Black or White

[ardmhachaabu]

It doesn't matter if you are black or white or yellow etc

[Hedley Lamarr]

It doesn't matter if you are black or white or yellow etc

Leave Michael Jackson out of this

[mylestheslasher]

There are some valid points in the piece although i get a feeling of a white supremist undertone to it. One thing I always found amusing is the TV shows we get from the US. Fresh Prince, Cosbys etc were all black casts and if there was a white in it he was always a nerd or an idiot. Groups need to realise that they should campaign for equal rights for all not for just one side. America is a nasty racist country, many of them are almost proud of it in my experience. That racism is present on all sides imo.

There are about 307m people in America. You say you've met many of these. What percentage are you talking about that dictates America is a nasty racist country?

Ireland has about 6m or so. Plenty of racism here, albeit ignorant.

Where did I say i have met many of these people. I was stating my opinion based on what I came across in the US, nothing more. Do you carry out a survey to get percentages before you post an opinion on this board? I agree that there is racism in Ireland and that it is growing but imo the US is far worse than anywhere i have ever been.

[J70]

I have been wondering about why Whites are racists, and no other race is......




Proud to be White
Michael Richards makes his point..............
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point.

This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act.  He makes some very interesting points...

Someone finally said it..  How many are actually paying attention to this?  There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc..

And then there are just Americans.  You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.  You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'... and that's OK.

But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink .. You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you... so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.

You have Black History Month.  You have Cesar Chavez Day.

You have Yom Hashoah.  You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.

You have the NAACP.  You have BET... If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists..  If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.

If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.

If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.  Wonder who pays for that??

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships... You know we'd be racists.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US .  Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights.  If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it.  But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists..

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud.... But you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists??

There is nothing improper about this e-mail..  Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on..  I sadly don't think many will.  That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country.  We won't stand up for ourselves!

BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!

It's not a crime YET... but getting very close!

Is this man talking pure manure or has he a point?

A pile of utter, retch-inducing bollocks, which looks to me like it originated from some white supremacist chain email or something. Oh, us poor white victims!

You cannot divorce this topic from history e.g. if white people hadn't oppressed African Americans, there would never have been a need for something like the NAACP or million man marches. Black neighbourhoods can be dangerous because of poverty and its associated social problems, not because of race.

[EC Unique]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8627335.stm

[illdecide]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8627335.stm

aye i read that myself the other day...what a guy

[Doogie Browser]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8627335.stm

Always wondered what a poof reader looks like?