Originally Posted by canada
No one alive today was responsible for the events that went on so long ago..
There are actually plenty of people alive today who were responsible for many of the racially motivated injustices "so long ago". In fact especially lately, because it's February, I think I've seen at least a couple shows talking about wanting to use newer techniques or discoveries to retry suspects from those times. Even then, there are many people responsible for events now and not that long ago who are still causing problems.
Originally Posted by canada
Lets figure this out then...
I have a large spectrum of friends growing up in Canada, and now again in Florida. I'd say only a handful of Asian doods though, so maybe I am wrong here... but I have never heard two Asians say "What up chinky" or "slant eye" or "gook" or any other racial epithet. I have ALOT of Hispanic friends here living in Florida and also back in Montreal, but I never hear them going around saying, "What up beaner", ( Icant think of any others)... but thats the point. Nor do me and my white friends say shit like "Sup cracker" or "whats happening honkey"...
But for some reason... black people go around saying ***** like its part of their diet. If it's such an offensive term, why are they saying it? N!gger I understand... no one says "Whats up n!gger!". Its a common everyday term now to say n!gga with the "A"... and its made to be a comfortable term.
Understand the point I am trying to get across?
Just for kicks, I have a couple white coworkers who call each other "cracker". No one else calls them that, rightfully so. They just call each other that because they're friends and they feel close enough to "joke around" in that way. I'm not saying it's right but basically, because they're white, they can do it. If a non-white coworker said that, I know for a fact that one of them would have a problem with it.
Have you ever been in another country or area with a completely different culture and seen another person like you and felt like you could connect with them more easily? Or have you ever been fat or had some kind of issue and talked to someone with the same condition and felt like you knew where they were coming from and vice versa?
And once again, that teacher should have simply known better.