Child beaten on bellville school bus

[BigNorm]

what makes you think this is rascism? did anyone ask the people cheering them on?

when i was in high school, i went to the magnet high school across town where the white population in my school was barely 20%, and in my freshman stupidity, bought an entire word robe of FUBU clothes to fit in (before i knew what i meant) and i got beat up on the bus by a bunch of black kids. was it rascism? no. was it because of my stupidy? probably. did you see it on the news nationwide? hell no.

 

[ViperGTS]

Nice post Viper. I wish I could live another 100 years to find out what race relations will be like then.

But, I wouldn't call someone a racist because they think someone who is wearing a "white pride" shirt is racist. It's the nature of association. You see someone wearing a white pointy mask/hood and people will immediately associate KKK. Because skinheads, Neo Nazis and KKK members have made themselves very well known with their "white power/pride/superiority" rhetoric, whites have it a bit tougher in this country to display their "white pride".

I don't know, man. I think you're missing my point - although white supremacist groups have associated themselves with "white power", "white pride" is a bit different. If you were walking around with a shirt on that said "Black power" I would immediately assume you were associated with the Black Panthers. But if you wer wearing a "Black Pride" shirt, I'd simply think you were proud to be who you are. Wearing the official garb from a supremacist or nationally know racist group is very different from wearing a T shirt that says you're proud of who you are.

I don't know. This is my opinion and the way I interperet things. I think that judging someone because of what they chose to be proud of opf the color of their skin, no matter how your rationalize it, is fucking bigoted, period.

 

[CrystalLight]

I don't know, man. I think you're missing my point - although white supremacist groups have associated themselves with "white power", "white pride" is a bit different. If you were walking around with a shirt on that said "Black power" I would immediately assume you were associated with the Black Panthers. But if you wer wearing a "Black Pride" shirt, I'd simply think you were proud to be who you are. Wearing the official garb from a supremacist or nationally know racist group is very different from wearing a T shirt that says you're proud of who you are.

QFT.

It's sad how one word can throw off a whole entire meaning, but it seems to be the way we've decided to live. Well, not all of us but a majority of those who choose to assume the worst in that aspect from the get-go.

 

[Fire_Sprite]

I don't know, man. I think you're missing my point - although white supremacist groups have associated themselves with "white power", "white pride" is a bit different. If you were walking around with a shirt on that said "Black power" I would immediately assume you were associated with the Black Panthers. But if you wer wearing a "Black Pride" shirt, I'd simply think you were proud to be who you are. Wearing the official garb from a supremacist or nationally know racist group is very different from wearing a T shirt that says you're proud of who you are.

I don't think they're that different. I'm white, but white isn't "who I am." Its a random biological trait that I try not to put any importance in. The belief that there's some sort of intrinsic value in a skin color is the cornerstone of racial discrimination. I know you don't think "this race is better than this race." But racial pride creates an "us and them" mentality which I think we'd all be better off without. Not everyone who's proud of being white is a white supremacist, but I guarantee you every white supremacist is proud of being white.

This isn't specifically a criticism on "white pride." I know every group has people who believe heavily in their heritage, and I have to ask myself "what's the point?" I've always been fascinated with world history, but I don't emotionally invest myself specifically in the parts of it related to my ancestors.

 

[ViperGTS]

See, I enjoy these threads, when they make you think. This one has actually Evolved, no DEvolved.