
04-10-2006, 06:28 PM
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Why Is Race Still An Issue...?
Why is race still an issue in today's society? I am constantly baffled by the multitude of eyes on me and mine when we're out and about. I know we look good and all but please you're staring too much people. Seriously though it is quite an annoyance that people overlook that one common courtesy of not staring someone down. Next on my list is hypocracy and the twisted logic of the racist mind. It's easy to tolerate someone as long as they don't come near your circle of friends, your family, or the general vicinity of your your person. Maybe I'll understand it all before I reach my 200th birthday.
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04-10-2006, 06:49 PM
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Don't count on it.
The concept of "like unto like" is deeply buried in religion.
The tendancy for ethnic groups to clump together has always given rise to an "us and them" mindset, with the associated unconscious thought of "why are you not with your own clump?"
It won't get fixed anytime soon, so accept that the relationship is more important than the negatives and get on with it.
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04-10-2006, 06:52 PM
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souls_cry2000,
Watch "West Side Story".
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04-10-2006, 07:58 PM
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Race is still an issue because many people find hate easier to deal with than love. They fear the unknown and find it easier to find differences than to look for similarities.
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04-10-2006, 08:24 PM
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Race is still an issue because we don't eat enough Krispy Kreme doughnuts. If we did, we'd all be happy and there'd be universal love.

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04-10-2006, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jseal
souls_cry2000,
Watch "West Side Story".
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 I've watched it a number of times. It's a great movie/musical. I recommend a good musical for when you're feeling down. It really lifts your spirits.
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04-11-2006, 07:55 AM
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Souls race issues will be with us for as long as we all look and sound different, the good thing is there is not as many as there once was and in Xanadu where you come from for everyone who stares at you there would be 5 who dont. I myself consider i am not and have quite a few freinds with different back grounds (not that this should make any difference) the only oeople that affend me are the prople that use race as a means for getting there own way or trying to change my culture and way of life
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04-11-2006, 12:21 PM
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I once heard a wise man say, "you can't expect a couple of centuries of legislation to overcome a million years of tribal instincts"...I filed that away in my "Sad, but True" folder, & have continued with my lifequest of hoping for the best but expecting the worst from human nature...I like to think that we're showing some signs of evolution due to the fact that at least public lynchings are no longer considered acceptable (as they once were within my own lifetime)...
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04-10-2006, 06:51 PM
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Yep...just remember not all people are like that
Fat, skinny, bald, disfigured, special needs people, little people, black, white, whatever else....also deal with predjudice on a daily basis
Get over it....some people are rude its a fact of human nature
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