February 16, 2010
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White People Are Beautiful Too
While watching an episode of my favourite show (‘The Big Bang Theory’), I noticed yet another racist attack towards lighter skinned people in the land of television. The Indian character goes on to say to the Jewish:
“You fail to take into account that even mute, I am foreign and exotic, while you on the other hand are frail and pasty.”
In another episode, there was a conversation between a White woman and man.
Penny: “So um, Dave, how do you know Leonard?”
Dave: “I’m a physicist.”
Penny: “(Laughs) No you’re not!”
Dave: “Why is that so surprising?”
Penny: “Uh, well, it’s just that the physicists I know are indoors(y) and pale.”
Pale. Pasty. I hate those words. It bothers me how the Caucasian race is associated with weakness and a lack of charisma, but then it’s not only on television.
Racism in the media can only exist when it occurs in real life. I’ve witnessed it on several occasions, including the time I heard someone say:
“Black women are more beautiful than White.”
More?
Another woman even had the audacity to blast the entire Caucasian race for hating Blacks. She went so far as to say that I was also White.
Excuse me? Do I look White? Are you blind?
I’m Chinese!
Apparently, she is blind because according to her, all Asians look the same. Yet if anyone made such a statement towards the Black community, can we say outrage?
As an international majority, these offences fail to leave me amused. They’re tasteless and ignorant, but such attempts at humour continue to be swept under the rug because the media has rendered racism against Caucasians to be socially acceptable…
Unacceptable!
Reader, are you disturbed by the fact that Caucasians are constantly victimized as the defaulted racist offenders, even while they’re the most oppressed race?
Comments (173)
Is this even partly because of my post Yesterday?
Yes.
I hate that, if a white person hates everyone and acts upon it, it's fine when their victim is white. But, when a white person makes fun of another race (even for something non-race-related) they are automatically racist.
Excuse me, I just hate people, of all races.
Woah woah woah....
I would say that they are oppressed, but I wouldn't go on to say that they are the most oppressed race. It's kind've hard to be the most oppressed when you are the majority......
People are sick. They need to be slapped.
@Justin_DeBin - Ahh I read that!
I really liked your post yesterday!!!
=]
well, well... Idk... I'm mostly caucasian.
I started thinking about it just a minute ago--and it hit me like a smack on the jaw--I don't think of you as Asiatic--or European--or anything. I had to stop and think--"Yeah, the dude's nephew in the avatar is is Asiatic". You're writing is so universal, I even forget you're disabled. Your head is at a place people spend all their lives trying to get to. I don't detect a hint of partiality in your writings--and those who do miss the point entirely. Except girls--you are SO partial to them--don't change that. Keep that. You speak for all us unfulfilled poetic souls.
I just love racism in all it's forms.
@wrybreadspread - wow! rickey's disabled? I didn't know that!
I love that show and I remember those lines. They were funny lines, especially the first one. it is just a sit com tho. A totally great one, I think there's a new episode tonight, yay!
It's not something I've noticed. Now I will be watchful.
@wrybreadspread - Asiatic? That's new.. o_____o
@Lovebipolar117 - True understanding, is the ability to laugh at it!!
D
I just wrote a positive post about a couple of traits that i like in all people. But i gave special props to caucasian people. I refuse to comment anymore on negative things about race. it just seperates people.My post talks about tipping.
@breaking_expectations - Agreed.
Don't even think about it... If you try and turn something on it's head, it won't work! Bah.
Disgusting. People are so one-sided on racism. God forbid if a white man were to say something racist!!
People think too much about race.
MY favorite color is green.
@Justin_DeBin - check out his weblog. You might have to go back a ways.
i dont understand how you see white people as oppressed. i have noticed that some people are too sensitive about race issues and attack white people, and that is wrong. but that doesnt make them oppressed. its an unfair circumstances. oppression usually involves having power over someone and using it cruelly. and its hard for me to say but ive never noticed anyone having power over white people.
i think its easy for others to make fun of how white people look because their looks are always preferred by the majority, its like in school when people make fun of the popular girl. and it is immature and insecure.
@jaded_jeneva25 - Beautifully said! I couldn't have said it any better myself
“You fail to take into account that even mute, I am foreign and exotic, while you on the other hand are frail and pasty.”
I REMEMBER THAT EPISODE ! (:
I totally agree with you. I'm proud of who I am, and it doesn't bother me if other people know. I love everyone, including myself, and my pale skin.
Honestly Asians look (mostly) the same to me because 1) I don't have any real life asian friends 2) and I'm extremely ignorant of all things asian
but hey I don't claim to know anything :3
I don't feel oppressed in the slightest.
*shrugs* Many are ignorant and hateful--I pity them, really. Such a closed life, nothing too pleasant, I'm sure. When people say it hurts to look at me in a swim suit because my skin reflects light, I laugh. Because it is practically true. xD I'm proud of my paleness and am secure in my skin. People can say whatever they want. It only hurts them by trying to harm others.
@ForTheDreamless - I love you, dear.
ive been mocked by a lot of islanders in my country for being white. but i'm not rasist and neither of any of my friends that are my age. my mom can be ignorant sometimes on the other hand.
it disgusts me ><
I have always felt oppressed due to my disorder.
(laughs and raises hands in surrender) You psyched me again. I honestly had to reread your entry to make sure of your own admitted ethnicity. Dude. I am totally outclassed.
i don't think caucasians are the most oppressed.
and have you noticed that african american men are dating caucasian women?
it's because they consider african american women to be "loud, ghetto, angry, and full of drama"
caucasian women and men are always in the media. they are what society considers to be beautiful.
african american women are the least desired group of people to be with.just because a tv show says a stereotypical line from a script, doesn't mean it speaks for the whole race.
Lol. It is a lil sad. It may be because even regardless that they do get a lot of shit...They still dominate the media? ._.
I find that myself included we white people don't give a crap about what all the other races think about us. Thats why we make such excellent racist to start with.
Also, the atrocities and injustices committed by Caucasians, has been the warranting basis for the public conspiracy to convince white people that they are inherently racist, unattractive, uncharismatic, and ignorant. The effects of which would be to promote cross procreation, which when finally effective will provide for the complete eradication of the white species as all remaining specimens will be of characteristically non-Aryan decent.
