Racism 2.0

Shero said:
Leave people to sort out the race thing themselves, family by family.
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We've had about 400+ years as a civilization and it hasn't worked out yet. I don't think we have another 400 years to wait for this problem to sort itself out.
 

oldiebutgoody said:
We've had about 400+ years as a civilization and it hasn't worked out yet. I don't think we have another 400 years to wait for this problem to sort itself out.
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Well, forcing people to accept things will not work. So what do we do?
From an anthropologist's point of view, civilisation is thousands of years old, so 400 years is a drop in the ocean!
 
ElCastor said:
The question that bothered me in that example was the customer's demand for an officer of a specific race -- a racist question in the first place. The customer's request should have been for ability, NOT race. That should have been the lesson. What we often forget is that racism can rear it's ugly head in any race.
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Yes I agree! But is it not the right of every human being to request whom they do business with?
Personally speaking, I would first of all like to know the person's credentials and what he/she did so far in regards to client care. I would not even ask what color the person was, but I cannot and should not force my ideas on others. I hope people may follow my example on how I live my life.
 

During the Jim Crow era, white families treated lynching of blacks as a sporting event or picnic. They took the whole family to enjoy the barbarity. It's down right outrageous to see images of babies and older kids with their parents eating and laughing. Souvenirs were also cut from the corpses by attendees.

I remember back in the 70's in New Orleans where one morning I was returning home from a walk. This white woman and her toddler were going in the opposite direction. The child pointed at me and said, "Mommy, there is a n-word." She did not scold him or apologized. I kept walking and just came to the conclusion that he started learning racism while suckling at her breasts.
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
During the Jim Crow era, white families treated lynching of blacks as a sporting event or picnic. They took the whole family to enjoy the barbarity. It's down right outrageous to see images of babies and older kids with their parents eating and laughing. Souvenirs were also cut from the corpses by attendees.
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Not everybody, my great-grandfather participated in a lynching in Georgia, over 100 years ago. He apparently felt quite guilty and ended up committing suicide over it. Much longer story behind it, but he never told his family what he had done and must have lived in shame afterwards. Still he did it, and there was no risk of arrest or prosecution. I am sure some people acted the way you describe, but not all.
Nosy Bee-54 said:
"Mommy, there is a n-word." She did not scold him or apologized. I kept walking and just came to the conclusion that he started learning racism while suckling at her breasts.
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Nothing uncommon about that, growing up the word was very often used by many of my friends and their parents. I was lucky my parents, particularly my mother did not allow us to use it. Didn't stop me from saying it when I was with friends and not home but thankfully I never acquired the habit. Not proud of that, but it was the way things were. In parts of the deep south you still here white people using it today, but much less often. Usually from folks we call white trash.
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
During the Jim Crow era, white families treated lynching of blacks as a sporting event or picnic. They took the whole family to enjoy the barbarity. It's down right outrageous to see images of babies and older kids with their parents eating and laughing. Souvenirs were also cut from the corpses by attendees.
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The last public hanging in the US was in 1936. Public executions (following a trial by jury, conviction and sentencing) were social events in many parts of the world including all of the USA for hundreds of years.
 
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Shero said:
Texas has one of the largest Filipino populations in the US. I have tried my best to understand your partner's claim. Honestly, I do not understand that and have never heard such a claim made before.
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A French Cordon Bleu trained cook living in Australia who currently publishes a print travel magazine is familiar with the demographics of Texas and the ethnic interactions there... 🤣

@dseag2 ..the quoted post above that casts doubt on the honesty of your husband isn't worth a second thought considering the source.
 
AnnieA said:
A French Cordon Bleu trained cook living in Australia who currently publishes a print travel magazine is familiar with the demographics of Texas and the ethnic interactions there... 🤣

@dseag2 ..the quoted post above that casts doubt on the honesty of your husband isn't worth a second thought considering the source.
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Yes I have visited Texas and I do know a lot about Filipinos living in Texas. Your constant trolling of me, tells me one thing about you and all I need to know.
It is obvious you have not done much travelling and have not have the opportunities I have had to meet a variety of people from different cultures...so your view of other people is very limited. I suggest you do some reading!
 
