Yes, t gets delivered to to us for some reason so we read it since wah hey free paperFreebird. said:
Racists in your family
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My dad is a redneck in just about every way - worked hard at one company until retirement, beleives in honest day's work, and hates just about everyone.
And I married outside of my race (she's Sikh).
He has no problem with it. Never says anything about it. Of course, it helps that Indians can be just as (if not more) racist than the most stereotypical US Southerner. Go ahead, ask an older Indian how they would feel if their child married someone of African descent - odds are *Really* good the answer will be "Over my dead body. And theirs!"
And I married outside of my race (she's Sikh).
He has no problem with it. Never says anything about it. Of course, it helps that Indians can be just as (if not more) racist than the most stereotypical US Southerner. Go ahead, ask an older Indian how they would feel if their child married someone of African descent - odds are *Really* good the answer will be "Over my dead body. And theirs!"
No I don't since I have an incredibly non racist family, my sister dates a black guy and my dad hates poles and immigrants yet detests the sunday mailFreebird. said:
Sense........ You have none
Free Paper is a free paper man, it's there, my house is boring. It wastes about half an hour. Not like i'm reading the star or the sunFreebird. said:
I am the only racist in my family. Those damn purple people, the puggers!
In all seriousness my entire family is a little unhappy with the government support of immigrants (read: pre-educated people) as compared to Canadian students who cannot afford school. That is not racism though.
In all seriousness my entire family is a little unhappy with the government support of immigrants (read: pre-educated people) as compared to Canadian students who cannot afford school. That is not racism though.
That's the funny thing though, America is way more diverse in terms of color but we also have fairly vocal racists running about. If you think of Europe you also see that they are fairly monochromatic. They also are discriminating pretty heavily against Muslims at the moment (France bans burkas) and I sure hope that America doesn't.Verlander said:Fortunately I do not have any racist family members. I'm half Italian, and some of my family served in WWII on the axis side, and even they aren't racist. I think that in Europe, racism is lass prevalent than other forms of discrimination, and as more and more cultures mix in this globalised world, racism should die out before long. Good to hear you can think for yourself, and not be mindlessly conditioned by your surroundings, big thumbs up!
Recession brings out the nationalist in everyone, and the media sells itself on controversy.Personally I think banning the burka is one of the most bigoted and politically dangerous things France can do, but they've always deemed themselves more important than anywhere else in the world.HotPocket said:That's the funny thing though, America is way more diverse in terms of color but we also have fairly vocal racists running about. If you think of Europe you also see that they are fairly monochromatic. They also are discriminating pretty heavily against Muslims at the moment (France bans burkas) and I sure hope that America doesn't.Verlander said:Fortunately I do not have any racist family members. I'm half Italian, and some of my family served in WWII on the axis side, and even they aren't racist. I think that in Europe, racism is lass prevalent than other forms of discrimination, and as more and more cultures mix in this globalised world, racism should die out before long. Good to hear you can think for yourself, and not be mindlessly conditioned by your surroundings, big thumbs up!
Europe isn't as monochromatic as you may think though. We have very large Asian and African communities here, and the UK has a large Caribbean community as well.
Nah, we're Jewish. Which is probably the root of the dislike--since the whole Israel and "hating Jews" thing.Woodsey said:
At op, wow, I commend you, I really do, to go against what you were raised to believe. Awesome. Now as for me, my family(more like immediate family) are crazy religious now, (after an almost cheating thing) it's really annoying. My dad actually writes songs about god now(well 1) and just repeats it over and over and over. Very annoying. He rubs it in my face sometimes too. They also dislike gay people.
My father is sometimes ragingly racist against black people. Well, he is to everyone, but black people especially. He grew up in Bronx, NY, and said he had to deal with a lot of other races being racist against him for being white. He can be a mean bastard, but he really is a good guy deep down...if you would believe me.
Mother is ignorant enough to just say racist things, but they're usually about positive qualities. It's strange to listen to her talk sometimes...
I don't have any animosity towards any other ethnicity. I see us all as human. I merely hate trends that some people, stupid people, create. In this process, they usually label themselves with this behavior as if it's what their race does. IE: Gangsta kids.
Mother is ignorant enough to just say racist things, but they're usually about positive qualities. It's strange to listen to her talk sometimes...
I don't have any animosity towards any other ethnicity. I see us all as human. I merely hate trends that some people, stupid people, create. In this process, they usually label themselves with this behavior as if it's what their race does. IE: Gangsta kids.