But what do I know Im just a stupid, pasty, ugly white guy lol
I do believe that this is the case in some situations. Where white people aren't necessarily outright called racist names. And they're aren't hate crimes against them. The racism against whites is not to the extent that it has been toward any other races in America. It's things like DearRicky explained. It's white people being terrified to speak, because we're afraid we'll be called racist. It's white people spending 1000s of dollars on tanning salons or surgery because were told were "pasty" or "ghostly". It's just like DearRicky's love letters. When he wrote one to white women the majority pointed a finger and called him racist. But when he wrote one to Asians. It was "sweet and endearing". It's not to say that sometime in the future that white people will not become the targeted race of racism. And I bet that everybody out there will point and say "She's white, of course she thinks that". But if a black person wrote this. Would you look at it differently?
we are devils. What can I say. Our economy started going down hill in the 50s after we started trying to be good to everyone. It seems every people is out to conquer us now. So we may need an emperor to raise an army and raze the rest of the planet until everything calms back down. Call the emptiness peace if you must. Peace is what happens when there is no one left to fight you.
Being white, I have heard the comments about being "pasty" or "ghostly", but they don't bother me. I tan very easily, but, being a student and working retail, most of the time I am pale from being indoors most of the time. Honestly, nomatter what people say about what skin tone is beautiful, I kind of prefer the pale look. Actually, in recent media, the uber pale skin has become fashionable because of the Twilight series. Looking like the undead has never been more popular. hahaha.
I love my "pale and pasty" skin. *shrugs*
@jaded_jeneva25 - How about affirmative action? I can see how that was useful in the '60's, but now, I feel that's it's outdated and racist. I roomed with a black girl in college who got a scholarship simply because she was black. She wasn't any smarter than me, and we were in the same program. There are no scholarships for being white. If a black person applies for a job, he is more likely to get it simply because he is black and they have a quota to meet, not because he is the more qualified candidate.
And what about hate crimes? If you punch me in the face, it's a crime. If I punch you in the face, it's a hate crime, no matter why I punched you. It automatically becomes about race.
I'd say that's oppression.
deja vu? or has this been posted before?
racism doesn't have a place on this earth...i really feel bad for those people!
Usually, I would have a problem with this. The only problem is that even white people make jokes and racist comments about themselves. People comment on others and themselves. They generalize everything, so I guess I just think of it as stupid now. Not really offensive or anything.
YES !
@redfirestarter - The correct spelling is racist, and you're mocked by islanders in your OWN country and feel nothing about that? Gosh, have YOU been brainwwashed into accepting every insult, in your own country, but not raising a peep in response lest you seem "racist"! Explain, as well, what your mother is "ignorant" of?
@Covergirl_For_Sanity_Fair - Indeed.
@oxyGENE_08 - There are different human races on this earth, so, in both the positive and the negative, there is a place for racism on this earth.
@Asrael2311 - I concur.
I like white people!
Well...I'm not White, I'm European American!
and in the summer I'm Latino aka I get a nice tan, no burn ftw!
@AceValentineRocks - You actually know, quite a lot. Don't put yourself down as you did at the end, for that is indeed part of the process you're aware of!
BTW- Pasty people are hawt!! I like pasty's but I can not eat them anymore because of the beef. Oh wait, we were not talking about food were we?
@NiShaCoRnEr - We are, numerically, NOT the majority. And most oppressed is indeed correct!
Racism sucks!!!
@S_K_O_T - that was the idealist in me speaking.
I love that show! It gets me every time.
Everyone is beautiful and should stop ragging on everyone else!
@oxyGENE_08 - I know.
@S_K_O_T - she's just racist sometimes. about black people and asians and people who have immigrated to new zealand. of course it annoys me, but i can't do anything about it. people can think what they want. to be honest if i got mocked walking down the street and i said something i would be beaten up in some areas. id rather not think about it, the majority of people are nice to me and vice versa.
also my family immigrated here from europe and they immigrated from the islands so what makes the country mine ?
@NiShaCoRnEr - White people are not the majority on a world scale, and in countries that have been traditionally white we are on the way to becoming minorities.
@TheSpaceBass - Exactly.
I think if anyone should be complaining, it's Native Americans. Boy did the English do them a shit deal.
Lest we forget that not all "white" people are pale and pasty, remember that the term "white" is used to describe all of Europe, plus lots of Island people. My dad was as dark as an Arab. I had a friend who used to call Chinese women "white girls" (I never did understand that one). Maybe it's time to embrace all of the different and diverse ethnicities around us and actually learn something about each other!
Dude, Ricky - I thought you were white! lol
Yea, I get tired of all that bullcrap. The groups most protected and lionized by the left wing tend to be groups of which the majority are not producers. Hence it's not racist to make fun of white people, and Asians are often made fun of as well.
I've given up on things like this- I just let people thing whatever they want to think.
I'm Mexican-American, but most people think I'm "White". I am of European descent, but does it even matter? I just want people to be nice to me, and I will be nice to them.
@ForTheDreamless - hahahaa!!!!!! Best comment by far! Mine is Purple!:D
As for the post, they are DEFINITELY NOT the most oppressed!
Yes! Totally tasteles, ignorant, and unintelligent! It's pissing me off! I think it's the Age Of Envy all over again.
defaulted racist offenders? haha. Am I bothered? Not much so.
screw what ppl think/say
@Ambrosius_Augustus_Rex - Well I'm talking about America, since I assumed that's what Ricky was talking about.
And I hate it when people say that Caucasian is becoming the minority because that's sooo untrue. About 80% of Americans are Caucasian.
In due time the numbers will even out and America will be a nation where you seel every color and culture walking around side by side. But do I ever think they will become the minority? No. And that's the beauty of America. Eventually we'll be forced to live with each other, because we'll have to wake up and see each others faces everyday.
=]
They have inferior skin, so the racism is justified.
@S_K_O_T - In America...yeah you are.....
And in a lot of southern states people are very racist against essentially every race except for Caucasian and Jews. How do I know? I've experienced it. I've had family that moved because the neighbors didn't take "kindly" to their interracial marriage. In fact they got married by a judge instead of a preacher, because the preacher didn't approve their marriage.
I'm not saying that whites aren't oppressed, but as some other chick said before me
"Where white people aren't necessarily
outright called racist names. And they're aren't hate crimes against
them. The racism against whites is not to the extent that it has been
toward any other races in America. It's things like DearRicky
explained. It's white people being terrified to speak, because we're
afraid we'll be called racist. It's white people spending 1000s of
dollars on tanning salons or surgery because were told were "pasty" or
"ghostly". It's just like DearRicky's love letters. When he wrote one
to white women the majority pointed a finger and called him racist. But
when he wrote one to Asians. It was "sweet and endearing".
Yeah....I think she says it best.
=]
@Symphony_of_Screaming - Excellent well! I love you too. You and all your dazzling porcelain skin.
