Racism

[HoopDogg]

No one can deny the humor in a GOOD racist joke, and I mean at any race. They are funny. Even when made at you/your race! When you've learned to be able to laugh at jokes aimed at you, you can truly enjoy any joke without taking it to a dangerous level of context (example: hatred)

 

[pen^2]

would you care if your brother/sister/close friend people went out with an another sex of different race? i hope you dont cuz if you do that means you are a step closer to being a racist.

 

[HoopDogg]

true, true

 

[Regine]

I find a lot of guys of other "races" attractive. Would I date one if I didn't have a BF, sure, why not! And my stepfather always said he wouldn't mind me dating an African American if he's a basketball player

 

[Moonbeam]

I think you are absolutly right, Optimus. Thus the question becomes, how do we get rid of our hate. There are some things however that may not be covered by the hate angle. I heard a story about a white guy in Japan at the zoo looking at the gorillas. There was a Japaneese boy beside him looking too and when he happened to look up at the white guy he started screaming. I saw a little boy, maybe 4 in the store today freaking out. His mom was trying to weith him on a scale and he was wailing away like a banchee. His mom was completely obvlious of the fact that he was freeking because there was a stuffed Halloween pink pig costume about his size standing near him. People seem to freak over snakes and spiders, and strangeness or newness, difference. We may have some genetically based responces to difference that keep us close to the safety of the familiar. This may explain why exposure to THE OTHER breaks down prejudice. When you see that we are really all identical in our humanness, maybe we've got a chance.