Race and Racism! Let's talk about it!

[Scrotal]

So you're saying you resorting to calling other people childish names like zebra baby and not putting anything worthwhile into this because it's too "broad"? Why do you think I had the first 4 questions in my original post? If you aren't able to focus and and compile any sort of opinion on any of the many seperate issues of racism that we've talked about, it's not our fault, it's yours. None here needed to write an essay to get their opinions across, you shouldn't be any different.

Liquid, if you would look up you would see that Scoop made that post about zebra babies. I have made no such racial slurs. Cmon, man this is your thread, if you are gonna flame me for something I said, make sure I said it first.

O, and j=t yeah I did right a research paper a year ago on a related topic. In fact, below you will find a link to that 10 page paper for everyone to read. You may now insert foot in mouth.

For those of you ineterested in reading the paper, it is about color lines in the United States. These color lines are the barriers that races put up consciously or sub-consciously against other races to exclude them from various activiities, relationships, friendships, jobs, etc. There are 3 levels of color lines that the paper discusses, some obvious, some not so obvious; some have been penetrated, some not. In order to understand race relations in America, you must understand the nature of white/black relations particularly in the South and how those relations developed as a result of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. This relationship and its evolution has in part affected the ideologies of the two major parties in US politics. Both parties have undergone major transformations in the 20th century. This paper discusses these changes as well, and how they came about. I realize that the initial post from Liquid touched more on the topic of race relations from a non-white/black standpoint. But in order to understand those race relations, you really need to understand whit/black relations in the U.S. because there is just so much history there. Certainly the color lines segment of the paper can be applied to race relations involving other races as well; this is especially relevant in the innermost color lines. Well enjoy my research paper from a year ago.

Well, enjoy my paper from a year ago, it earnned me an 'A' w00t! ^-^ and if you ever take a college Political Science course I would suggest Southern Politics if it is offered at your school. And get a British teacher like Dr. Knuckey (my S. Politics professor); they offer an interesting outsiders perspective rather than someone with a North/South bias. Below is the link.

http://rapidshare.de/files/1908747/C...paper.doc.html
To open or save it, go to the bottom of the page (once you click the link), then select the "free" option on the left; when the next page comes up, scroll to the bottom and select "Civil Rights paper.doc" This will lead you to the promised land
p.s. I didnt wanna get involved in doing this, but damnit liquid and j=t you flamed me to point where I have no choice. ::slams down paper::

[Evasive]

I think Scrot is the winner here ;]

[Subjugation]

gj on that essay, if you didn't steal it from someone. btw, try not to use first-person, it makes you sound nonobjective.

[Liquid Blue]

Liquid, if you would look up you would see that Scoop made that post about zebra babies. I have made no such racial slurs. Cmon, man this is your thread, if you are gonna flame me for something I said, make sure I said it first.

p.s. I didnt wanna get involved in doing this, but damnit liquid and j=t you flamed me to point where I have no choice. ::slams down paper::

GG, my bad I misread the names. Scoop, Scrotal, all I saw were 2 people not giving positive info to my topic :grin:

Anyway, nice essay, I'm glad you contributed, maybe Scoop will have the sense to do so also.

Hi Volcs, if you're just going to come in and call people names without adding anything, could you please stay the hell out of my topic? I know it's hard to not resolve to bitter flaming for you, but you have your vegitarian topic to keep that up.

[Displaced]

1) Im no advocate for Interracial Marriage, but i do condone it, people should be allowed to marry whomever they wish, doesnt mean i'd do it.

2) I dont think any stereotypes are true across the board, sure there are some poeple who fill out the nerdy white guy stereotype to a tee, or the asian ricer, etc etc, doesnt mean that all white guys are nerds, or all asians are ricers. Stereotypes only exist because people are narrow minded.

3) I'd have to say Jews and Hispanics (proper term? trying to keep this clean), probably because Jewish people arent allowed in the UAE, which does bring a slight problem in interacting with them.
Hispanics on the other hand are people i do have contact with, but not on a regular basis, my Portuguese/Brazilian/Spanish/Greek friends have all moved away, and weve lost contact, tis life.

4) Someone hit the nail on the head earlier, Americans will specify where they are from, be it Tx, Il, Ny, etc, Canadians do the same, everyone will specify where they are from, be it due to "national pride" or the fact that most people are unwilling to be so broadly generalized, i know noone from "europe" that would say that they are from europe if asked, but rather, would specify from which country therein.

[DoTheFandango]

The only meat in Volcs' mouth is my penis.

[Scrotal]

gj on that essay, if you didn't steal it from someone. btw, try not to use first-person, it makes you sound nonobjective.