I wouldn't call it oppression...more like a double standard. Lord forbid we call someone a nigger or a chink. Everyone wants to smash our fucking heads in. But if someone wants to call us honky, we're supposed to sit by quietly and take it. From my own personal experience, it's impossible to fire a black person for being lazy on the job. They've all filed charges for racism in the workplace and gotten their jobs back, and then they're lazier than ever. But fire a white person for laziness, and he can just find himself in the unemployment line. They'd laugh in his face if he claimed it was a racist move.
At the risk of sounding incredibly nerdy, the most racist people I've ever met have been on World of Warcraft. The only word anyone seems to know is nigger nigger nigger, you're a gay fag Jew, nigger nigger nigger. And it drives me batshit. What the hell happened to civilized conversation, and treating people as you'd like to be treated?
Makes me want to scrub everyone's mouth out with ammonia.
@NiShaCoRnEr - What you need to do is look at the rates of reproduction. In order for a culture to survive there must be a fertility rate of 2.11 children per family, and people HAVE to form families. Nowhere in the world, except perhaps Ireland and Iran are any white cultres doing that. Here is a statistic that you can watch on the changing demographics of the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1pnCldKZI
It's short, and it will explain my point thoroughly.
hmmm...pretty enlightened post.
@NiShaCoRnEr - There are a lot of racist people in the South (which is also where I live) but the black people down here are AT LEAST as racist as the white people, and they can be vocal and open with their racism and STILL not be considered racist by a lot of people, and by no institutions. Also the whiteness of white southerners is negligble at best given how many of them are mixed with Native American. At any rate, some places are really racist (like Columbus GA) and some you have a lot of interracial marriages (like Tulsa Oklahoma) and no one cares. A lot of it depends strongly on where you are.
i'd like to think everyone is the same regardless of the skin colour, race, religion, etc. though i have a soft spot for caucasian men - probably too much of western tv/movie, etc. *peace*
I get tired of everyone being so darn oversensitive about everything. Can't we loosen up a bit? I don't mean we should freely insult others and be caustic, but there is a double standard that needs to be eliminated, and everyone needs to stop being so offended.
@NiShaCoRnEr - That's not a good thing, and WHY should we have to get used to that? When White people FOUNDED and built America (and Australia), but maybe one day the "numbers will even out"??? Will the numbers ever "even out" in the Sudan? In China? In India? Will anywhere else lose it's identity?
Why do White nations have to be subjected to this 'evening out' of numbers?
It's funny the game that some people play, that on one hand they'll claim that it's all equal and "multicultural" so as to deny White people's right to their own countries, but when it comes to denying what is going on in our countries, then we're back to being the "majority" again.
The numbers CAN'T "even out", and we've got to start to fight against the process that even tries that!
@redfirestarter - Are you of British heritage?
If so, then New Zealand is yours!
New Zealand, like Australia, IS a British colony and Dominion, founded and built by British people!
Mass immigration is a MAJOR problem in both Australia and New Zealand now, and something serious has to be done soon to stop it!
It is SHOCKING that we are expected to 'get used to' walking around our own towns, our own streets, and if anything is said to us that we might reply to, we may be beaten up by hyper-violent Islanders. And that we have to swallow our dignity, and be "nice" to anyone and everyone that pours in here, lest WE be thought of poorly. It's wrong!
You should also consider how the various Blacks and Asians flooding into our countries feel about each other...they DESPISE each other...AND, ponder what the attitude is like in these African and Asian countries...are THEY taking in hordes of migrants? NOT ON YOUR LIFE THEY'RE NOT!
New Zealanders and Australians are going to have to GET 'racist' in order to fight off what is being done to our countries.
These are still sovereign British nations, we have NOT (officially) been invaded and conquered, yet...and we have the right to speak and stand for ourselves.
You seem to be of the current generation that has been forcefed lies and led to believe that you've no right to your own country. Your mother remembers a far better time, as I and others in Australia do...you should actually get back in touch with that.
@AishahAnsari - Peace to you to...but, we're all the "same" in spite of all those differences? No, we're NOT "all the same"!
@SimplyCe - Many Chinese girls ARE VERY WHITE!
What "shit deal" did the English do with the 'Native Americans'? THEY signed treaties with the English and the VAST majority of them sided with the British during the seditious American revolution, and YOU are still living in America aren't you? Which, to all intents and purposes, is the detoured result of British colonialism.
WE should postpone judgement on how much of a "shit deal" the so-called Native Americans were done by anybody, for there is much evidence coming to light of a race that lived in the Americas LONG before the arrival of the Mongoloid "Indians", who might well have exterminated them.
And there was MUCH trouble and strife between variant Indian tribes, many of whom saw the arrival of European powers as a way to settle old local scores, OR as a way to throw of the shackles of another tribes rule!
I'm white and live in a very diverse area. I see this all of the time.
Once, this black family moved into the house next to us (where once was a black family, and I used to be bffs with their daughter). They used to play super loud music really late at night. My dad tried to talk to the "man of the house" and he said it would stop. For weeks after it kept on happening and we called the police a couple of times. They then spay painted the back of their garage with a racial slur and tried to pin it on my dad.
Talk about racist.
I have always noticed that and been annoyed by it. Thank you for making it public!
@S_K_O_T - Just submit to your future overlords peacefully and you won't be hurt. I hear White people make good pets.
@S_K_O_T - im mostly dutch. i have some welsh, scottish and irish on my moms side. i don't think that makes me brittish...
i hate this topic. everyone's oppressed. white people, brown people, yellow, black, purple, green, red, and midgets. we are all oppressed because we are imprisoned by our political and social structure.
@jaded_jeneva25 there are people who have power over white people as well. white people have jobs and bosses. white people have to go to school and jump through the same hoops coloured people have to jump through to graduate. white people have to pay taxes and their credit card bills as well. we are all enslaved by an idea.
Aw man. Discrimination can come in many forms. Stereotypes, even if it's about something positive, are still just assuming something about another person. I don't think it always stems from hate - somes just the brain trying to categorize info, but are still just ignorant reguardless.
we always find a way to put each other down to boost our own egos
Wow... people actually watch that show? The bad writing is no surprise.
@AnGeLmArYy21 - Did you take the time to look at the credits for that show and see who actually writes on it?? ahahahaha
I love The Big Bang Theory, excellent show!
