Comments on: We’re All Racists Now

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:33:58 +0000

I do think of myself as an historian. Though not recognised. I don’t believe in racism because of all that rape and pillaging by the winners. I may agree they were wrong 100 years ago + but I don’t deal in might have beens. I deal in what was and will be.
I cant fix the human or slave trade of the 1800′s. But I can stand up to it in 2010. But I’m sure the lib’s will blow it off.
I’m a conservative, I do believe in rights and wrongs. I will not believe that anyone should be treated as a second class citizen for any reason. Racism is always wrong and for any reason. I
m sure you want a living wage. Maybe make min. wage would be a step up. Have your kids pick crops just to make a living. Heck we want you just come through the front door and we do immigration change. We don’t want drug mules, or criminals.

By: James the Wanderer

James the Wanderer — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:17:57 +0000

May the Flying Spaghetti Monster forgive us all our various flatulences… as his Noodly Appendages keep us from flying off the Earth due to centripetal motion.
I’d be willing to guess we’ve been racists as long as we’ve had identifiable racial characteristics – but my Department Chair and 20% of the Grad Students, probably 15% of the faculty are subcontinent Indians, we’ve got Chinese, a Russky, several rednecks and a few others thrown in for seasoning. If there’s hope, it’s that through education and cohabitation (mixed research groups) we can learn that racism does not lead to discoveries, theories, progress….
Shine your own light, and hope to lure Luminescence from those around you.

By: Desertrat

Desertrat — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:45:20 +0000

I try to avoid offering an opinion about the Missionary Position, as I don’t like to mix religion and politics…

‘Rat

Sorry. It’s a character defect…

By: Linda Brady Traynham

Linda Brady Traynham — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:57:34 +0000

Hi, Rat. Mostly I was spoofing when I started because I had just spent a couple of frustrating hours with my favorite college kid who was raised Baptist trying to find a way (he was, that is) to reconcile Darwinism and Creationism only partially so he can make a good grade in summer school biology. He wasn’t willing to take my word for it that (1) FOR THE DURATION OF ANY GIVEN COURSE THE PROFESSOR’S OPINION IS RIGHT and (2)YOU DON’T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT YOU JUST HAVE TO MEMORIZE IT FOR LONG ENOUGH TO ABIDE BY RULE 1. I was influenced by Mr. Obama’s idiotic statement that we’re all Muslims nows. Once I started thinking about how the animals act (and have acted all my life)I really did conclude that for most of the animal kingdom it really is about what we look or smell like.

By: Desertrat

Desertrat — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:51:10 +0000

Racism and discrimination are much-abused words.

Sure, when racism plays a part in negative judgement merely because of a racial difference, I agree that it’s morally wrong. Same for discriminating against a group merely because of a different appearance.

I don’t see it as hostile-racist to prefer to associate mostly with those of one’s own ethnic group, particularly. To a large extent it’s a lazy man’s way of possibly finding mutual interests. It can be
a negative thing, of course; the motivations are what are important.

But everybody profiles, throughout any day of being around people. It’s unavoidable. Hard-wired, biologically. Only the taking of action is voluntary.

‘Rat