Haiti and the blacks!

[Daya]

Originally Posted by Blackmirror

racism is one-sided.

This is brilliant. I once had a cultural diversity professor who said this same thing. And when you really deconstruct the make-up of racism, it makes sense. You have to look at the big picture: Racism occurs when persons are discriminated against. The people doing the discriminating have to be in power over the discriminated. Statistically speaking, power and prestige is mainly held by the majority. Even if the minority has a distinct distaste for the majority, the power is not there to enact their distaste. And the issue is moot. Now prejudice is a whole different story.

[Xanafax]

Originally Posted by Daya

I think this is right on. A very polarized way of looking at things, but still in terms of Majority Vs. Minority (power and wealth, not number). Maybe something gets lost in translation.

You should know I am a very polarised person.

[Xanafax]

Originally Posted by Daya

This is brilliant. I once had a cultural diversity professor who said this same thing. And when you really deconstruct the make-up of racism, it makes sense. You have to look at the big picture: Racism occurs when persons are discriminated against. The people doing the discriminating have to be in power over the discriminated. Statistically speaking, power and prestige is mainly held by the majority. Even if the minority has a distinct distaste for the majority, the power is not there to enact their distaste. And the issue is moot. Now prejudice is a whole different story.

Racism is not an institutional thing, it's a personal thing. It's a irrational hatred of another race, because of their race. Racism is just as bad if one person does it, or a million. It's not a matter of numbers.

[Daya]

No, I meant the article was polarized. And I don't mean by the snowpocalypse of the NE US.