As for the race issue, my biggest problem is when people put those of a race all in one category. I don't think that I can be judged based on all the other Caucasians in the world and therefore why should I judge those of another race all as one group? People are people and everyone is different. We may have some qualities that are a result of our particular race, but in the end it's what kind of a person we are, not the color of our skin that's important.
ps : you SURE stick up for white people A LOT, Ricky ...keep raking in those comments homey
...and dammit stop watching sitcoms. If they arent 30 Rock, Community or Parks and Rec(or old episodes of Seinfeld!) you shouldn't watch em! ahahaha
I love how everyone is making a federal case about a post based on horrible writing on a horrible show(ok, lets substitute "horrible" with "corny/typical") that'll MAYBE see one more season before being shit-canned. He posted the IMDB page, go look at the writer's list and let me know who the people responsible are... if ANYTHING, the writers were oppressing the Indian guy for giving him such stereotypical "this is what minorities think about white people" type rhetoric to spew.
NOT ONLY THAT, but the SECOND joke Ricky mentioned was more about people who don't get any sun and stay inside(it was even between two white people for crying out loud). When people think about psychiatrists they dont think of some tanned ADONIS, they think of a thin pale person with glasses with a large vocabulary sitting a leather chair with a clipboard taking notes.
Quite a reach, but entertaining post nevertheless.
Smart is definitely moch more sexy in any race
The words "pasty" and "pale" aren't being used to discriminate against the guy's race. These terms are used by doctors all of the time - geeks, super nerds that never go outside and have no tan can have pasty pale looking skin.
Ricky, without trying to insult you, - I think you're losing your marbles. There is no way anybody will take these words and twist them into a racist statement. You can get attention many different ways but using this is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
So here you go again, most of the people in the comments here never saw the show, don't have a clue but they're going to agree with you and keep this race bullshit going. You Know I don't like scrapping with you Ricky, in fact I don't like doing that with anyone. I have a really good picture, 2 in fact that you could use next time you want to seriously discuss race and all of that. I don't want to post them on my site but I'm sure you could get some good use out of them. I'll get the link to you somehow, later.
It's kinda unfortunate that well, when you haven't really been exposed much to the different races within a certain group such as Asians, Caucasians and Blacks, I suppose they can all seem the same to you. Sure, sometimes we go " NOOO, I'm Chinese, he's Korean and she's Japanese! How can it be all the same?? " but I think we gotta take into account that unless you can really point out who's Spanish and who's Cuban and who's Dominican at the first glance without any much prior knowledge of these nations, it's only fair to give foreigners some leeway. We're all ignorant of something until we learn it!
I don't think people are that much disturbed about Caucasians being victimized as the default racist offenders. Every race kinda picks on another race. The good news is that at least for every racist offender in a race, there are lots more in the same race who are against these kinds of actions.
Try and take things with some humour! You'll enjoy life better if you look at it and chuckle!!
@NiShaCoRnEr - We are hardly the majority all over anymore. Rather, in Texas we are a definite minority. Not that i'm saying i DISagree with your statement. Just that part.
To Ricky: I love The Big Bang Theory. Haha!! I know i'm avoiding your post, otherwise, but i tend to try to stay away from these discussions.
All asians are the same?? Nup i dont think so...
I completely disagree with this post. But, whatever.
I'm white.....and I've never, EVER felt discrimated against because I am white. But, that could also be because I live in a town where 95% of the people here are white. So yea....
I too hate those words. I've been made fun of because I am pale and do not tan easily and it drives me crazy. People don't realize that I am a redhead and we are naturally pale. Plus the fact that skin cancer runs in my family so I avoided the sun for years...it's no wonder that I don't wear shorts because my legs are extra pale.
This post seems over dramatic to me........ I am not offended by these "white jokes", who would be? Humans will always discriminate. Australian aboriginals were once killed and discriminated against. Gay people today get bashed to death and discriminated against. Need I mention the Jews? But that "Pasty" joke was not discrimination.
I love most of your posts. I just don't agree with this one.
@NiShaCoRnEr - I'm pretty sure there's more chinese people then americans mmk pumpkin?
Ha... No... I don't feel victimized at all... I can handle a joke
Like the portayal of blacks and hispanics on tv. Always drug dealers or the hired help. Good post Ricky!
calm down buddy. every commercial advertising hair products tells the viewer that white people are beautiful. 9 out of 10 make up advertisements do the same. you can probably name 5 famous models of color, while there are countless white ones that come to mind. i am sure you know that i can go on and on. on the telivision show "cops" how many white people do you see get arrested? i'm sure that all the little insluts agains people of color go right over your little vanilla head don't they? trust me honey..white people don't need any help being convinced of their beauty. you need to settle down.
I don't care. Racism will always exist. It's not just against whites or asians. It's against everyone.
I've delt with my fair share of racism and I'm white. I'm not saying that other groups are less the victim; I'm just pointing out that every group has offended and been offended. Just like every group has been oppressed and been the oppressor.
i will be white on thursday..... right now ill just be latino
I'm really not disturbed by it--in every other way Caucasians have it better--economically, socially, etc--so why feel sorry for the-- because they're pasty? WHO CARES. They can taste a little of what the rest of us go through. Honestly, is it really the worst possible thing to be called pasty ? I've been called and thought of as some pretty demeaning things because of my race--WAY more than if i was white. and TRUSSSST me if you've taken any sociology or race/ethnicity courses you can clearly see that they are NOT oppressed.
@erahslover - I meant in general, not just in that show....I don't even watch that show. People make a waaay bigger deal about the word "nigger" than they do about "honkey tonk" or "red neck" when they're all equally offensive.
@mocha_elixir - My husband is white and he just got a 20% pay cut and may be getting laid off soon. No one should have to put up with racial slurs, no matter what their racial background is. Period. And we should all be teaching our children that so that this is not an issue in the future.
Racism against Caucasians is acceptable--didn't you know that
? It bothers me a little at times, but not much. I chalked up ignorance applied to any race as not worth my time. I have many Asian, African American friends, and much of my family is Creole, and Indian. So yeah--while you make a good point, and one that should be pointed out as unacceptable, it all boils down to stupidity and hypocrisy in the media and hollywood
i am quite bugged by this too. im finnish so im ghastly white... i dont know how, but my sisters even whiter! she tans though,. i dont. I used to hate this... but now i really dont care. sure, id still love to be asian, or dark skinned...but hey i was born this way, and i always wanted to be part of the lesser crowd well now here i go! because whites, are becoming a minority..
@AnGeLmArYy21 - "honkey tonk" originates from a genre of music and "redneck" (this pulled from wiki) The termredneck was used in The West Virginia Coal Miners March (1921) or the Battle of Blair Mountain when coal miners wore red bandannas around their necks to identify themselves as seeking the opportunity to unionize... though it means something completely different NOW, you making such a comparison of those and "nigger" is ridiculous and unfair being that NEITHER of those terminologies started off as a flat out racial slur.
