RE: Is it possible to maintain and respect cultural heritage and not be a racist
March 11, 2015 at 10:26 am
(March 11, 2015 at 9:50 am)Drich Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 3:31 pm)Faith No More Wrote: What makes you think the two are mutually exclusive?
because to build a tolerant soceity culturally exclusive practices will be done away with. which auguments said culture for the plain vanillia no one is offended soceity
(March 10, 2015 at 3:52 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Race and culture are not the same thing, and can easily be mutually exclusive.At best your speaking to the exceptions and not the rule.
Quote:What is the definition of a "white" person?someone with Areion/Anglo saxon blood line
Quote: Or better yet, what's the definition of a "black" person?someone with a sub saharan african blood line
Quote:How about "Hispanic"?I believe lation is the current goverment sponsered term.
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/definitions.asp
Quote: My culture as someone who would be considered "white" is nothing like that of a "white" person living in Rich Hill, Missouri (I just watched the documentary).Your culture is of a anglo American, which is different from African american. Which is again different from Asian american or Anglo-italian or Asian-Korean.
Quote:What about someone from Haiti vs. someone from Zambia?Same as above Race-then country of orgin defines one's particular role/culture in a given community.
Quote:You'd consider them both "black", probably, but what do their cultures have in common? Similarly, what race are Filipino people?Philipino people are considered asian/pacific Islanders.
Like it or not carox, we are subdivided into race, and it is well documented, and supported by this goverment.
My question is, why arent we allowed to perserve our differences even if it offends others?
Why do we have to like it? Saying we observe something does not mean we should not work on problem solving. Glad blacks and women didn't think like you "Shit happens, so do nothing".
Quote:My question is, why arent we allowed to perserve our differences even if it offends others?
It has nothing to do with human rights. You have a right to be offensive and others have a right to call you out on it if it is harming others.
Preserve our differences? Yes lets just tell Arab women who don't like sexism "too bad, shit happens". Go ahead Isis, burn people alive because well "shit happens".
It is not about starting wars to create sudden change. It isn't about allowing, it is about challenging bad logic. If our species never questioned social norms our species never would have left the caves.
Tradition is not a good excuse to cling to something. If it were we could all make excuses to protect our own ideas. Without challenge to them we stagnate as a species.
