(January 30, 2009 at 10:15 pm)lukec Wrote: What else can we do? I find it hard not to get irritated though, since I think the only way we'll be done with racism is to stop talking about it. A man is a man is a man, regardless of skin color. Also why black history month is a bit silly.
Luke, not sure we shouldn't talk about racism.
In the uk, there is a debate to be had, linking in to immigration into this country, but it hasn't yet properly happened. In its absence the gap ( on the immigration issue ) is exploited by the right-wing press to fuel resentment against the immigrant population.
On purely racism, the chattering classes ( including black people ) will no longer use the word " nigger " at any time, for any reason ( good or bad ). instead they refer to " the n word ". Now don't get me wrong here, I dislike the word and its connotations as much as any non-racist, but for the life of me I can't understand the logic of trying to airbrush it out of existence! In the right context, it can be used powerfully for good reason.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
