wrote:
> Sorry but in my opinion it never was racist commenting on a
> nationality. Saying "I hate the french" (I do btw) is
> racist is nothing more than bad use of the english lanugage.
It's abit of a generalisation though.. :P
> Sorry but in my opinion it never was racist commenting on a
> nationality. Saying "I hate the french" (I do btw) is
> racist is nothing more than bad use of the english lanugage.
It's abit of a generalisation though.. :P
Sorry but in my opinion it never was racist commenting on a nationality. Saying "I hate the french" (I do btw) is racist is nothing more than bad use of the english lanugage.
I think racism is based more upon the origins of each race. The English race originates in England, but that doesn't make everyone in England English. Although there is no such thing as a pure race. I myself am something ridiculous like a 16th German and an 8th Irish (thanks to my great and great great grandparents).
Yep, I just think it's interesting that making fun of someone's nationality and to some degree their culture isn't generally racist anymore because lots of places are much more racially diverse than than they used to be.
The end of the ultra-politically correct draws closer.
The end of the ultra-politically correct draws closer.
Racism isn't exactly based on logic, though, is it?
The fact that someone is born in the UK, for example, does not put the racists off chants such as 'go back to your own country' and certainly some who follow the vile BNP rules believe that the English race is based on those who's English ancestors can be traced back a certain number of generations.
Of course, what they fail to realise is that if you go back far enough then no one is English and if you go back further we're all technically African (as per current historical evidence).
The fact that someone is born in the UK, for example, does not put the racists off chants such as 'go back to your own country' and certainly some who follow the vile BNP rules believe that the English race is based on those who's English ancestors can be traced back a certain number of generations.
Of course, what they fail to realise is that if you go back far enough then no one is English and if you go back further we're all technically African (as per current historical evidence).
Just a thought.
Because countries are no longer (were they ever?) consisting of one race of people and instead are a collection of different races and cultures it is impossible to be racist by saying something such as 'I hate the French/English' because there is not a specific race attatched to that country (like there ever was).
So to be racist you would have to say 'I hate the French/English race' but simply saying 'I hate the French/English' is not racist as you are commenting on a nationality and not a race.
Thoughts?
Because countries are no longer (were they ever?) consisting of one race of people and instead are a collection of different races and cultures it is impossible to be racist by saying something such as 'I hate the French/English' because there is not a specific race attatched to that country (like there ever was).
So to be racist you would have to say 'I hate the French/English race' but simply saying 'I hate the French/English' is not racist as you are commenting on a nationality and not a race.
Thoughts?