How do you know that Dr. Knuckey didnt ask us to give a personal opinion at some point on why social programs havent allowed blacks to penetrate to the middle class with more frequency. It would then be necessary to use personal pronouns to distinguish between book material and independent thinking.

[Facetious]

1) Interracial marriage. What do you think of it? Approve, disapprove? I'm not talking just white/black here, I mean asian/arab, spanish/white, etc etc.

approve

2) Stereo types and which ones you think are true!

im pretty good at not discriminating against race specifically, but i have a really hard time not discriminating against overall appearance. i feel like 3/5 times people that are dressed as "thugs" tend to be overly aggressive and pretty fucking inarticulate. typically, kids dressed like this are minorities, but i have just as low of an opinion of white kids that dress like that.

3) Race you least come into contact with.

asian (this is also the group i have the hardest time not discriminating against, if its not obvious) i find asian people rarely go out or if they do, they never come to anywhere where i am. they seem to be incredibly clique-y, at least around colleges. the girls run around in incredibly incredibly loud groups, and the guys either seem to sit around being really quiet or doing an incredibly bad job trying to look tough. also, i try to be friendly to pretty much everyone in public situations (lunch lines, etc) and overall, asians seem to be the least interested in interacting with me.

4) Last but not least, I've wondered about the whole asian/spanish specific area thing. For instance, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, etc. Would you think I'm racist if I call them asian, and why do alot of them make it a point to specify which country they are from specifically? The same goes with Spanish people- Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, etc. Do they just want to stand out, are they just proud of their country, what?

well, clearly i just did that with asians, but then again, my remarks were decently racist as well. i think i have a friend thats bolivian, and i think its racist to call her columbian or mexican once you know where shes from, but i dont think she minds if you call her "hispanic"

[Subjugation]

How do you know that Dr. Knuckey didnt ask us to give a personal opinion at some point...

Because Dr Knuckey realizes it is unprofessional, and you used it very infrequently. Btw, Dr Knuckey told me you are an unreliable student, and you slept your way to that grade.

Very lascivious of you, Chodey McNutsax.

[Benno]

question 3: asian (and i'm asian, too).

[Scoop]

GG, my bad I misread the names. Scoop, Scrotal, all I saw were 2 people not giving positive info to my topic :grin:

Anyway, nice essay, I'm glad you contributed, maybe Scoop will have the sense to do so also.

Hi Volcs, if you're just going to come in and call people names without adding anything, could you please stay the hell out of my topic? I know it's hard to not resolve to bitter flaming for you, but you have your vegitarian topic to keep that up.

Hi Liquid Blue IM from Georgia :grin:

[Scrotal]

Because Dr Knuckey realizes it is unprofessional, and you used it very infrequently. Btw, Dr Knuckey told me you are an unreliable student, and you slept your way to that grade.

Very lascivious of you, Chodey McNutsax.

You really are an idiot.

[I shouldnt be here]

Back in the days we didnt have fiftheen mods, ops, ers and other fuckers watching us 24/7 just waiting to ban our asses if we happend to say the n-word or whatever. It seems the only thing that peels the moderators banana these days is exactly that, banning people. Not just keeping a regular amount of order and lurking out the real jackasses, but banning anyone who might happend to step one inch over the line.


Im not saying we should allow racism, anyone who goes into a zone for the sole purpose of spamming out racism should of course be kicked the hell out. But having big brother watching your every fucking step is bullshit. No other zone in Continuum has anywhere close to as harsh rules as TW, are we really that fragile?

Maybe its time to give people some slack.

[Subjugation]

Yea, either that, or you could just follow the rules.

[Liquid Blue]

Back in the days we didnt have fiftheen mods, ops, ers and other fuckers watching us 24/7 just waiting to ban our asses if we happend to say the n-word or whatever. It seems the only thing that peels the moderators banana these days is exactly that, banning people. Not just keeping a regular amount of order and lurking out the real jackasses, but banning anyone who might happend to step one inch over the line.


Im not saying we should allow racism, anyone who goes into a zone for the sole purpose of spamming out racism should of course be kicked the hell out. But having big brother watching your every fucking step is bullshit. No other zone in Continuum has anywhere close to as harsh rules as TW, are we really that fragile?

Maybe its time to give people some slack.

..what? Is it really that hard for you to not type in a racist word? You don't need slack from the mods, you need to grow the fuck up and realize calling someone a jew or whatever just because they killed you in an online spaceship game revolving around dying makes you an idiot, and a childish idiot at that. It's not even about someone watching your every step, or stepping a little bit over the line because getting to that point shouldn't even be anywhere in your frame of mind. No other zone may have rules like TW but no other zone has the same population, or amount of 14 year old wannabe internet tough guys either. But hey, if you think the N-word " might slip out" of your hands in a rage of fury after dying, then maybe you shoulld check out Extreme Games or some other bullshit zone.