(July 22, 2013 at 2:02 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Your story doesn't reflect any systematic oppression like minorities face. You were teased. Big fucking deal.Whilst his situation doesn't reflect systematic oppression on the scale of other forms of racism, your comment seems to suggest that you believe some forms of racism are fine. I disagree; I think every single form of racism is utterly wrong. It doesn't matter if we are talking about beating up a person because of their skin color, or teasing a person for it.
So yes, ironically your last sentence rings true, just not in the way you meant it. All racism is a big fucking deal and should not go unnoticed just because it doesn't happen "systematically".
(July 22, 2013 at 3:37 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I don't deny that there is racism on both sides. Complaining about racism against whites, however, does nothing to solve the problem and only furthers the attitude that we are somehow defined by our race, instead of trying to put forth the idea that we are first and foremost humans.Whilst I agree with you on principle, our society currently functions by addressing racism against non-whites, and seemingly ignoring racism against whites. In an ideal world, we should strive to see each other as humans before anything else, but until we reach that point, we can't just ignore things that get in the way of that ideal.
