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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 12:59:19#61
dogelswifey

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I was just wondering if just being curious is racist??!

For example: Someone asks,"You know how Asians have slanty eyes? Can they see fully out of them? "

I heard this on TV and people were sayin it's bein racist asking that. Is this true? If your just being curious?

So is curiosity goin to get you into trouble?

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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 13:00:47#62
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I dont htink so. I have many black friends but i think the races should stay among themselves in a relationship. JMO!


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 15:28:13#63
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rockdave said:
do children from two same coloured but different countries count as mixed at all? i dare say not but just wondering


There is no such thing as race. There is no point discussing the technicalities of mixed lineages because everyone has ancestors of many different nationalities. Racism is the belief in race. That belief is enough to result in discrimination of some form. If everyone accepted that race is merely a divisive term with no sicentific basis than racist tensions would dissolve.
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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 15:30:37#64
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buffalobill90 said:
There is no such thing as race.


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 15:33:40#65
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buffalobill90 said:
There is no such thing as race.


This is actually something I have been told before.


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 15:39:42#66
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monkeymadness said:


What's with the ?

Race has no biological basis as a concept. The genetic differences between people of different 'races' are smaller than the diversity within races. Fundamentally, people define racial categories entirely by appearance. If someone's physical appearance is ignored, there is no way of distinguishing between different races. Well, this would be true if people did not internalise their race labels, accepting a culturally defined racial identity.
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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 15:40:03#67
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truthteller said:
Maybe if the mixed marriage couples gave thought to the future of their offsprings then maybe there would be less !!!


Yeah they really should put more thought into it. I mean their offspring could turn out like...oh say Barack Obama maybe Everyone faces challenges and conflict at points in their lives, regardless of race or religion or sexuality. We've come a long way since the 60's..Being of mixed race does not necessarily make anymore more prone to struggle, it's just another potential issue on a really long list.

I don't know if people who think races should not mix are prejudice, but they certainly are narrow minded. If that was a legitimate argument, in that case, nobody should be able to marry anybody whose ethnic background doesn't match theirs 100%...good luck with that.
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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 19:57:05#68
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truthteller said:
Well to see the written swearing abuse shows you have no point of view.

This is supposed to be a debate Forum so if you are incapable of debate without the vile mouth then shut it and go and play with the other loudmouth yobs who may be able to understand you.

Regarding this thread,,,I suggest you speak with your parents and ask them how this Country was when they were growing up,,,as you are still very wet behind the ears and have no imput of substance to submit to this debate, then I see no point in offereing return banter to a baby who has done, seen and achieved nothing.Get back into your pram and play with your dummy.

As luck would have it provision has been made on the internet for idiots like you to be blocked. So after this post has been submitted I will be fortuanate not to be able to view any of the rubbish remarks swearing or otherwise which seems to turn you on,,,so carry on pal,,,Im not only not impressed, Im also free from a (Twat) Your language who has 18 haha years of deprived life under his mouthy little belt.

Having faught with the Army for Queen and Country in order for the likes of you to disrespect anything and everything, I can only suggest you look in the mirror to verify what colour you are.

There are many Forums on the net which cater for resolve and understanding who conduct themselves with a moderator to keep mouthy idiots like you at bay. So when you have worked for a living, paid your Taxes and got a brain through doing rather than pretence, I am sure you may have something worthy to add. Until then !!!

Bye bye baby boy.


What an appalling post. That's disgusting.
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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 20:34:10#69
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the fact of the matter is theres different races, if people could ignore that then yeah that would be better but i prefer having different races, its more clever and educational like that, ya can learn more from difference.


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 20:53:10#70
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I think being against an interracial relationship is not a racial issue. My sister came very close to marrying an indian who was sikh. She is white. His parents after much argument said thay would 'tolerate' the marriage as long as she didn't try to change him i.e. ask him to remove his turban or cut his hair. She agreed. He had long hair and a turban when she met and was attracted to him. However, they also wanted her to convert from Catholicism to Sikhism. So whilst it was important to them for her not to change him, they were already trying to change her. These two were very much in love and left to themselves could have been very happy together. However differences in culture and tradition and the interference from family members and friends made them ralise it could never work.


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 21:33:49#71
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rockdave said:
the fact of the matter is theres different races, if people could ignore that then yeah that would be better but i prefer having different races, its more clever and educational like that, ya can learn more from difference.


There aren't races. Everyone is of 'mixed' lineage, if racist definitions are used. Everyone in the world. So even if we accept that distinct racial categories exist, it would lead to us placing everyone in the same category anyway.
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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 21:36:31#72
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00trex said:
Is it racism to not believe in interracial marriage?


Well, yeah. Whats wrong with it. Interracial couples make really pretty babies.

I wanna marry an asian (or get knocked up or atrificially inseminated[sp?] by an asian) so I'll have pretty babies. Lol.

Love is love. Love has no color, gender, creed, ect.


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New Post! Jun 20, 2008 @ 22:21:00#73
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but there is races, in your ideal little world there isnt but there is! how do you explain that theres black and white people and that we're not all the same colour?


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New Post! Jun 21, 2008 @ 14:50:15#74
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rockdave said:
but there is races, in your ideal little world there isnt but there is! how do you explain that theres black and white people and that we're not all the same colour?


Well it's all because of natural selection, actually. 'Black' people, who have recent ancestry from the African continent, produce more melanin in order to protect themselves from UV radiation. This adaptation means they tan very easily without much exposure to the sun, unlike people of recent European or east Asian descent, so they generally have much more melanin-rich, darker skin. Differences in hair-length are also explained by climate. Facial structure, hair colour and eye colour etc. are simply non-utilitarian genetic deviation which iare difficult to pin down to any particular difference in climate.

Since these differences have nothing whatsoever to do with anything but someone's ability to absorb the sun, how the f**k can anyone feel that a person's 'race' is anything more than that? It's because of two things: one is unfounded, ignorant prejudice. The other is that people of certain perceived racial backgrounds have been treated differently to others and therefore inequalities have genuinely emerged. Differences in culture are also inextricably linked with racial identity.
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New Post! Jun 21, 2008 @ 22:38:54#75
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hi guys...good morning from Australia.
my daughter has an aboriginal partner and they have given birth to the most gorgeous colored kids from a darkish brown to light and everyone stops to see them they are so beautiful and all very different. another baby is due and the 5 yr old girl says: i wonder if its going to be brown or white! she is so honest. they dont see me as any different from themselves and they love me to bits. there are a lot of colored peoples now and thats the way it will be. nothing wrong with that and its will be more accepted in years to come. the melting pot.
Keryn in Aus.

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