Are you racist?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Still I think it's kind of hypocritical to say that only one race can say the word nigger without it being such a racist word. People are people. As I said before, No one is able to choose what color they were when they were born, or what their ancestors did. I don't look at anyone of a different color as superior or inferior, so why should me saying the word matter because of what color my skin is? It also apparently matters what color the person you are saying it to is... for a word to be so upsetting because it's dividing the races, and for it to be ok for the race that gets most offended to use it, idk... it just hurts my head. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense, but maybe someone will understand what I mean.

Yes it's hypocritical, yes it determines the meaning of a word by discriminating racially, but it is most definitely the reality of it.

Reality doesn't have to make sense to anyone to be real

[Day]

The great black actors have earned as many awards as the great white ones.

You should probably rescind on that because it's way more complicated than you'd like to think.

Anyway, there are still a lot of representation issues in the country, but it's starting to get better. As it continues to improve, stuff like BET will fade away or change; things will become clustered much more by subculture than specific race.

Isn't BET owned by a white person

Bingo. Do you think this guy is someone who wouldn't want to keep the seperation of "white" and "black" entertainment?
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I don't know him, so I don't know. Why do you assume just because he's white?

[sunb1ind]

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

[Maxxthepenguin]

I'm not racist, but if a race attributes a certain word to a certain lifestyle... Then... Maybe?

When people (I've heard it a lot, it's one of my pet peeves) say somebody whose nose and lips are big and skin color is far darker than average isn't a black person, then you come to the conclusion that THOSE people are saying that race isn't race but culture and lifestyle. And IMO being racism by that definition is fine.

[Day]

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

[Maxxthepenguin]

He's not black and you can't have a good segregated TV station if it's run by a white man





OH NO HE DI'INT

[Melchiah]

If Obama ends up in the Oval Office, I expect to never again hear bitching from the black community about equal opportunity.

I hope this comment was made jokingly, and not with the idea that Obama becoming president somehow magicaly eliminates all problems the black community has.

Of course it won't magically eliminate their problems. It will however, prove that things aren't as restrictive on them as some of them like to cry about. It will prove that America is making giant leaps forward in its attitudes.

[Charla]

In theory, saying spic or kraut (yeah right, everyone knows Europeans don't have races) would be just as offensive and/or get you just as shot, but there's less history on those words in this country.

For the sake of the poll, the most I'll do on the road is mumble towelhead or quote Apu to myself. Is towelhead the same as spic or the n word? Probably, but at least it's funnier. Wetback might work the same way, but it's pretty rare these days.

[BerenTebogo]

Like everything subl1nd posts in, it gets turned into "oh man I'd love to see white people say niggers, oh man! they'd get their asses beat I'm so thug 4 lyfe"

And then a rant about rappers.

Fucking cut the shit, send some loud, annoying, black person into a madball show, or hanging around the wrong parts of any white neighborhood and have him start causing trouble and he'll get stomped same as anything else, this isn't a debate about what race can kick whose ass better and why, that's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard.

Do I say nigger in public? If it's warranted, have people tried to fight me over it, sure, I can hold my own, and honestly I'd rather defend my right to say whatever the fuck I want than sit back and watch a bunch of dumb 'niggers' harass some poor girl walking alone at night. Got a problem with it? Too fucking bad.

And arguing about rap in a race thread is fucking retarded, black and white aren't the only races out there, way more americans in the past 5 years are heavily racist against muslims, nobody gives a shit about the average black person except some ignorant KKK members, real racism and bigotry exists about other cultures.

If you're white and you behave like a total asshat constantly, I promise somebody is going to have a terribly derogatory name for you, if you're black and you behave like a nigger, walk like you're a gangster and have shot 37 people, and blast rap on your cell phone walking down the halls in between classes at a university, guess what, YOU'RE A NIGGER, there's no argument, there's no animosity, it's a label aptly describing what someone acts like.

When was the last time anyone on this forum, besides sunbl1nd living in the mean streets of 1857, has heard 'let's lynch that nigger!'?

It's not the same word your parents grew up with, stop riding the coattails of your ancestors' strife, man the fuck up, and if you don't like, behave like a functioning member of fucking society.

[Deejay]

If Obama ends up in the Oval Office, I expect to never again hear bitching from the black community about equal opportunity.

I hope this comment was made jokingly, and not with the idea that Obama becoming president somehow magicaly eliminates all problems the black community has.

Of course it won't magically eliminate their problems. It will however, prove that things aren't as restrictive on them as some of them like to cry about. It will prove that America is making giant leaps forward in its attitudes.

I CAN'T BE A RACIST MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK

[sunb1ind]

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

[Maxxthepenguin]

If Obama ends up in the Oval Office, I expect to never again hear bitching from the black community about equal opportunity.

