[quote]ALDurr wrote:
Fullback33 wrote:
The biggest problem I have with racism is that it only goes one way. Black people aren’t racist, white people are. I don’t think anyone would give a shit if some black dude called me a cracker or honkey or whatever, but the “n-bomb” is the worst thing anyone can say in public.
I can say fuck till I am blue in the face, but if I drop the “n-bomb” I am automatically a terrible person. There are always going to be people who hate other people, people need to toughen up and get over it.
I see from your profile that you are a student so I can understand why you would feel this way. Much of it has to do with youth and in a way that is good that you are open to change. There is hope for the future.
I would like to address this statement “The biggest problem I have with racism is that it only goes one way.” Racism has many meanings and depending on which one you choose, it does go one way because of an implied sense of power and superiority of one race over another. Racial prejudice, on the other hand, goes both way. These are preconceived attitudes about another group of people based on race. So your statement can be true in one case but false on many others. For the record, I would give a shit if someone called you a cracker or honkey because I believe racial slurs are wrong all around.
As far as saying the n-word and that making you a terrible person, you have to ask yourself something. Why would you have the desire to use that word in the first place? As a student, I am assuming that you are not dumb, so you obviously know the history behind that word coming out of a white person’s mouth. When it came out of white people’s mouths it was used for 300-400 years to denigrate an entire race of people and to treat and view them as less than human. It was used to justify many of the atrocities that black people in this country faced and still face today (Katrina anyone? They didn’t use the n-word, but their portrayal displayed the thought. Black people were portrayed as “looters” while white people were portrayed as “searching for food”). No other word in the American english language uttered by a white person in this country has as much evil behind it as the n-word. Therefore, why would you bemoan the fact that you can’t say it without being portrayed as a horrible person? If you find a reason to say it, maybe you are a horrible person?
It has been said that it takes twice as long to create something positive that it takes to create something negative. The effect of the negativity of this word has been used for 300-400 years. So think about how long it will take for that negativity to die.
Based on the history, the fact that you think that people need to toughen up and get over it now is unrealistic and smacks of youth and optimism. None of that is bad, mind you, but it is just not going to happen in my lifetime, your lifetime or even our children’s lifetime.
[/quote] but he’s right i’ve been called cracker,guinneua, & beener more times than i can count in the first 4 months of school alone.
but if to were to say Ni_*er I would get my ass kicked then sent to the principles office.where is the unwritten law that
says black people can make derrogitory comments (even twards them selfs) and whites or hispanics can’t