Racism

never knew racism is so developed in china..

I hope you find yourslef a nice man...black or white..........

See...these are old ways of thinking, and unfortunately these type of people have a culture shock coming to them. The Hispanic minority will one day over drive the caucasians...we will no longer be the majority but minorities are selves...and this is with in our life times. People have practically combines and are looking beyond color of skin for status.

Your mother is probably older and has an old fashion way of thinking, this nation has evolved so quickly that these old fashion thinkers don't have the means to change their closed mindedness. I say, "let'em think whatever they want, that's their loss". You should be with whoever you want to be with...whoever makes you truly happy and satisfied...despite their color.

As far as marrying outside their race...like I said above, we will be the minority in the future, a lot of cross reproducing is bound to happen and already has. People are people...all humans.

My father is Hispanic and my mother is German...I am a cross breed and have faced a lot of grief for this fact during my life...as though I decided my heritage myself. I am proud of my Hispanic background and my German background.

Remember, these rules in the bible were made thousands of years ago...times have changes, society has changed, religion and beliefs have evolved too.

older generations have passed on before.............

My Mom is not religious. We don't read the bible or anything. I think China is an atheist country.

Anyways, racism has nothing to do with religion.

Racism is something that I have absolutely no tolerance for. My best friend is black, and I have seen her be discriminated against. It disgusts me that people judge others by the color of their skin.

hahahahahahahaha >>>>>. And My Bff ,, Donna ,,is a peep of LOve , To all ..... Yet her Daddy is Old K K K ,,, White Hat and Sheet all the way >>> even tried to have me killed years back for I am >>> Not one of Them .,,, ... I a Yankee. And S t i l l ,,,, ALIVE hehe.

my parents are kind of like that too. i asked my mom what she would do if i dated a black guy and she said she wouldnt want me to. i also asked my dad what he would do if i, or my sister, were a lesbian and he said "i wouldnt disown you or anything but you wouldnt be bringing your damn girlfriends home." i just kind of shake my head and leave. its really embarassing when parents act like that and it makes me ashamed also. and i cant really say that our generation is any better. i hear people using the n word all the time. im very aware of the words i use and try not to say things like "gay" or "retarded" when talking about something dumb. but i encounter people saying things like that all the time. it does suck.

one time my boyfriend had a padiddle (one headlight out) and a cop pulled him over. didnt give him a ticket, didnt even take his license back. just told him to get it fixed. well my friends were driving to work (about a mile and a half drive from where they live) and they had a padiddle. the cop pulled them over, took his license back, ran his information and arrested him for driving on a suspended license. they never though about it because who would think that they would get pulled over in a mile and a half drive? and he had to get to work somehow. well anyways... stuff like that happens here all the time. 2 white guys will get in a fight at the bar and the cops just break it up. then 2 black guys get into a fight and they pepper sprayed the whole place! they tazered him and took him to jail for "fleeing" when he stopped and was being cooperative. its really amazing to me.

at some point in time i beleive it important to leave the past behind and begin fresh.... just my humble opinion

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nowheretorun said:
at some point in time i beleive it important to leave the past behind and begin fresh.... just my humble opinion

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">I agree, but I believe the past needs to be addressed and resolved before we can have a fresh start. If not, when tension arises, the past rears its ugly head.

My son (black/white) is in the Navy, and he continues to experiences horrible racism mostly from whites, both on base and in the surrounding areas when he's out with his black friends. I raised him to tolerate this abuse without lashing out, but I wonder where his breaking point might be. Everyone has one. I don't want him to become bitter. So far he hasn't experienced any racism from blacks for being half white.

How is it possible for him to "start fresh?"

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at some point in time i beleive it important to leave the past behind and begin fresh.... just my humble opinion

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Unfortunately, the past repeats itself. Racism is not gone. Its still here as evidenced by the many experiences of those who posted. Wishing it away doesnt change people's attitudes.

I am not familiar with the Chinese culture, I was familiar with the Japanese culture, and they were polite to outsiders, but they are still outsiders. They take pride in their “sameness”. My daughter was born in Japan, and we received a very polite letter explaining that she was not welcome to become a citizen there.

One of my friends in Japan was married to a citizen of the UK serving in the U.S. Air force. They had two children, the eldest was born on a military base therefore was able to become a U.S. citizen and traveled on a U.S. passport. Her youngest was born in a Japanese hospital and had no country. He was not welcome to be a Japanese citizen (as his mother was), nor American as his brother was, and for some reason they were unable to get a British passport.

Their father was severely injured in a car accident and had to be medi-vaced to the Tripler Army Hospital in Hawaii. She was unable to bring her youngest son with her. It was a very sad situation.

I do not support racism in any way, my own children are a mix of just about everything. I do however understand the older generation wishing for their children to marry someone of their own culture. You can’t control who you fall in love with, but some differences are difficult to overcome. I hope that my children marry someone that has a similar belief system to my own. I could care less what race they are, but their belief system is important to me.

Okie - I love your response!!!!