Shero said:
Texas has one of the largest Filipino populations in the US. I have tried my best to understand your partner's claim. Honestly, I do not understand that and have never heard such a claim made before.
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Where do you get your information? Less than 5% according to the link. Just because you have never heard the claim before doesn't mean that it isn't true or isn't an issue. Thank you for minimizing my post.

This is a very personal issue for me as we needed to look at various cities and their level of tolerance before we moved to Dallas from South Florida, so don't start with me. You are now on Ignore because I've now seen that you seem to add negativity to every thread. Au Revior. ;)

http://www.usa.com/rank/texas-state--filipino-population-percentage--city-rank.htm
 
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dseag2 said:
And you saw a few Filipinos in Texas and thought they were prevalent throughout the state. Unlike some others in the forum, I don't question your French ancestry because you are rude and really think a lot of yourself so that proves it.

I've found so much peace in this forum using the Ignore button. You are next. You have nothing constructive to add.
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There is no need for hostility. I did not say your partner was not telling the truth. I was very very surprised to read of the claim. Surely I have a right to that. There are many Filipinos living in Hawaii where I was born, many in France where I grew up, I met many in the US and we had several working for us. It seems strange to me that one would feel threatened by a white person or vice versa. Put me on ignore if you wish, that is your right also.
 
Lewkat said:
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a little child shall lead them

 
Shero said:
Yes I agree! But is it not the right of every human being to request whom they do business with?
Personally speaking, I would first of all like to know the person's credentials and what he/she did so far in regards to client care. I would not even ask what color the person was, but I cannot and should not force my ideas on others. I hope people may follow my example on how I live my life.
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The video I described was purely theatrical and in all fairness was intended as an example of why the corporation should have Black employees on the staff, but considering that it was being shown in a primarily anti-racism class it did seem highly inappropriate at the time.
 
Alligatorob said:
Not everybody, my great-grandfather participated in a lynching in Georgia, over 100 years ago. He apparently felt quite guilty and ended up committing suicide over it. Much longer story behind it, but he never told his family what he had done and must have lived in shame afterwards. Still he did it, and there was no risk of arrest or prosecution. I am sure some people acted the way you describe, but not all.

Nothing uncommon about that, growing up the word was very often used by many of my friends and their parents. I was lucky my parents, particularly my mother did not allow us to use it. Didn't stop me from saying it when I was with friends and not home but thankfully I never acquired the habit. Not proud of that, but it was the way things were. In parts of the deep south you still here white people using it today, but much less often. Usually from folks we call white trash.
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I had a neighbor who used the n word quite frequently. I was really shocked he was still doing that! I'm glad he's moved from here--what a negative jerk he was. People all over have used that word unfortunately. It's like a hangover from a horrible time for blacks all over---it's very sad people still use it. Those who use it are usually pretty ignorant.
 
AnnieA said:
The last public hanging in the US was in 1936. Public executions (following a trial by jury, conviction and sentencing) were social events in many parts of the world including all of the USA for hundreds of years.
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Yes, and I actually agree with the public thing. If we are going to execute people we should be able to see what we are doing.... And these are not people who have much right to privacy.

Lynching is different, depending on how you define it, it has happened more recently. Wikipedia calls the murder of Michael Donald in 1981 a lynching (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Michael_Donald) and I think they are right.

One of the perpetrators of his murder was executed, I think that should have been public.
 
Pepper said:
Public. What's next, heads on posts?
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Why not? What purpose does capital punishment serve if not as a deterrent, and the more public and humiliating the better the deterrent value.

Don't get me wrong, I am not an advocate for capital punishment, I am ambivalent on it. At a conceptual level I would probably want to end it, however when you look at individual cases it is hard to be at all sympathetic to the executed. Like the example above, I lose no sleep over executing a man who lynched an innocent person...
 
rgp said:
I understand your point .... and agree with the sentiment but ... If you look closely, I believe both little girls are black / African - American ? The one in the black & pink dress just appears to be of lighter complexion ?
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Ah, but appearances can be deceiving.
 
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