Friday, May 2, 2008

Race, racism, white people, black people and the nigger word



www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFI1POM5-rw

I made this video a couple months back and I've gotten highly negative feedback from the video because I believe that black ppl cannot be racist in the way "white ppl" are racist (I termed it RE-ACTIONARY racism). I stand by view that calling a person "a cracker" "a honkey" is name calling and it is rather childish. I also see white supremist comments about black people being a nigger, ape, monkey...doesn't hurt or BOTHER me. This is what that keeps black people "back" in a sense because they let CERTAIN people bully them and ridicule them. I agree with goddessmandestroya she is correct. Everyone should watch her video "nigger".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhNTTI3G-Io
She is highly intelligent and makes excellent points about how we let a word that most people don't even know the history about dictate to us.


Another point:
One thing I hate about YT is that the minute that a minority expresses that racism is a REALITY for them, they get ATTACKED by other individuals and individuals who claim NOT to be racist. Alot of videos on the "nigger" word, on racism have to be disabled because people essentially don't LISTEN at all and type endlessly what they think before watching the whole video. I guess disabling comments entirely is the ONLY way to get ALL people to listen. Also I hold the belief whites cannot "experience" racism ONLY prejudice. A black person doesn't JUST hate white people because it is in their "nature" it is because they use it as a comeback to their own societal prejudices.

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