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Ethnic hatred, or jokes, which is what you should call your topic rather than racism, is not new or any greater or lessor than is has ever been.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-ecutioner
In the U.S. ethnic hatred and jokes from northern European people about norther European people, including religious divides, ran rampant for decades. It ebbs and flows.
The group of the moment, that is the butt of such forms or derision, depends on what area on is in at any point in time.
Well, isn't ethnic hatred what eventually leads to racism? I mean in a broader sense they're the same. If the guy wouldn't have mentioned the guys from Kenya, that girl probably wouldn't have said anything demeaning. EDIT: I mean SOME Europeans don't really make fun of other Europeans, except for maybe the French...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
Racism-may- lead to ethic hatred, although if a person, such as a Paki friend/s I had in college said/would say- "I am just as white as you are", which is correct, it can cause the attacker to stumble, trying to defend his baseless attitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-ecutioner
To modify Anthonyvop's reply- you were not/haven't been in the U.S. as a permanent part of a community.
When I was a youth, even into early teens, families were permanently split apart because a white person of one family, bonded with the white person of another wrong, by opinion, family.
Some of these may have had ancestors from the same area or even country in Europe.
Minn. had a invisible line separating the state into they and we.
I am in the opposite situation. I have told my mum I dont want to spend Christmas with her as my step-dad's mother will be there. I refuse to have my Christmas ruined because she's a racist old bag. If I hear her used he word "darkie" one more time I think I may be the next person she calls Age Concern on. Maybe it's because she it 86 but I still don't think there is any excuse for it. She has family of mixed race too.Quote:
Originally Posted by glauistean
Beyond "darkie" what is her attitude, I have a feeling it goes beyond that.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
When "blacks" call others of similar race "nigger" (because they think it is cute) while critisizing Bill Cosby for still using the term Negro, in the U.S., what is wrong with darkie?
My step father's mother is a bit of a weird case. She is very openly racist by the things she says but at the same time she would not cancel a doctors appointment for example if the doctor was not white. Her racism only goes as far as satisfying her own purpose and needs. The doctor would still most likely be referred to as the "darkie doctor" though. I suppose you might class it as selective racism. Either way, I'm happy I'm not spending Christmas with her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Riebe
I refuse to talk to and acknowledge racists...end of.
BTW to the person who's friend was racially abused in Poland, I cannot apologise enough for the disgusting behaviour of some of my compatriots :mad:
I beg to differ... Only Europeans I haven't heard jokes are from Vatican. Oh and from Luxemburg. And what's that third small piece of **** country ? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by X-ecutioner
Maybe that's how people talked when she was young and she sees nothing wrong with it? "Darkie doctor" could have been her way to describe the doctor's appearance without meaning to be derogatory.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
Wrong, look it up, many time the loyal workers for the white farmers were also killed, because they were loyal workers for a white man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki