I think that racism is way to unevenly addressed

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Some people think that there is not enough people complaining about racism. Others think people are way too sensitive about race. I think that the real problem is that the problem has been addressed too unevenly, with some problems getting too much attention with others getting almost no attention whatsoever.

For example, sometimes I see people crying racism at the smallest things, such as "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "Stand behind the yellow line", and it gets way out of hand. On the other hand, I often see racism problems in other areas that are completely unacknowledged, let alone addressed. For example, I have seen some activism movements that often contain vicious racism and xenophobia, yet such comments are often ignored and even applauded, and anti-racism is met with backlash.

In short, I do not think that there is too much or too little fighting against racism. Instead, I think the real problem is that the efforts are inconsistently and unequally applied.

Do you agree or disagree?

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  • pinkbluelove
    9 years ago | pl

    The "anti racism police" just pick on easy targets like "baa baa black sheep".

    Many racists are manipulative people that know how to play the system. How many Pakistani businesses (in the UK) only employ Pakistanis, but they get away with it because "it's a family business".

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  • ucipher8
    9 years ago | pl

    Heres my take on racist. Black people are still complaining too much about inequality because after gaining their rights, they became lazy and want the system to work for them. Hispanics and latinos are not underdogs in the racism game but, they certainly are really good sports when it comes to stereotypes. Asians need to step up their defense a bit, but they also need to stop making other races look bad in the math and sciences field.

    And then theres "White People". "White" people need to STOP trying to be politically correct. They DONT have to be too politically correct. And its just not fun to see Justin Bieber dressed like a gangsta, i dont think it ever will be.

    Russians need to be a little less racist to ALL races. Canadians in general are, "eh" and "okay" by all means. Americans are just plain greedy. French and Italians from France and Italy are underneath the radar. Israeli women from Israel should be in more lingerie catalogues and pornography. And finally the Jews (lets say the American Jews) should line up into a furnace so that some of us "Colored" folk can get a decent break in todays economy.

    Now thats racist. On another note, we are evolving more towards specific countries and cultures as opposed to just color.

    So, we as a race of humans are evolving...

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago | pl

    Please, help me out here. What is racist about the fairy tale that "Baa Baa Black Sheep" comes from? A black sheep is a rarity, but not, to the best of my knowledge, a derogatory term because of it. The "black sheep" of a family has absolutely nothing to do with race.
    What is racist about "Stand behind the yellow line"? It is just a way to control crowd flow and insure that the person at the window/counter has a bit of privacy. Your examples make no sense to me, so they pretty much invalidate your whole hypothesis.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago | pl

      Those were real examples of political correctness gone mad.

      In 80's Britain, there was some campaign to ban "Baa Baa Black Sheep" because apparently it was racist. Now a lot of people are forced to use other variants like "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep" or "Baa Baa Pink Sheep". More recently, the Atlanta subway had to change the "yellow line" to golden line because of backlash from the Asian community.

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      • thegypsysailor
        9 years ago | pl

        Ok, I understand, now. Political correctness is a very horrible thing in my mind, much like the days when every kid on a team got a "participation" trophy; there were no winners or losers. Boy, that prepares children for the real world, doesn't it? Bunch of fucking shit, all of it.

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    • Shrunk
      9 years ago | pl

      ...he is saying there are actually people who find stuff like that to be racist, and therefor causing more race problems. observe- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zGRUPztc

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago | pl

    Ah it's all become too subjective, people too sensitive, past conflicts come to the fore.
    It's something that confuses me. I just try see the bigger picture and understand the context of things whenever I can. Be empathetic.

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