After looking at your page, you being from California... I cant imagine you ever having dealt with either of the words you listed. but as being latina im SURE youve been called things accordingly, if not... dont venture out anywhere past where you're living), but if your skin is dark and go anywhere on the planet chances are its part of the local racists/bigots vernacular. I mean, would you compare "honkey tonk" or "red neck" to "spick" or "wetback"? maybe, but I doubt it.
The only point I was making is that with Ricky's post is the writers on the show are predominantly white(some being jewish, so that makes the joke even LESS of a big deal). That'd be like ME watching Will & Grace and being offended by a joke(key word here, JOKE) a straight person made about Will... then finding out the writer who actually wrote that joke was a gay person. OR, if a white person from the south got offended and left a Jeff Foxworthy stand up show. The anger in the post is being taken out of context is all im saying. Nobody is being "oppressed" in any of the situations ive read here. Its like theres this pile of cupcakes the size of pennies(that being the "privilege" of people being careful not to offend your race).. and everybody is all bitching because HEY, wheres MY cupcake(wheres the tip-toeing around MY race??)!! Its a dumb argument. And I for one HATE when people tiptoe around me just because im black and a couple hundred black people who complain and whine every time they are remotely made the butt of a joke complain about it to the point where white people castrate their own personalities so not to offend someone, so Ricky making a spectacle of it HERE, when he's not even any of the races he mentioned is pretty much him roping us all in for another giant 8+ page flame war ahahaha.
Giving white folk the opportunity to vent about shit they're too afraid to vent about elsewhere. You're like the Martin Luther King of caucasian xanga users, only you're Chinese. I see you, Ricky.
*edit* - and after looking up honkey tonk, it was also a kind of bar
much like a "speak easy" but in the deep south. look up nigger anywhere
and see if you can find a different definition that doesnt list it as an
ethnically specific racial slur. I cant even remember the last time ive
heard that word outside of TV Land reruns of The jeffersons haha.
I just want a white history month
@erahslover - Sure, but the context in which they are used can most definitely be offensive to a white person. I wouldn't EVER call a black person a "nigger" and I wouldn't want anyone calling my kids "rednecks" because they are half white or "wet backs" because they are half hispanic. We need to teach children that name calling is never OK, no matter where the term "originated".
What if we did have a white history month? People would be outraged. @Low_Mom - I agree.
@missnihkii - lol! I hear ya'!! I'm hispanic, but I don't tan either. I just get red. I used to buy those fake tan lotions all the time. I'm just now starting to embrace my paleness.
I mean, white people are definitly the default race when people throw around racism, which is annoying. (example- very rude man of a different race was hitting on me, I ignored him, therefore, he called me a racist mfer.). But I'll always have a place in my heart for Native Americans. I think they've had the hardest time in this country and are still struggling a lot more than any other people.
@AnGeLmArYy21 - we DO have WHITE HISTORY MONTH... its the other 11 months out of the year.Nobody would be OUTRAGED, because they ALREADY EXIST. I think its a fair break in status quo to go from talking about the great (slave owning) forefathers and genocide enforcing manifest destiny to stop shit for a second and talk about something else. I for one think black history month should be abolished and integrated into american history on a timeline-based system so its ALL american history, because black history IS american history. But people dont take that into account, they only think of sanctioned titles and names. (not only that, but there is a german american history month, an irish american history month, a hispanic heritage month and so on)I dont see why peole are so sensitive about BHM.. its only purpose is to make money. Every time you're outside of your house today count how many BHM specific ads you see.. and see if its more about EDUCATION and not about MOVING PRODUCT.
And as far as B.E.T. goes, we DO have "WHITE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL" its ALL but like 4 channels out of all the stations on TV. Why don't people understand this?? Again, its like whining because people didnt get their penny-sized cupcake. Its a dumb argument. Over in eurpore they dont HAVE a black entertainment channel... want to know why, because the majority of their shows are ALL diverse with all races. If we didnt have shows here where the cast was all one race and tailor made for a specific race there wouldnt be any need for any of it... but thats not the country we live in right now, people are still VERY MUCH racist and they dont seem to want any different.
Racism in any form is disgusting, but I wouldn't say that white people are the most oppressed. But that's not to say that some other race is the most oppressed either. I think we're all equally oppressed by our own fucktardness, regardless of race.
@erahslover - lol. That made me giggle. I'd be lying if I said I read all of that. I wasn't whining, but the double standard does bother and I agree with Ricky's post.
@MsKittyCatty - well, if you approach that situation as if you're "too good" to acknowledge someone's presence its easy to make such an ignorant statement such as you're racist. there are so many ways around some lecherous dickbag hitting on you that are different than just sitting there not saying anything.Like looking them up and down then rolling your eyes... being seen as different in YOUR head, might come off as that in someone else's head.
Rude people come in every color. And pretending someone doesnt exist is pretty rude as well. Ive seen girls flip the script and embarrass the hell out of rude assholes trying to hit on them without playing the bushwa or hostididdy role. Im not condoning him being an asshole, OR you for ignoring him.. im just saying if youre "worried" about if someone thinks youre racist or not sticking your nose up in the air might not be the best way around it ahahah.
god im glad im not a woman... cant imagine having to deal with that everyday. jesus.
@erahslover - Basically he was following me down a hallway and I kept walking. Which is what I would do with any rude person of any race. I didn't role my eyes or anything. After he called me racist, I did turn around and tell him that I have a sister who is half black, and his statement offended me. And I was ignoring him because he was being rude and I had a boyfriend. To which he said "Whatever, man" and kept following me until I found my friends. There's no reason to call anyone racist unless they attack your race. I would have been totally fine if he called me rude, a snob, whatever, but there was no reason to call me a racist.
this kind of reminds me of something i learned in my american women's studies class. it was talking about the waves of feminism. the first wave dealt with women feeling inferior to men. second wave of feminists who decided that no, women are not equal, but a far more superior gender. but when the third wave of feminism hit, they were all about equality. i think this could apply to racism and racial equality as well. maybe there are some races who have felt so inferior, they hit the other extreme of feeling far more superior and just haven't found their equilibrium yet.
@MsKittyCatty - some egos are stronger than others. and his was clearly very brittle to shout that out at you and im sorry you had to deal with such bullshit.
I think thats what this whole debate boils down to; EGO. its all human tribalism, everybody looks at colors. ....if some weird cosmic rays shined down upon the earth which made all of our skin completely translucent/transparent.... people would STILL find a way to separate into tribes.. be it by hair or height or whatever.... its all really annoying and depressing.
