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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Okay, now on to racism. [URL=http://www.dictionary.com] Webster's [/URL] defines racism as: 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. 2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race. If I yell at someone "you son-of-a-bitch!" I am putting them down and insulting them, in order to make myself feel better (er, about myself, that is). I may be doing this because they've got a better car, make more money, whatever. If I yell at someone, "hey, you slant-eye!" or "hey, you nigger!" or "hey, redskin!" I am insulting someone's heritage, in order to make me feel better about myself. It doesn't matter if *I* don't feel any of those are racist ... if the person (or ethnic group) finds the word to be racist, then, plain-and-simple, IT IS. It's not up for me to say "this is racist, this isn't." Here's a challenge: how many racist slurs are out there for Caucasians? How would YOU feel if someone called you a "cracker" or something else? Omega, times change. It used to be acceptable to call people "nigger." It also used to be acceptable to OWN another human being. I would hope you would recognize that that time has passed. A lot of people died here in the U.S. on both sides of that issue, it was called the "Civil War." And using "black" as a descriptive IS racist, buddy. Instead of saying, (for example), "hey, look at that man" you're saying "hey, look at that black man" Why can't he just be "a man"? And when Malcom X encouraged using "black", it was to discourage using "nigger." Omega, newsflash: TIMES CHANGE. What was acceptable thirty or forty years ago is NOT acceptable today. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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