July 31, 2008 — vol. 43, no 51
Roving Camera
How would you define racism today? |
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Today, it’s still around. Racism is everywhere, even in Europe. You can think anything you want about people, but you have to understand people. Otherwise it’s just going to repeat itself. |
Ashley Hill Student Phoenix |
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I think it’s gotten better, but I think we still have an issue with stereotyping black professional women. | Gelinda H. Retail Finance Boston |
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I never even heard of the word “racism” in my culture; therefore, that was not an issue. But I do understand that racism in the U.S. is very much alive and well. Until every one of us can see beyond “sight,” racism will always be alive. | Rose Wood Nurses’ Aide Dorchester |
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When a person of authority tries to prohibit someone from speaking and explaining their position in a particular situation — e.g., shut up and listen! — regardless of the race of the person. | Charles Clark “Singing” Cab Driver Dorchester |
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[Racism] is hatred … diabolical, a product of insanity, used only by fools. | Otis Williams Acupuncturist Fort Hill |
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Psychological and sociological manipulation. It’s tricknology. |
Cornell White |
| Oct 29 17:34pm by sheba wood [141.154.118.205] | |
i agree, and kathryn, u dont no my mom, and u dont no her background, and ur probably one of those people who doesnt understand and will continue to believe that change isnt possible, but if u havent noticed, so many "black" people are getting above the oppresion, to the point in 6 days, our president might be non white! and he isnt even black! so :P |
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| Aug 1 11:54am by Sayre O. Elbridge [141.154.250.16] | |
| First of all, Kathryn, it is impossible for you to know whether or not racism was a problem in that woman's culture. You don't know whether she came from a small, isolated village or town where all the people were of the same ancestry, for instance, where racism would have no meaning. Second of all, I think she is right about us needing to "see beyond sight" and not only refrain from judging people based on their color, but also begin to "see" black people as no different than white people. | |
| Jul 31 14:04pm by sheba wood [98.217.188.176] | |
| OMG MY MOM IS ON THE INTERNET. and to the person who used alot of big words, please if u say something, use words that everyone can understand | |
| Jul 31 7:46am by Christine Caines [199.253.177.254] | |
With my red hair and freckles I know from whence I came. I came from my maternal mulatto great grandparents who, with their 9 children were freed in Alexandria, Va. and headed for New Bedford, Mass. in l835. I came from my paternal W. Indian grandfather who came to Everett, Ma. from St. Kitt, BWI with his parents and sister in the late l880's. I came from my paternal grandmother who came from her half-white mother from Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada. I entered this world from my parents..... born with fair skin, red hair and freckles. I came into this world with racism fed to me almost on a daily basis...in school, at work, in stores, by white men who think they can say anything or do anything lewd in front of a woman-of-color, in medical care, etc. etc. In other cultures THERE IS racisim whether anyone wants to admit it or not. Ask my son-in-law, a Trinidadian...ask him about the E. Indians in Trinidad...ask those from South Africa about the difference between those labeled "colored" and those who identify as African's. Ask those from the Dominican Repuplic who sometimes feel they must talk about all the different "skin colors" in their family as if anyone cares. It must be a big deal to them to even bring it up. Why else would these people who claim all is fine and dandy in their home country come here if it were not for racisim! |
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| Jul 30 13:36pm by Kathryn N. Cunningham [65.217.255.2] | |
FYI! All people of African heritage whether hey come from the Mother Land, Cape Verde, South America Brazilians and West Indies are black just like African Americans here in America! For that nurse's aide to say that she did not know racism in her culture is sheer stupidity! Knowing her culture's history would have and should have told her that her ancestors were slaves to the Europeans that colonized them and that she has a slave name not of her own tribe or people. People of color who think and talk like that are the first to say that "I'm not black" so they can hold on to their so-called European heritage because they hate the fact that they've been hit with the tar brush! |
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