I certainly do not feel oppressed, although I have been the object of prejudice. Saying whites are the most oppressed is a mite silly. We have most of the world's military power under our merciful control.
Sad but true, Racism is profitable. By marginalizing a "race" (whatever race means) you can exploit insecurities embedded in our cultural boundaries. "White" people are becoming less and less the majority, but still maintain some of the highest paid positions in the country. It's this "hate the MAN" mentality that these more petty vulgar shows are trying to appeal to. The fact is,being white (and more so "gay") is the new "black." What you should take away from it is to realize that despite semantic changes in rhetoric (white to black, women to gay) the underlying essence of fearful insecurities still exists despite an ever shrinking world dominated by mass pop culture. The only way to remedy this situation is to stop the finger pointing first and foremost, and teach a more comprehensive curriculum of history to our next generation, so that they're not left with a one-sided view of their world.
Haha, this reminds me of high school and how there was a Black Student
Union club, Polynesian Club, and Asian Club, etc. But there's never a White/Caucasian
club...cause you know...that's obviously the KKK-in-the-making. -_-;; (I'm being
totally sarcastic here...)
i don't think that they're the most oppressed, but racism is wrong in general.
@erahslover - Totally agree with you.
I completely agree. I feel like all Caucasian people are lumped into one category. I tell people I will never judge someone by the color of their skin, but by their behavior. I would prefer if they would do the same.
@redfirestarter - Well, the Welsh does! The Welsh are the true Britons! This, with the Scots and Irish, through both fair means and foul, is greater British, and does at least make you partly British. If you're mostly Dutch though, then no, you're not British. The Dutch DID sail around Australia but NEVER stopped to make a going concern of any colony here. The Dutch, of course, colonised Indonesia. Whilst there are definite racial and cultural similarities between British and Dutch people, as there are with most Western and Northern Europeans, there are ethnic and some cultural differences.
Does being Dutch give you right to be in New Zealand? Not as much as the British, of course, but FAR more than the utterly alien foreigners pouring in in hordes!
I hope that didn't just focus upon the part about the British, and gave due attention to what else I wrote.
@coolmonkey - White people do not make anyone's "pets"! Though, merely in the theoretical...intelligent, loyal, active, clean....yes, White people would make very good "pets"!
The better is never subservient to the lesser though.
Most of the "overlords" you refer to that are pushing this breakdown of society ARE actually White!
There shall NOT be any submitting to any overlords without a heck of a fight!
@WilldrawsRainbows - Why do so many people try and tack homo-sexuality (which is an anti-social SIN!) onto the back of issues of racialism or racism? This behaviour does not constitute a "race", and if the people's, races, and cultures of the world have anything in common, it is that they abhore, forbid, and condemn this sin!
Need you mention the Jews? Yes, go on, that is a major issue, and under closer scrutiny you will find that the Jews, for the very most part, are NOT the eternal victims that the propaganda and lies would have you believe! They have a LOT of trouble and blood on their collective conscience!
Yes, some Australian Aboriginals WERE killed! They were also a dab hand at killing each other as well AND they drove an enormous amount of species of mega-fauna in Australia to extinction AND through ten's of thousands of years of mismanagement turned most of this continent into a desert!
Humans actually often must wisely, and healthily, discern and 'discriminate'!
I still can't wrap my head around why the concept of race is considered applicable in modern society.
What with the advances in genetic research and evolutionary theory, you'd think people would start to realize that we're all basically the same.
Homo sapiens sapiens. That's all we are.
*facepalm*
Such bitter hypocrites but they have a right to be because for years "They" were oppressed and put down because they didn't have the features of a white person or the skin. In today's times, we should get over past racism and live for today. We see it everywhere and now know that beauty comes in all shapes and colors.
Having said that, going to contradict myself, I much prefer lighter skin over dark. White men are just sexy. Especially a pale man with blue eyes, wearing a suit holding a suitcase. That's hot.
In the context of the big bang theory, they are not so much making fun of them for being white. The joke in the quotation, "Penny: “Uh, well, it’s just that the physicists I know are indoors(y) and pale.”" is that as physicists, gamers, comic-lovers, etc. they are pale because they don't go outside and socialize, not because they are caucasian.
I would know, all my little gamer boys are the same. Most never see the light of day and we make vampire/ghost references at each other left and right.
Keeping that in mind, to answer the larger issue at hand. As a white female, I have it a bit better than white males, they are screwed all around. My cousin while attempting to get into med school, took like a year and a half longer to get in. Despite his more than perfect marks, because he was white and a male.
Another fun fact, when I mention that a group of three people. Two males and a female all tried to drown me when I was eight on a family camping trip, the second it comes up they were black, it automatically means I'm racist. Even when I go on to say I blame those particular three, and I have nothing against their race, or any other race as a whole. I judge based on specific people and situations, not entire races. But people still see me, notice I'm white, and therefore must be racist. If I don't like rap, it's because I must, 'hate black people'.
Which working on my campus, I find that I come across some of the nicest, sweetest people of all races, sexuality, backgrounds, etc. So, the blaming of who is racist and who isn't is more than a little ridiculous.
@S_K_O_T - Hello, SKOT. You are my mortal enemy. You shall join me in the pits of Kitty Hell and be forced to wipe my ass for all of eternity. FEAR ME BITCH!
I hath spoken.
Oh yeah, and white people shall be my little slaves and clean my cat-poo for all of eternity too.
BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
There is nothing you can do to stop my almighty powerz, Ricky. For srs.
@erahslover - You good sir shall be my right hand man in the destruction of all humankind, and the general enslavement of white people.
Well, maybe not my "right hand man" per se, so much as you will be spared from destruction, because I say so.
White d00dz shall be enslaved and beaten WITH MY ANGER!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAHHHHH!!!
ahem
I hath spoken.
@coolmonkey - The only "overlords" white people will have will be me, and me alone. I shall be the arbiter of their enslavement and destruction, since I'm an all-powerful god-cat-thingy with awesome powerz... and shit.
@KrazeeKunoichi009 - Hi, how ya doin'?
@I_Am_Serious_Cat - y hallo thar
@KrazeeKunoichi009 - I'm going to enslave you.
Cuz youz white.
I hath spoken.
@I_Am_Serious_Cat - I'm not white! You're whiter than me, kitty! D:
I'm off-white ;D (pasty latina)
@KrazeeKunoichi009 - White enough to me...
BOW SLAVE!!!
I honestly thought the stereotype was that white women were 'more' beautiful.
I'm quite Caucasian and rather pale on top of it. I don't mind one bit being called pale, pasty, cracker, or any other humorous term which is supposed to be offensive. In fact, I've never encountered anyone who dared to make a racist comment towards me that wasn't in jest.
