What would you do to help end racism?

[lojak]

What would you do to help end racism?

I just finish a seminar about racism at my place of employment, as a prop we looked at the movie crash. The guy running the seminar was a professor of a university in St. Louis; he also happens to be black.

I thought it was going to be the same old stuff about how whites done this and blacks were wronged that whey they commit all this crime. First, as most of you already know I’m black, I know there is racism in the world but I don’t let it stop me. It’s just making me try harder.

I experience racism first hand, but I also faced classism, culture, gender, age, and education discrimination; but, I also have perpetuated the same things that I experience. Not just toward people of other races but toward people of my own. Which make me just a wrong or racist as the KKK except I don’t kill people for being different than I.

So, if anyone would like to help me understand about you, please don’t hesitate to contact me so we can have a open conversation about each other. I look forward to learning different language, religious belief, behaviors and personalities.

Thank you

los

 

[PainTrain]

"What would you do to help end racism?"



Make sure I don't practice it. I think thats the best I can do. I can't change how people think, as much as I'd like to.

 

[DannyMc]

Where I live I feel racial tension . Some times it makes me feel sad and some times it anger's me . One thing that comes to mind is these people don't even know me , why do they look down on me or hate me so . I myself didn't do a thing to them , but yet they don't like me just because I'm the color I am . This is just plain and simple stereotype , and I feel once people understand it's a one on one in this life and not just the mistakes done by a few of that color , they will start to feel the love of their fellow human beings of all colors .

 

[Bugman]

"What would you do to help end racism?"



Make sure I don't practice it. I think thats the best I can do. I can't change how people think, as much as I'd like to.

Well said Germio,that's all anyone can really do.Racism will always be with us,it's sad but true.Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

 

[TheFactor]

What would you do to help end racism?

I just finish a seminar about racism at my place of employment, as a prop we looked at the movie crash. The guy running the seminar was a professor of a university in St. Louis; he also happens to be black.

I thought it was going to be the same old stuff about how whites done this and blacks were wronged that whey they commit all this crime. First, as most of you already know I’m black, I know there is racism in the world but I don’t let it stop me. It’s just making me try harder.

I experience racism first hand, but I also faced classism, culture, gender, age, and education discrimination; but, I also have perpetuated the same things that I experience. Not just toward people of other races but toward people of my own. Which make me just a wrong or racist as the KKK except I don’t kill people for being different than I.

So, if anyone would like to help me understand about you, please don’t hesitate to contact me so we can have a open conversation about each other. I look forward to learning different language, religious belief, behaviors and personalities.

Thank you

los

I look at both sides of my family. Well all three I should say, thanks to me being adopted. My dad's side of the family is “religious racist” (they don't believe in interracial couples, my blood mother's family is just “stupid racist” (they don't know why they hate every race but whites) and my adopted mother is “job racist” (blacks and Mexican’s are taking the superior white man's jobs.)

I don't know what can help. No one listens.

 

[brianspencer66]

racism is somthing so embedded in this country that alot of people dont even see it in themselves. This is a very complex issue but alot of its root comes from European domination of peoples of color not just here in the states but in lots of 3rd world countries and I truly think rightly or wrongly that we are seeing its fruition in the Arab world today. I think everyone should start by reading the autobiogrhy of malcome X and I really hope Im not saying stuff here that will offend people but well that was the question in the post and as a black male I need to be honest.

 

[Bugman]

racism is somthing so embedded in this country that alot of people dont even see it in themselves. This is a very complex issue but alot of its root comes from European domination of peoples of color not just here in the states but in lots of 3rd world countries and I truly think rightly or wrongly that we are seeing its fruition in the Arab world today. I think everyone should start by reading the autobiogrhy of malcome X and I really hope Im not saying stuff here that will offend people but well that was the question in the post and as a black male I need to be honest.

It is a complex issue,but racism has been around about as long as mankind.What could be more racist then slavery,which has been with us for thousands of years,and continue's to this day in some parts of the world.I don't think you said anything that should offened anyone brian,i would hope you would agree it's not a problem that is limited to America or to white's,ignorate people come in all color's and there is no hope for many of them i think.

