Poll: Is racism an issue where you live?
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I live in Vancouver, and no, it's really not a problem in anyway whatsoever. It's an incredibly diverse city, and thus seeing people from different ethnic backgrounds is simply the way things are here.
Isn't racism a big issue in Los Angeles? Or perhaps I'm just thinking of bigotry...Berethond said:
It isn't the big of a deal here where I live (South-Eastern Pennsylvania). Although the community is mainly white, being a rural area there is a large number of Latino families living in some areas in my school district, and there were some other minorities present in my school. For the most part people didn't really have a problem with other races (at least not that I knew of), but I have seen the occasional Confederate battle flag around. Whether this is someone showing off that they have some really conservative views or that they are just rednecks, I'm not entirely sure.
Just a side question though to all those people who said that they don't see much racism where they live: Is there a large percentage of minorities living in your area? I believe it might have something to do with how much racism there is.
Just a side question though to all those people who said that they don't see much racism where they live: Is there a large percentage of minorities living in your area? I believe it might have something to do with how much racism there is.
I'd like to think that we're beyond racism where I live, or in all of Canada for that matter, but being in Saskatchewan, and knowing how things are in Manatoba.. well, it still exists. It's just a matter of how well it's hidden.
I used to live in a very small town in Tennessee where everybody was white except for a couple of Asian and Hispanic families. Everyone was theoretically racist but in practice there was nobody to be racist to. When some black people finally moved into town in my high school days they were such a novelty nobody even knew how to act.Irony said:
I've lived in Memphis, Tennessee, which is majority black and the white minority is really openly racist.
Now I live in Osaka which is the prefecture of Japan with the most foreigners (and even that isn't saying much). Racism here is special. People have all kinds of ideas about whites, blacks, other Asians, etc. and can't be told differently.
My experience then is that throwing a bunch of people of different colors together does NOT reduce racism.
http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf This paper here is an awesome resource for learning about race relations. It contains a simple checklist. If you agree with most of the statements in it, you're either living in a non-racist society or you're a member of the preferred race. If you disagree with most of the statements in it, you're a member of the non-preferred race in your society. I've lived in both sets of conditions.
That's nearly a non sequitur. Are you claiming that Latinos can't be racist or that minorities can't be racist? Or is my sarcasm detector MIA here?Berethond said:
In California, whites are the minority. The bay area is extremely diverse and any racist comment is usually said as jokes.
I live in Israel.
Racism is everywhere.
Which is kinda funny considering the past of the Jewish people.
Racism is everywhere.
Which is kinda funny considering the past of the Jewish people.