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re: Will racism ever be eradicated, in the U.S., in our lifetime?
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:14 am to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:14 am to lsuwontonwrap
There will always be some pockets of racism, but it's not nearly as bad as the media and some hawks would want you to think.
People make money and get attention off of keeping racism sensitivity high. It's sad really.
People make money and get attention off of keeping racism sensitivity high. It's sad really.
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Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:21 am to lsuwontonwrap
There are way too many opportunities for the media and so called activists to keep racism alive and well for years to come.... 
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:35 am to lsuwontonwrap
No, not as long as anyone that brings up racial issues gets immediately labeled as a race-baiting POS. As has been clearly evidenced by many of the people in this thread, a large portion of the population is content to maintain the status quo. You can't make a change without acknowledging a problem exists in the first place.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:36 am to lsuwontonwrap
if we keep fricking each other until there is only one race.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:53 am to lsuwontonwrap
Humans are tribal by nature. Who belongs to which group changes over time and even with the context of the situation, but there will always be an us vs. them mentality as long as humans are competing with each other over resources.
That being said, my grandparents generation (born in 1910-1920) were very ethnicist. They usually weren't too pleased with their children mingling with a different flavor of Euro-American. But enough of their kids did mingle that 2 generations later that nobody cared where anyone's great grand parents came from. The same is happening with race. There's enough intermingling that in another generation or 2 there will be as much caramel and grey as brown, black and white. It's easy to hate a faceless stereotype, it's hard to hate your favorite aunt/uncle/cousin.
But don't you worry, when we get over racism, we'll find new ways to divide ourselves up. I'm betting on Enhanced vs. "Natural" humans as the next big Us vs. Them tribal battle.
That being said, my grandparents generation (born in 1910-1920) were very ethnicist. They usually weren't too pleased with their children mingling with a different flavor of Euro-American. But enough of their kids did mingle that 2 generations later that nobody cared where anyone's great grand parents came from. The same is happening with race. There's enough intermingling that in another generation or 2 there will be as much caramel and grey as brown, black and white. It's easy to hate a faceless stereotype, it's hard to hate your favorite aunt/uncle/cousin.
But don't you worry, when we get over racism, we'll find new ways to divide ourselves up. I'm betting on Enhanced vs. "Natural" humans as the next big Us vs. Them tribal battle.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:53 am to lsuwontonwrap
no
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:53 am to lsuwontonwrap
No, now let's move on to things we actually can control and change in our lives.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:54 am to lsuwontonwrap
Al and Jesse would be out of a job. They wont let that happen.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:55 am to lsuwontonwrap
Unless all races become one, then no it won't, and even then, there will be types of xenophobia that still remain.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 8:13 am to lsuwontonwrap
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Will racism and prejudice be eradicated in the next 50 years? The next 100 years?
Nein. Nein.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 8:51 am to lsuwontonwrap
Short answer is no. It is a "convenience" for certain groups of people.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 9:00 am to lsuwontonwrap
No, it's human nature to pick out differences in people be it skin color, language, weight, religion, height, etc.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 9:42 am to lsuwontonwrap
Not until idiots stop using the race card and double standards as counterarguments for their own stupidity. That and with race baiters like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson around, I doubt it'll get fixed anytime in the next few centuries. In fact, it'll probably get worse when the population reaches around 10 billion. Luckily we'll all be dead by then.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 10:03 am to lsuwontonwrap
No, the fact that a great % of the two races see the world differently from a pride and performance standpoint will forever keep them apart. IMO
This post was edited on 8/28/14 at 10:04 am
Posted on 8/28/14 at 10:56 am to lsuwontonwrap
I'm a firm believer in the only way to eliminate racism is to not make it an issue. If no one talked about how you were white or black or latino, then it would become like eye color (way down the road). When you place policies for a specific race or categorize people by races for testing, hiring, etc, you alienate those people. When you have a "Black Entertainment Television" or "Ebony Magazine" you perpetuate racial divides. It's quite sickening how the media loves to cause racial tensions as well with the Treyvon Martin kind of stuff. And then our president tosses his hat into the ring... These kind of things cannot exist for racism to end.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 11:43 am to lsuwontonwrap
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Will racism ever be eradicated, in the U.S., in our lifetime?
No, and not in your grandkids lifetime ... actually, never. It is animal nature and we are animals. All the pure black people can marry into white and blend in and we will be racist against Mexican, Asian, or somebody.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 12:00 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Only when when we are visited by extraterrestrials. This the only way to unite the human race
Posted on 8/28/14 at 3:08 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I think it will be with us forever unfortunately. In the pas I worked with people I admired for their professionalism until I heard racist comments come out of their mouthes.
A manager at OLOL referred to African Americans as pickaninis! I should have reported her arse!
A manager at OLOL referred to African Americans as pickaninis! I should have reported her arse!
Posted on 8/28/14 at 3:32 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Racism is apart of life.
Sad, but true.
Sad, but true.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 3:35 pm to lsuwontonwrap
<------ Judges people based on the color of their skin and their outward appearance all the time.
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