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Racism


Mark Arbour

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I had a conversation with an older relative who, although he would never admit it, is a total bigot. He went off on a rant about "the Blacks" and their problems, and how Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson don't help their cause at all, and found that with that last sentence we actually agreed on something.

 

I think about racism in the 1970s and how it compares to attitudes today, and it puts a smile on my face. The younger generation just doesn't seem all that worried about skin color. It seems to me that the vitriol and outrage that Sharpton and Jackson spout is equally out of place. It makes me smile to think that we've moved beyond that kind of conflict.

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Arpeggio

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I don't worry about skin color, I look for attitude in friends, and I don't really know anyone who is racist, except a few older people, much older. :P

Westie

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I have no particular prejudice regards skin colour. I am pretty laid back when it comes to race, colour and creed.

 

In fact, as long as you accept the innate superiority of Great Britain, Im more or less accepting of anyting :P

 

Seriosuly though, we have come a long way in 40 years. Who knows? maybe in another 40 years, being gay will be as irrelevent as your geneology.

sat8997

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rolleyes.gif British superiority? <snort> tongue.gif Dude, you spell the word color with a 'u'. I'm just saying...
methodwriter85

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A lot of us are interracial, or have been in interracial relationships, so that makes sense.

thatboyChase

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I have 2 black friends, a couple hispanic/latino/mexican plz dun get offended sirs, no asian friends~, and a ton of white friends. is that wrong?

mark i pm'd you my last thoughts on this. since i'm sure people would get ultra butt hurt if i said this.

Elemental

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Well I see past skin color myself but the school of which I attend basically teaches racism it is quite sad since they think of themselves as such perfect Christians.

Bob1010

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I have two black nephews. One of them is mixed with skin color similar to Obama's. He is married to a blond Caucasian and has the cutest kids. His oldest daughter is a darker blond and a beauty. J. is now 41 and I remember some uncomfortable times when I had him with my own son out shopping as an example. Some people obviously avoided coming close to us. Times have changed for the better in most places. I know that there are still people who are prejudiced. My wife and I are friends with a black couple and hear of incidents from them of current racism.

 

I think that it sometimes makes it harder to deal with when they are family. That was difficult I'm sure, Mark.

Will Hawkins

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I am presently living in Northeastern Brazil where the great majority of the residents are descendants of the slaves brought into the country to work in the sugar cane fields. At the present time my BF is on vacation in Portugal and the property here and I am being taken care of by a black man, his wife, his younger brother and the younger guy's girlfriend. There is totally no negativity toward those workers. They are taking good care of me and as I am 87 yers old, I need the help.

One of the men, the younger brother is called Negão which is Brazilian Portuguese for 'Black Man' in other words Negro. I realize that term would have many negative sub-meanings in my native country (USA), but here it is an accepted term, a nickname for the young man. Because of the conditioning of my youth, I was greatly surprised at its acceptance, even by the youth himself. It still gives me a small start to hear a shout out across the pasture for him!

Because my lap-top is of Portuguese manufacture, the keyboard even has keys with which I can spell such words as Negão, as well as linguiça (a Brazilian sausage) with the correct letters and accents. There is another symbol ^ which I have not yet learned to use, but I will ask my partner (who is Portuguese by birth) where it is to be used. These special symbols make my writing so much easier for a person of Portuguese birth to read and do not interfere with the use of the lap top for writing in English.

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