 

[slacker2114]

I won't use the words I would normally use to describe this. But lets just say we round up all the racist scum of EVERY race (and pretty much all of France), drop them off someplace where they'll never make it back to the civilized world so all the hard-working blacks, whites, asians, middle-easterners and latinos of all religions can live in peace and work towards making a better world.

 

[lojak]

Racism didn't start with blacks and will not end with African-Americans; in a earlier time it was called socialism. The rich looking down at the poor, the poor needing someone to scorn so they look down on other races.

Poor white people whom didn’t even have a mule, looks over and see a black man with a one. Or white male having a bad run of luck, needs someone to vent his anger on.

We have to remember that racism didn't start over night; it started with one person making their feeling known to others. It’s easier to say that I didn’t get the job because it was given to someone of LESSER QUAILITY BECAUSE OF AFFIRMITIVE ACTION.

My question wasn’t some type of affirmative action was practice way before the 60’s? Man get a job at a car plant in the 40’s work there for years until his oldest son turns 18 than they legacy his son in.

Universities still practice a firm of affirmative action with preferences toward students who parents graduated there 20 years ago.

We will never end racism it will just change it name to something else, but we can help end the mystery surrounding why people dislike / hate others by talking about it.

 

[Tamia78]

I think people dislike or hate people of other races/class because they don't know about them, and what they do know (based on stereotypes) scares them. The best way for people to know about you is to be yourself. You might not change their mind overnight, but you can give them something to think about. I know when I think about racism, I automatically think black/white. But I realize it's soooo much more than just that. I don't think that makes me racist, but I do need to educate myself.

--T

 

[Snail Shell]

As a victim of racism myself (attacked for dad being Jewish), I do everything I can to end racism. Every time my brother makes a wisecrack about that kind of stuff, I cuss him out. If I see it happening in the general area, I stand up for the victim.

Racism is wrong. Plain and simple.

Snail Shell

 

[Moses25]

I like the way you think, bro...

Racism is a psychological construct perpetrated by governmental agencies to keep different groups in their place(s), while allowing "special" groups to advance further in society...

It's all a just a test my friend...we're all asleep right now...our minds in the hands of "others."

Don't believe me? Just ask Mimi...the Iron Lady of Reparations will tell you that life is "scripted".

As well, racism introduces the "scratch" phenomenon. Sadly, we people of colour (myself included) are all victims of this unholy practice. Basically, it pertains to "scratching" a person of colour with noxious external stimuli (like racism) so that he/she/they will become harder/better workers (something you yourself have attested to), thus eliminating those at the top of the totem pole to actually have to work for a living.

Hope this helps.

Cheers. 🙂

 

[MasterPaladin]

Sadly I don't think racism will ever be totally eliminated people will always find something to dislike a group of people. I myself if I dislike you it is not because of what color you skin is or what religion you practice , it's your personality. My best friend found out my dad passed away I was in NYC at the time he lived in LA he flew to NY that night to be there for me thats a true friend. We have been friends since 3rd grade I am now 52 and we still keep in touch, Yes I am white and he is black but I look at him as a person , It is very unfortunate that you can't make everyone feel that way.
Everyone here has brought up some very good points. Remember this , If you are christian or whatever religion we all get judged by the same person in the end that person being God and guess what , in the bible he calls us ALL his children I don't recall him saying anything about race creed or color.

 

[drew70]

I personally welcome the day when a person's race becomes no more significant than hair style....when the color of a person's skin means no more than the color of the shirt they are wearing. I used to believe society was heading in that direction and that I might actually see this happen in my lifetime, but about 10 years ago I started seeing this is not the case. I see things like Affirmative Action (now being corporately referred to as an "All-inclusive workplace." ), government programs and incentives based on ethnicity, spokespeople such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Cynthia McKinney, the NAACP, etc., all serving to underline the differences between races, and shore up the walls that divide them.

 

[Mastertank1]

I'll keep doing what I have done all my adult life;

When anyone...ANYONE says or does something racist in my presence, I call them on it, publicly, right then and there. I get in their face about it, as publicly as possible. I show them up for the assholes they are.

