RE: Is it possible to maintain and respect cultural heritage and not be a racist
March 11, 2015 at 8:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2015 at 8:16 pm by Brian37.)
(March 10, 2015 at 7:02 pm)Dystopia Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I hate the idea that the past is worth clinging to. It is worth remembering as a history lesson, but it is not worth clinging to it if it props up bigotry, sexism and xenophobia. Words like "cultural" and "tradition" and "religion" are not looking forward, those are all excuses to cling to the past. What should be important to humanity is fostering civility, not protecting an ego.
Not sure what's the problem with culture and tradition, it's something that serves as a uniting factor for people - Race is different because no one chooses race. I despise culture and tradition if it's harmful, but if it's benignant I don't see the problem.
I'm actually curious why America calls some people Hispanic/Latino - Is it because they speak Spanish? From what I've seen in movies it's usually brown skinned people who come from south america and mexico
Yes it is a unifying factor, that does not mean you are required to cling to it. Humans certainly treat it like loyalty oath, but that does not mean that grouping is a benefit to anyone but the group an individual might belong to. That is why I do not like anything being blindly worshiped.
(March 11, 2015 at 5:25 pm)Drich Wrote: A perfect example of the assimilation of white America on a race or a culture of people is playing on HBO right now. It's called burry my heart at wounded knee. It is about the subjugation and assimilation of the 'Sue' Indians into white American culture. What I am saying here is this very thing is still going on when we demand that people live in such a way that is 'tolerant' of all cultures.
No it wasn't just white culture, it was religion. The same book that gave Europeans the sense of entitlement to own blacks, is the same sense of entitlement to move across America. Race did not cause the divisions between Natives and Europeans, religion did that.
It is the same sense of entitlement by both Jews and Muslims that pit each other against each other. Race is the excuse religion uses to avoid the fact religion is the cause.
I see this progression from all sides. You tell them it is religion, they say it is a race issue, when you call them on that it becomes an ethnic issue. When you call them on that it becomes a cultural issue.