The majority of people make a huge deal out of a trivial issue. I abhor true racism as much as anyone else, but the fact that we as a society have reached a point where humor can be attained from this speaks volumes.
I have no qualms with making jokes of ridiculous stereotypes. It bothers me not at all that others do the same.
@I_Am_Serious_Cat - gahahh wtf just happened?
@I_Am_Serious_Cat - You may be my enemy, but I shan't be joining anyone in Hell if I can help it!!! I'm not a "bitch" either.
You hath spoken...a lot of cat-shit.
@ErnieDamnit - Evolutionary Theory is indeed just THAT!
And genetic research continues to prove that we are in fact NOT all the "same"!
@I_Am_Serious_Cat - Sure, after I get you spayed/neutered
I agreed with every word you said (you're incredibly eloquent, Ricky), until the whole "white people are the most oppressed race."
Uh, no. That's not true in the slightest, regardless of the double-standards.
P.S. I'm guessing the "indoorsy and pale" line of dialogue in that show is referring to the fact that , by stereotype, physicists--much like gamers, comic book 'geeks,' et cetera--spend lots of time indoors. They're called pasty because of that fact, not because they're Caucasian. I've seen "nerds" of all races referred to as "pasty."
@S K O T
I fail to see how evolutionary theory disproves the fact that every human being on this planet is of the same species.
"Race" is a product of human ignorance; a relic of a time when communities were isolated to a single geographical location. We now live in a world where literally every person can communicate with one another regardless of age, race, or location.
Race is no longer a necessary criteria for human interaction, and will therefore be gradually phased out of human society.
Nope, don't care a bit. In fact, my favorite jokes are ones that make fun of my Dutch lineage or my blonde hair. I like me and if you don't, it's just cuz you don't know me yet. And ya know what? I like pasty Asians, bronzed Mexicans, chocolate skinned folks, and even Eskimos. The only races I don't like are car races...too noisy.
@S_K_O_T - Omfg I don't agree with your beliefs that homosexuality is a socially unexceptionable sin. Actually I think your views are sick. But I don't condemn you for them. Get over yourself not everybody has to share your views (Thank god).
Wow... I don't even know where to start with the rest of your comment. It would be a waste of time anyway.
@WilldrawsRainbows - Whether you don't agree, or feel pressured to not agree, that homo-sexuality is a socially unacceptable sin is not entirely relevant. It IS! All societies, and all religion, stressed this. Do you actually think then that homo-sexuality is somehow some kind of socially beneficial behaviour? It's deeply ironic that you call my views sick, and defend a sick "lifestyle". I believe in the absolute truth...I am not merely espousing "beliefs", nor am I expressing a "view". Nor should you condemn me for knowing, and speaking, the truth. It is actually those so vain, so arrogant, as to only obsess over their own gender, that you should be telling to get over THEMSELVES! To thank God you should start, at least, with the respect of a capital.
Why, do you "not know where to start" with the rest of my comments? Are you actually so conceited as to dispute them? It's a very glib cop-out to not want to "waste your time" on them. You know that any length of time spent examining them would prove them to be entirely valid, and yout hack, liberal, "standpoint" to be entirely flimsy.
Go on, spend some time wisely.
@ErnieDamnit - As I said, Evolutionary Theory is still entirely that, a theory! This is the kind of thing that is forgotten as people glibly repeat things they've heard so often that they take on the veneer of being facts.
The processes of "evolution" are still a matter of study and conjecture.
What is known is that in many ways different human groups are VERY different...the question is how this came about and what this means.
No, I'll cut you off at that hackneyed notion that your buzzing about, Race is NOT a mere "social construct"!
Race can ONLY be maliciously "phased out" of human society with widespread miscegenation, and at WHAT COST! Much that is best in humanity would be ruthlessly "phased out" to suit an egalitarian lie!
@S_K_O_T - Actually. I feel pressured to agree by judgmental fake Christians like you. I am so sick of people who spread hate like you in the name of god. I may be alot of things but at least I would never go around judging people to make myself feel superior.
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Sorry! I can think for myself.
@WilldrawsRainbows - Can you? Homo-sexuality is THE most consistently and ruthlessly pushed perversion-as-lifestyle upon this society. Promulgated upon so many forums and in so many ways. Are you REALLY under the assumption that you are thinking "for yourself" as you so keenly toe the enforced liberal line?
Right now, you're not "thinking" anything other than what some very sinister forces want you to!
Did I say that I was a Christian? I didn't say that I was, I didn't say I wasn't either. One commone thread in all spheres of religion is the condemnation of homo-sexuality.
The hate has already BEEN spread by people indulging in vain, snide, self-obsessed, disrespectful, wasteful, spiteful homo-sexual "lifestyles". I, and other good people, are responding TO that hate! We hate homo-sexuality, justly, as it is deserving of nought but hate. You're so obnoxious as to demand that people hurt and offended by homo-sexuality NOT hate it? We hate what people do, those going homo-sexual hate people. Judgement...righteous, considerate, conscious judgement, is EXPECTED of people when other people's behaviour offends and disrupts society. And, again, you should look at those going homo-sexual for the most arrogant and callous judgement of one's self as being superior to others! In extremis! Those going homo-sexual have a highly exaggerated superiority complex, and judge those of the other gender very callously.
And, you actually HAVE just made a very rash, and ill-informed, JUDGEMENT!
Human beings make judgements, both mundane and serious, all the time. We are granted morality and a conscience FOR the better running of life and society.
Those of you, that spurn and deny God's Way and Law, forfeit the right to quote texts from The Bible, out of context, so as to serve devious ends.
The actions of those going homo-sexual condemn themselves, and we are to judge them for it!
@S_K_O_T - That is hilarity, right there. Your forcing your beliefs on me RIGHT now and accusing me and "Homosexuals" of doing it? ((P.S. I assumed you were a christian when you brought up god. That's a fair assumption, right?)) If people want to hear my opinion (Or not) thats fine but I NEVER tell them their beliefs are wrong and mine are right like you do. Your the ultimate hypocrite. Also don't categorize me with other homosexuals. We are all individuals and that is the same to be said about race, religious beliefs ect.
I'm not judging you. I just feel sorry for you. You judge people you don't know based on things you don't understand. "and we are to judge them for it!" You just said right their. Judge them for it! So don't try and turn this around on me. Your the one with the problem.
@WilldrawsRainbows - Au Contraire, it is you that tries to turn things onto me. A very common liberal tactic.
I'm not forcing anything on you either, the Truth does not have to be forced.