Has it gotten me in trouble over the years? Yes.
Has it gotten me into fights? Oh, yeah.
Has it gotten me beaten up a few times? More than a few.
Am I planning to stop because of that? Not while I'm still breathing!

I also encourage all the mixed race couples I know to have as many kids as they can afford to raise properly.
Ever notice that mixed race kids tend to be REALLY good looking, whatever the two races are?
Could that be God telling us something?
Just a thought.

 

[kis123]

I personally welcome the day when a person's race becomes no more significant than hair style....when the color of a person's skin means no more than the color of the shirt they are wearing. I used to believe society was heading in that direction and that I might actually see this happen in my lifetime, but about 10 years ago I started seeing this is not the case. I see things like Affirmative Action (now being corporately referred to as an "All-inclusive workplace." ), government programs and incentives based on ethnicity, spokespeople such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Cynthia McKinney, the NAACP, etc., all serving to underline the differences between races, and shore up the walls that divide them.

Interesting.

Usually the only people who are anti-Affirmative Action are the ones who cannot benefit from it meaning white males. This was one of the reasons Affirmative Action exists in its original form. Many with this mindset head major corporations and organizations who would NEVER give a person of color a chance to prove his/her self unless forced by the government to do so. Until someone can convince me that without controls and laws in place to make them comply, then Affirmative Action stays as far as I am concerned. I just hate the way it's become "all incusive" in scope. Now almost anyone who is considered a "minority" can benefit. Not everyone who's considered a minority had hundreds of years of slavery, prejudice, bigotry and ol' Jim Crow to contend with either. Blacks (African-Americans) have better opportunities now than ever but it is not because racisim has changed or gotten better. It's because businesses, neighborhoods, and other organizations cannot perform overtly racist acts and not have to pay for them!

The differences are underlined because society reminds us everyday that racisim is alive and well. I have to watch what I say because more people are listening to me as opposed to my white coworkers. I have to watch what I do because more people are watching me as opposed to my white coworkers. Out of over 40 people in my sales department, only three are black and our credentials are substantially stronger than our white counterparts. The three of us have bachelors degrees and strong extensivive work experience where our white coworkers do not. If the three of us are seen together, people start staring or my supervisor wants to pry me for information like we're forming some sort of coalition or something.

I got called into the office Friday with my supervisor and Vice President about my pursuit of a Masters degree and how that might interfere with my personal and the company's sales goals. What they really meant was....."you are about to put yourself in a postition where you can meet our surpass me in the workplace." "I don't want you to think you can get ahead of me, so I'll put pressure on you to decide what's most important-having a job, or pursuing an education." I'm going to pursue my education and I'm going to buy a notebook and document every negative thing that happens. If they fire me it had better be with good cause or I will sue them beyond anything they could pay.

In answer to the question posed, you stop racisim by knowing it exists but working through it anyway. You *insert minority here* do not allow racists to stop you from success. I tell my children what's out there in the world waiting for them. Unfortunately they've already experienced their share of racist bigotry even in their youth. But I don't allow them to use it as an excuse for failure. Work with the system that exists, make change where you can and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams. Also, know when to confront and know when to walk away. Sometimes if a person knows how to offend you, they use it to control you like a puppet. Know when to do battle and know when to just walk away because you can't change ignorance with a few words and I just have better things to do with my precious time.

 

[feetclimax]

racism will NEVER "end" there will always be those who will act in favor of it, and even if you do silence them, thats all your doing, dont forget the ones that think it but cant say anything because theres too many people against it, those are the worst kind, but they do exist, its just something the world has to deal with, at the least make sure it doesnt go back to days of old, but as long as there is difference, there will always be those whom either dont understand or are completley un educated and raised to be racist due to the area or culture they have been brought up in.

I think the best we can do is educate the young, the youths are who just entering this world, teach them about cultural differences and people etc so that they dont end up like many have, the problem is alot of parents still are racist and the kids pic it up and it passes onto the next generation, thats gotta stop.

But then you gotta ask, who many of those parents actually WANT to stop, against the ones who WONT, and then the ones who do it cuz they are forced to bury what they really feel.