Blacks are as racist as whites and any other race?

[Bam9125]

racism doesnt mean whites hating on blacks.

racism means persecuting somebody based on their ethnic background.

white people didnt invent racism and black people arent the only victims of racism.

anyone who thinks otherwise is a small minded moron.

i dont get why people are so confused and angry over all this. attitudes and stereotypes change over time. sure maybe you live in an area where one social attitude or stereotype is prevalent, but if you then apply that to the whole world you just become bitter and twisted.

This means a lot that you said it Deimos. As an Indian we also feel the harshness of Racism.

Deimos<33333

[AbysmalGuilt]

Whether or not it did start with the white people. Let's say it wasn't the white people who started it. But we know for sure, that white people have been ''the best'' at using racism.

I know a lot of African people. And none of them are actualy racists against white people, as ironic as that might be.

Prove it. I could say the same except the other way around, being white myself I try to be open minded and give EVERYONE the benefit of the doubt though.

These are the kind of topics that keep racism going.

Oh, but to add to what Deimos said, Africans certainly weren't the first and certainly won't be the last to have been enslaved. (Hell, it's ongoing to this day)

[rateyes]

only people who can complain about racism/persecusion are the jews. end of discussion.

[Deimos]

what keeps racism going is the fact that people still use the term "race".

how can you define "race"?

is "race" actually a real thing?

what does "race" actually mean?

in its most basic term "race" means ethnic background

i for one believe that "race" is an obsolete term which no longer has any real meaning in todays world

what we really mean is ethnicity and cultural bacckground

i dont care what people say about political correctness, i think race is an obsolete term borne of a prehistoric era

in todays world we should be more aware of our roots and our sources, race is a term sported by the eugenecists of old, it is a way of classifying the peoples of this world in an A,B,C, fashion, like so many scientific theories. it i a way of placing people in pigeon holes so that they may be studied and applied to general theories of the period.

well in truth the word "race" has no meaning since "racism" has no meaning. these words only symbolise a discomfort or disaffection with a given minority within our own community. wether or not we accept this other community is on our heads alone. racism doesnt enter into it. what we are really afraid of is the unknown, the outsider, much like people from a somerset county being afraid of those outside of thir own county... the foreigners

we arent afraid of the minority, we arent afraid of the strange or the occult, the problem is we dont accept anyone outside our known sphere

it isnt a question of racism, its a question of the unknown. we are far more prepared to accept those into our community who have shown themselves before rather than those who are unknown. all racism is based on the unknown, which is why it should not be called racism. it is basically ignorance, ignorance of the other world, it is born out of local "common sense" and local stereotypes, we hear about it on the news, we hear about it in general term, but the real culprit is the man on the street, the person in the shops, the guy in the hairdressers, its the heart of our community which generates this ill feeling

i know we cannot change this overnight, but if we all just realize that its the system which pits us against each other, then we can start to make amends

it is the thoughts of old which force us to be enemies, the new age of thought yearns only for peace (if you are positive in mind) but it is the stereotypes of old which force us into the hate channels which we have to live

if you just accept the guy next to you, ignore his racial ignorance, put forth your own point, make known your own persepctive, then you can make a difference... even if you are only one man

racism is the persecution of one race towards another. well we are all one race, the human race. i like to believe that counts for something, i for one am proud.