And, so, are you copping to having gone homo-sexual there? That is entirely your fault. it is entirely irrelevant that there are different "individuals" going homo-sexual. No matter how you try and rearrange it, the attitude and behaviour is ALWAYS WRONG!
And, again, the pursuit of a vain, homo-sexual "lifestyle" is NOT akin to a race!
Race is meant to be, homo-sexuality is not, and is the enemy of all race!
You're keen on making rash assumptions, and as keen on bleeting on about others being "judgemental". One CAN be, but one does not HAVE to technically be Christian, to speak of God. God created all people, God gave all religion to humanity.
If you truly felt sorry for me, or anyone else, you'd stop this rubbish.
Please, try your best to elaborate on what you allege that I "don't understand", and I will see that and raise you what you FAIL to understand!
On one hand I AM the one with the problem, because homo-sexuality is a dire problem for ALL humankind!
@S_K_O_T - The lifestyle is a choice. The sexuality isn't. But I'm sure I'd have more chance explaining that to a brick wall. Okay... Get this through your head. I don't care what you think. I don't care about whatever form of bigotry you are trying to spread.
Your obviously so homophobic because you have repressed your own homosexuality. It's okay to be gay. Good luck coming out of the closet dude, LOL.
Wow, That is a very thought provoking post. I can't say that whites are oppressed, but I can say that I have experienced racism from another race. It's not very pretty.
@breaking_expectations - Couldn't have said it better
And yes, it does.
@S_K_O_T - And you have AIDZ.
@S K O T
Race is very much a social construct.
Skin pigmentation differs between members of our species but that does not constitute isolating one another into these groups.
Granted, evolution is a long and drawn out process that cannot be scientifically observed in any reasonable period of time.
This does not, however, discredit it.
Were the top hat and Model-T "maliciously" phased out of society? No, they were replaced with better and more efficient products.
Race is going to be done away with whether you like it or not. Eventually, the world will become a global community regardless of religion or race. It's a shame I won't be alive to see that day.
i could really care less, I am happy in my own skin and some person calling me a cracker wont do anything to change it. I dont feel like a victim in anyway. The only time I ever get pissed is when someone tries to pull the race card on me. "your just racist, thats why you wont blah blah blah" I fucking hate that.
@vivienigma - those are not examples of oppression.
@jaded_jeneva25 - I was replying to this comment you made, "...its hard for me to say but ive never noticed anyone having power over white people"
I was giving examples of situations where other people have power over caucasian people. My boyfriend's last boss was African American and he let my caucasian boyfriend go because it was getting too difficult to work around his school schedule. I think people get too caught up in race. I hear about racism all the time, but all I see is people of all races working 55 hour work weeks just to "make ends meet". I think that is oppression. i think we should forget about racism and fix our economy. That'll benefit everyone.
@ErnieDamnit - AH! thats exactly what i keep trying to tell people and they wont listen! people just tell me i'm racist for not seeing the racism. actually i did see it once or twice, very ugly, but very rare where I come from.
I wouldn't say that they are the most oppressed. The other day I was trying to go to the bathroom, but the Women's was being worked on and the lady at the cash register starts pointing at the men's restroom saying "Bano?Bano?" and broken up Spanish.
She didn't even ask if I spoke English, and I'm a fourth generation Mexican here. White people are the butt of jokes in some places, but so are other races. Just because there's a few jokes out there doesn't mean to get offended so much because it's been happening to the other races for decades.
I honestly don't see the racism. They're jokes. I am a white girl and to be totally honest, when I'm inside for a long time --- I'm "pasty" because white doesn't even begin to describe the color I become. The same goes for most scientists who spend a lot of times inside. My friend is a Biochemist and he is "frail and pasty". I tell him that too. There's nothing even remotely rascist about it. It would be different if I called him a "cracker" or some slur like that.
Also, to the "Black women are more beautiful than white" --- some people may think that black women are more beautiful than white. It may have more to do with facial structure than the actual color of the skin, but I can see how that could be a little racist.
Quite frankly, to me there isn't much difference between any of the races. I think all whites look the same. All blacks look the same. All Asians look the same. All Indians look the same ... and so on. I couldn't differentiate between the subcultures at all. I think the only advantage white people have is you can say, "Well she was white with blond, brunette, whatever hair color" while blacks normally have dark brown/black hair as do Asians and so on. It isn't that I'm racist. It's because I don't spend enough time around a diverse population to see the difference. I bet if someone came over here from the Middle East, they'd think all white people look the same.
And in ending, I don't feel oppressed or victimized. People can call me what they want. I know what I believe and if they choose to so ignorantly call me a racist, so be it.
@S_K_O_T - You've taken the Lords name in Vain one to many Times I think. You realize thats a very grave sin right? Speaking for God? Thats a NONO. (And that IS taking the lords name in vain.)
Only Those who Judge, get Judged.
For The Rest Are Worthy of Forgiveness.
You sir are full of demons.
Christ gave some words of advice for people like you
Physician HEAL THYSELF.
You Aren't Allowed to Bust into other peoples temples and tell them what you want them to pray to.
SO STOP before you damn thyself any further. And Turn to God, not your own EGO
MARK OF THE BEAST. 666. ALL OVER YOUR FUCKING FACE.
If anything, I think we're all oppressed...by the media. The media dictates a lot of what is and isn't socially accepted as beautiful. The color of one's skin, certain features or traits, weight - ideals on these have shifted in the past few decades.
http://www.theinsider.com/news/2002526_Halle_Berry_Harpers_Bazaar_Cover_Skin_Lightening_Photoshop_Controversy
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skin-deep-controversy-loreal-denies-whitening-beyonce
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=9755
http://www.zimbio.com/Kelly+Clarkson+Photo+Scandal
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/coco-rocha-size-4-too-fat-for-the-runway-711263
Think about it - not only these blatant images of beauty manipulation and idealogical distortion, but the fact that corporations must keep us afraid to keep us buying. Get a brighter smile! Shampoo away the gray! Be thin and gorgeous in 30 days! The cosmetics and toiletries industry is a $45 - 60 billion dollar a year industry worldwide.
That, my friends, is the real oppression.
I have to disagree on something. I don't think that the caucasian race is the most oppressed race...not even close. But I do agree on the whole single sided thing!
That is all.
Yes! I hate it when people critisize white people. we are not white trash. Ok I have been called all of those racist names and it hurts, but I would never call anyone names like that. I feel angered but not to the point of racism. I'm sorry if I sound stupid cuz right now I'm sick and I just woke up lol! okey doke! bye-bye!
@NiShaCoRnEr - thanks 4 the reply, so its late i dont check this email address that much
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