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"Racism is Going Too Far"

Let's face it. Racism is something which has to stop.

Despite attempts on numerous occasions to prevent Racism from occuring, it has not stopped, as I am sure you will all know.

Also, words which are intended to be Racist are now being used merely as common insults.

But let's just get to the point; Racism is bad. It must be stopped. Right now. Who agrees?

Cwazy Wabbit wrote:
> Racism is to all different backgrounds, religions and nations, not
> just black people. I think they should make it illegal, there should
> be a fine for every Racism/Discrimination said.
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You're an idiot.
Can you really see that working?

Sooo.....a black person saying to his brother, "Hi, what's up negro?" will mean he should be fined?

Racism is to all different backgrounds, religions and nations, not just black people. I think they should make it illegal, there should be a fine for every Racism/Discrimination said.

Forest Fan wrote:
> Sometimes I get called "Milky"!
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Why, do you milk alot of cows?

Forest Fan wrote:
> Yeh racism is bad and should stop. But all this "political
> correctness" doesn't help anyone though.


Hate to admit this but i actually agree with the religious freak. Political Correctness causes more harm and tension than anything.

Racism will go away becoase in a copuple of millions of years there will be no race

Forest Fan wrote:
> Sometimes I get called "Milky"!

Fatty or skimmed? Maybe even semi skimmed?

Rickoss wrote:
> Erm... of course racism isn't a good thing. I don't really see it as
> much of an issue though; the majority of people I know accept people,
> no matter what race, for who they are and not what they look like.

I guess, the problem is that everyone looks at someone and has an initial impression of them, based entirely on their appearance; they will also form views on them, despite the fact that those views have no way of originating from their appearance. For example, how do you know that a middle aged, serious looking guy wearing a suit is a Consevative supporter? You don't, but some have those views. Another one - look, a Chinese, he's bound to be a greedy capitalist jerk. And - OMG, he's well built and black - he must have stabbed someone in the past.

There are many more, but it's in our genes to be racist; so unless in the future we somehow manage to locate this DNA area (if it exists), and in turn replace it with something less "racist", then the issue of racism will never stop.

Even if laws and the behaviour of everyone is suppressed to the level that no active racism takes place, people will still think it in their heads - no matter what. In fact, and this is a bold statement, I can say that everyone living being is racist, but to different levels. Possibly not the one cell amoeba though.

Sometimes I get called "Milky"!

Snufkin wrote:
> I think their word for "white foreigner" is made up of those
> words. well that's what my asian girlfriend and others told me. white
> devil/ghost

Yeah, roughly translates to ghost man. I don't get that either.