Is everyone really equal in the United States?
Hell no. But we come closer to that lofty ideal than any other country I know of. Even the poorest of us have rights. Even criminals have rights. Money is what corrupts the system and is the root cause of the inequalities we do have. If the poor could bribe the system the way the rich do, then we'd truly be equal!
Should I disown my grandparents for being racist?
My suggestion would be to give them some love. When they say and do racist things call them out but do it in a way where you don’t alienate them. I look at fighting racism as a drip of water on a rock, one drip after drip after drip will eventually wear that rock down. You do the same and I suspect you will wear them down bit by bit, When I was a child my grade schools were both 100% white. Not a single black or hispanic and none in my neighborhood. My mom grew up on a farm and in our state black people were not farmers so I guess her contacts with black kids was as limited as mine. She was not racist and when I reached high school a ended up with a black friend who I brought to my house. My mom called me into the kitchen and asked me if my friend and I would like dinner but she was concerned that he might get offended because she had made and fried chicken and we were having watermelon for dessert. I told her I thought it would be fine. She was all concerned he would take offense, She wasn’t being racist she was being gracious but in her entire life she had no experience with black people so she was worried about doing the right thing. I have no idea if my grandparents were racist but I very much doubt it. I am not perfect. Have I done or said racist things yep and I am ashamed of those few instances. Should I have been given an opportunity to improve, I think so. I have saved an Asian woman from a kidnapping at risk to my own life. I saved a black junior high boy from alcohol poisoning and sure death from hypothermia and a bunch of pretty cute girls from my school were madder than hell at me for calling the cops when he passed out in one of the girls back yards in January in Minnesota. I hired a Native American woman to work at a radio station I managed and my boss threatened to fire me for doing so. Am I perfect? Nope. Did I deserve 2nd chances in my life I sure would hope so. Your grandparents might deserve more chances too. This may sound sappy but love is much stronger than hate. Use some on Grandpa and Grandma.
A question is for caucasion people and not meant to sound racist. Do you leave windows and doors open often?
Yahoo will probably delete this question even though I have NO intent at making it a racial form. It's just curiosity of the habits of another race. On tv, I notice in lots of movies..walk through the house with windows open, glass doors with no blinds, and rarely lock doors during the NIGHT. Does this happen in real life a lot? Or is it somethin Hollywood does to glamourize their movies. (I'm afro american and I'm not from a gang bangin neighborhood..but even so. I always keep my doors locked, even in the daytime. Also I open my blinds in the daytime but I close them during the night.) Note to Yahoo Moderators: There is nothing offensive or demeaning about this email.
Why does calling someone "black" make me a racist, but not calling someone "white"?
There was a time (there still is, really) when being referred to as ‘black’ implied that one was less human, and less deserving of the rights and dignities that accrue to being a full human being. There has never been such a stigma to being ‘white’ — at least, not in North America.It’s hard to explain what it’s like being a black person in America to someone who has never experienced the space. There is a book written in the ’60s “Black Like Me “. Try reading it. It’s still in print
What is not racist but is often regarded as racist?
“Denying your origins”I'm a black girl. Some hours ago, I was just being my normal self, checking an Instagram page and reading a comment. I found it interesting. It said things like “If you are black, you are African” and “Be proud of your blackness.”Now, I'm Latin American. I love alternative music, reggaeton, a classical Venezuelan gaita and a Colombian cumbia. I love junk food and Colombian buñuelos. I'm way far from African. African culture doesn't resemble to me, nor do I know much about it.And I'm proud of my achievements. I have written a book, gotten good grades at school, tried to be better every day, but my blackness isn't an achievement. I'm not proud of my skin color. It is just something I happen to wear. I think being proud of having higher concentrations of melanin is quite dumb.So I told him. I'm Latina, not African. I'm not even proud of my blackness. I haven't even figured out if I'm black, as I have a white parent (But I'm not white, I look really black). He says I'm denying my culture and my identity. That Latin American culture wouldn't even exist without African people. And he is right, but, I mean, most cultures wouldn't even exist without the interference of another. Latin culture also wouldn't exist without European influence. And yet, he continues saying I'm African and I'm denying my blackness. I'm not African. In my genealogical tree, my French immigrant great-grandparents are closer to me than my African ancestors. Then, this guy calls me racist.Me, racist, for not being proud of being black.
Why are Jews Racist?
Some Jews posting here seem to have a problem with the question. Yes there are racist Jews! May not be you but there are quite a few that I have met. I like all races and religions personally and cannot understand why people who have been persecuted to such an extent can do the same to others groups of people.
Is my boyfriend a nazi/racist?
there's jewish blood in my family and I'm mainly 60% black. he doesn't act like a nazi. I was just going through his stuff because he's moving and I'll be moving in with him and he has a whole box of nazi/white power stuff. I have no idea why he has it. he's really good friends with my half-brother who is black and he doesn't care about race at all because his sister is dating someone who's half black and half japanese. I'm confused. why does he have this box and what should I do?