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

nowheretorun - is that the quote you were thinking of? Yes, that's friedrich nietzsche.

one thing i always try to bring up to people who are racist is that, if they do fit that stereotype its because we force them. when women makes 71 cents on the dollar that a man does, african americans make less than that and latinos make even less than that of a white male. how is anyone who is not a white male supposed to make it out here? me making half what a man makes and i cant support myself or get decent healthcare but im looked down on if i take welfare. let alone they do not have adequate health care or access to brith control and people expect them to be selebate their whole lives. every force in society presses against minorities and then we get mad at them for "draining the economy" but we give them no opportunities to advance. maybe if we didnt discriminate and paid them equal pay they would have motivation and better their community. we demonize them when were the ones keeping them in their "niche". because, guess what, if we allowed them to advance, and they did, we would have noone to look down on. thats how we keep it so that whites will always be superior. its sad but its true. sorry, that was my rant. thats why racism really eats away at me.

Personally..
I just think everyone's a shade of beige. xD

I think racism is really idiotic. Do you see animals fighting because one's darker than the other? No, because they have more sense than that. They work together as a team, as a species. But humans seem to be the only species that are that dense..We don't stand up as a species, but we degrade each other- How do we expect to evolve and become any smarter? I always thought it was weird that we're both a "human race" and a (color here) race.

I mean seriously, is it that important? It's just melanin. :P

I remember when I dated a White boyfriend. He actually got picked on at his school (predominately White) because he was going out with me! I couldn't believe people gave him funny looks just because I'm tan.

In fact, I'll go as far as to say that we block our advancement as a people, not a race, by holding onto such ignorant beliefs.

hi greenleaves. i'm sorry that happened to you and your mom said that. its messed up her thinking like that. i kinda been on the other side of it. after my mom died i found out that some property on a reservation went to me and i'm at least half native american. when my father in law found out and he hates me anyway he said his new reason for hating me was that i was no white and that's why i was in jail and had problems with alcohol before. he's never met our son and even said that he doesn't know what he is cause he's not all white.

The reason I get depressed and have anger-issues is because of the rampant racism in the United States. If you are an Asian man like me, your life is at least 10 times more difficult than the average non-Asian man. You might be able to get into good schools, but I've heard from a lot of older Asian guys that chance of employment in good jobs is very low because Americans have something against Asians, and especially Asian men. Asian men are seen as a threat to society. And now with the Vtech shootings things are even worse. I'm thinking about leaving this country after graduating from university. There is no point in staying in a country that holds nothing but contempt for me or wants to use me for their own profit.

And why is there no Racism section in the Health and Other Support section?

it hasn't come up very often in the 5 years I've been at PC. If enough people request support for it, then I'm sure that DocJohn will give it serious consideration.

My heart goes out to all who face racism in one way or another. My dad was very prejudiced, which I always found surprising considering that he was an immigrant himself, often subject to discrimination. It hurt me terribly when he was rude to my friends or boyfriends who were of another race or ethnic background, and was a big source of contention in my relationship with my dad.

having grown up in nyc and having been exposed to many different groups of immigrants and being the minority myself in some of the jobs i have had i can tell you that racism cuts both ways. Every group has its racists not just white people and chinese. When a group beomes the majority in an industry or job they tend to hire and in many cases only hire people who are in their group, especially for the better paying jobs. I also have seen at least here that racism is in decline and is nothing like it was when i was a kid 40 years ago. There is a street in Queens, Roosevelt Ave. , that has in a one mile stretch 117 distinct ethnic communities, not just a few people but a community. So that kind of forces people to be more tolerant.

whites people of European descent are now a minority in my state capitol... all people deserve consideration imo.. and i have felt this way very long....

I hate racism. I hate the stereotypes that emerge from the fear of others. There are not many things I define with hate.

It is humbling to know that your feelings are sometimes awkward expressions of your fear. Thank God I can get past the generalites and see a person as a person.

But sometimes I am embarrased by a momentary spell of fear.

Lenny

If we all just looked at ppl for who they are on the inside life would be so much better.
Every person matters

just the sheeps thoughts

While racism has been around in all of history, the causes of racial feelings vary from generation to generation, even from year to year. In my area, there are serious language tensions between French and English, stirred up by historical influences, there are racist views against Aboriginals due to lifestyles that have resulted from our own government's actions and media portrayal of the issues influencing non-Aboriginal perceptions. There are racial issues that develop from competition for jobs. In researching immigration patterns in Canada, our government will often allow certain ethnic groups to immigrate and restrict others based on who is willing to do the most labour for the cheapest pay rate. There are racial issues that develop in so many groups from so many issues. Our society likes to find a place or group to lay blame on for our life's struggles. Most of the time, those who truly are the perpetrators of discrimination successfully focus the dislike onto another group.

We each have our own biases. My father developed viewpoints of a certain ethnic group because teh company he managed was European owned. It will not completely be annihilated, unfortunately, we simply have to remember that not all people of a group are hateful and not all people of a group are worth the anger we might feel. We have to maintain perspective and pay attention to who is spinning teh stories that stir our emotions. They are usually the worse.