What is the First Step Toward Resolving Racism?
Break the chain !!! Stop the ignorance !!!!! Don't teach your kids to be prejudice, to hate, judge, condemn people of different race, sex, religion, color etc. Teach them to love, respect, and treat everyone like they would want to be treated !!!!!!
Ramadan: okay, a serious question about the Prophet (PBUH) and his marriage to Aisha (ra)?
Okay, let's ignore the debate about her age and for the sake of this argument just say she was 6 when he married her. NOW, some people today look back and judge that by today's standards and so they insult him (pbuh) and call him(pbuh) all sorts of names like pedophile and just really stupid crap. That right there doesn't make sense at all! Some people think they can judge other's by thier own views and today's standards and it just doesn't work. And then some people, some really stupid people, try and say that even by the standards of that time it was not something that was okay. Well, here's my one question to those people: We all know he (pbuh) had enemies and lost of them. He (pbuh) had enemies who would do anything stop him from spreadin Islam and turn people away from following him, be it by lying on him, calling him a mischiefmaker, trying to kill him, etc. etc. So how come none of his enemies ever pointed out his marriage to a young girl out to turn people away from him? i mean, if they saw that as something as bad as people today do, they would surely have used that to defame him. And yet, no one ever did.....until today when people's standards have changed. why is that??
Why are some white people so insensitive to Black America's problems?
white people should not be held responsible for the short-comings of black people. black people should expect more from themselves the way east indians expect their children will be doctors and lawyers and they should continue to work to better their communities the way calvin butts has done with harlem. my reasoning has nothing to do with obama "breaking through" or the playing field now being "level". it has to do with my own experiences with both races and realizing that the problems come from within. the way the two races react to eachother within their own communities is vastly different. when grown white people see a white person being somewhat "different", they usually chuckle and go on about their business...live and let live. when grown black people in inner cities see someone being somewhat "different", the reaction tends to be vocal and/or hostile as i've experienced...being continually demeaned by people that seem to be just like you is crippling to the psyche and detrimental to aspiration. it is not white people's responsibility to come in and babysit and make things better. fyi: black people tend to chuckle at people that bring up slavery and africa as a reason for modern-day problems. try not to mention that or the term "african dispora" if you decide to become a black rights activist.