I hope this comment was made jokingly, and not with the idea that Obama becoming president somehow magicaly eliminates all problems the black community has.

Of course it won't magically eliminate their problems. It will however, prove that things aren't as restrictive on them as some of them like to cry about. It will prove that America is making giant leaps forward in its attitudes.

I CAN'T BE A RACIST MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK

How about I can't be a racist I wanted a black president with the middle name Hussein and a last name that sounds like Osama.

[Maxxthepenguin]

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

FUCK YEAH CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME

I'll grab the popcorn

[Day]

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

And that has to do with racism how? Fucking christ man, just say what you mean. He's white and owns a bunch of shit therefore he can't run a successful black entertainment television channel? I'm sure he's the one deciding on content. What are you retarded?

[Royal]

I hate all the wanna-be mexican thugs in my fucking state. That is every mexican by the way.

[sunb1ind]

It's not the same word your parents grew up with, stop riding the coattails of your ancestors' strife, man the fuck up, and if you don't like, behave like a functioning member of fucking society.

I'm going to let someone else take this. I had to put up with this shit in the last thread that derailed into racism, quite frankly, at this point I hope this dude gets a wake-up call in the hospital. Your tone reeks of racism, its like a redneck who just got a laptop for christmas.

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

FUCK YEAH CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME

Just what is there to be conspired about? Are you that naive to think this guy who owns so much control over the media that he just sits back and earns profits without using his power? I want to live in that world of ignorance too.

[Melchiah]

If Obama ends up in the Oval Office, I expect to never again hear bitching from the black community about equal opportunity.

I hope this comment was made jokingly, and not with the idea that Obama becoming president somehow magicaly eliminates all problems the black community has.

Of course it won't magically eliminate their problems. It will however, prove that things aren't as restrictive on them as some of them like to cry about. It will prove that America is making giant leaps forward in its attitudes.

I CAN'T BE A RACIST MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK

lul @u

At this point I have to say you have completely left rational discussion on a trek into the forest of douchebaggery. Kindly shut your cakehole.

It's not the same word your parents grew up with, stop riding the coattails of your ancestors' strife, man the fuck up, and if you don't like, behave like a functioning member of fucking society.

I'm going to let someone else take this. I had to put up with this shit in the last thread that derailed into racism, quite frankly, at this point I hope this dude gets a wake-up call in the hospital. Your tone reeks of racism, its like a redneck who just got a laptop for christmas.

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

FUCK YEAH CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME

Just what is there to be conspired about? Are you that naive to think this guy who owns so much control over the media that he just sits back and earns profits without using his power? I want to live in that world of ignorance too.

I bet he says niggerniggernigger at home too.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Just what is there to be conspired about? Are you that naive to think this guy who owns so much control over the media that he just sits back and earns profits without using his power? I want to live in that world of ignorance too.

http://www.taylormarsh.com/images2/h...-c7873_sml.jpg

[Maguspk]

White people who probably spend a majority of their time around other white people completely disconnected from the minority population that usually has racism directed towards them arguing over racism, the results of it, and it's prevalence today, is really just silly. You should all acknowledge you won't know what it's like and probably won't ever.

LOL@Obama being president meaning racism is gone forever. Just because a man with a freakin light tan (note he's light black not dark black, colorism is definitely a big role in his success) might be president doesn't mean that America doesn't harbor racist thoughts. In fact, I'm sure a large part of Obama's campaign is in consideration of what 99% of the population will assume based on his skin color and attempting to not be left in a double bind as a result of it.

[BerenTebogo]

It's not the same word your parents grew up with, stop riding the coattails of your ancestors' strife, man the fuck up, and if you don't like, behave like a functioning member of fucking society.

I'm going to let someone else take this. I had to put up with this shit in the last thread that derailed into racism, quite frankly, at this point I hope this dude gets a wake-up call in the hospital. Your tone reeks of racism, its like a redneck who just got a laptop for christmas.

No, because he's the owner of fuckin Viacom.

What are you trying to say, I can't read between the lines... I must be sunblined..

Gee, its kinda hard to grasp the concept that maybe its not so fair that he owns the majority of the airwaves and TV entertainment channels.... Hmmm do you think he could abuse that power somehow?

FUCK YEAH CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME

Just what is there to be conspired about? Are you that naive to think this guy who owns so much control over the media that he just sits back and earns profits without using his power? I want to live in that world of ignorance too.

Like I already stated, whenever you can't make a valid point you just start spewing "OH MAN I HOPE SOMEBODY KICKS YOUR ASS REDNECK REDNECK REDNECK OMGGG"

You have no idea how to hold an intelligent conversation, or a debate, and whenever you're cornered you turn into an E-thug. Nobody values your opinions, about anything, not even the what, majority of this thread which ARE african-american ADULTS.

STOP, SERIOUSLY.