08-06-2021, 11:03
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2021, 11:07 by 4evaabaggie.)
Let's get real ...... I challenge you all to find one single person anywhere in the world that has not had a racist thought or made a racist joke or comment at some point in their lives.
No one person has grown up in a vacuum ... Their life experiences form their views, morals and standards. From time to time people's experience and emotions will cause them to say or write things they later regret in the heat of the moment, it becomes racist when you act upon it or encourage someone else to act upon it. I try to treat everybody with respect and dignity irrespective of their heritage.
In my former occupation my employers took us all on racial awareness training, this involved us sitting in a room with several young black men and a social worker who was also black. We spent the day being racially abused for being white, my colleagues who were from ethnic groups were called bounty or coconuts. For those who don't know, this is a derogatory term aimed at black and Asian people who they deem are black on the outside and white on the inside, soliders, police officers, people who work for "THE MAN" etc. Whenever we tried to challenge their views and comments the social worker said that ethnic minorities can not be racist no matter what they say or do because they are minority groups. She would not accept it works both ways.
The media has a big part to play in stirring this up, their political agendas where anything now has to be black is rammed down people's throats, to those who are racist it justifies their beliefs, those who are not racist but have life experiences and occasionally say jokes or inappropriate comments start to feel under attack. I feel the same with veganism, I enjoy meat but am vilified in the media and by politically motivated vegan groups who target restaurants customers out enjoying a meal minding their own business. We are becoming an intolerant society where freedom of speech and thought are being crushed. Universities ban speakers because The students don't like their views, without reasonable debate these views grow and fester.
The problem in this case is stupidity and social media. People post on this sites, whether to friends or in response to an event in their life, in a second the post has gone but it remains forever in the domain. Think about your words and their effect on others before the event, after is too late. If you don't want something you say or think to come back and haunt you, then perhaps you shouldn't be posting it in the first place.
Bit of a waffle, I may have wandered off trend but hope it reads okay.
Stay safe, be kind to each other, we all have flaws, no ones perfect.
No one person has grown up in a vacuum ... Their life experiences form their views, morals and standards. From time to time people's experience and emotions will cause them to say or write things they later regret in the heat of the moment, it becomes racist when you act upon it or encourage someone else to act upon it. I try to treat everybody with respect and dignity irrespective of their heritage.
In my former occupation my employers took us all on racial awareness training, this involved us sitting in a room with several young black men and a social worker who was also black. We spent the day being racially abused for being white, my colleagues who were from ethnic groups were called bounty or coconuts. For those who don't know, this is a derogatory term aimed at black and Asian people who they deem are black on the outside and white on the inside, soliders, police officers, people who work for "THE MAN" etc. Whenever we tried to challenge their views and comments the social worker said that ethnic minorities can not be racist no matter what they say or do because they are minority groups. She would not accept it works both ways.
The media has a big part to play in stirring this up, their political agendas where anything now has to be black is rammed down people's throats, to those who are racist it justifies their beliefs, those who are not racist but have life experiences and occasionally say jokes or inappropriate comments start to feel under attack. I feel the same with veganism, I enjoy meat but am vilified in the media and by politically motivated vegan groups who target restaurants customers out enjoying a meal minding their own business. We are becoming an intolerant society where freedom of speech and thought are being crushed. Universities ban speakers because The students don't like their views, without reasonable debate these views grow and fester.
The problem in this case is stupidity and social media. People post on this sites, whether to friends or in response to an event in their life, in a second the post has gone but it remains forever in the domain. Think about your words and their effect on others before the event, after is too late. If you don't want something you say or think to come back and haunt you, then perhaps you shouldn't be posting it in the first place.
Bit of a waffle, I may have wandered off trend but hope it reads okay.
Stay safe, be kind to each other, we all have flaws, no ones perfect.