Race vs. Sex

@rockdave Said
in what way? he was the first bloke to say 'knackers to people who say the worlds flat, were going right around it' he discovered america and the west indies, how is that racist?

@saegespaene Said
It is not historically accurate... What Columbus first discovered were a few islands with indiginous folk, whom he called Indians, thinking he had already circumnavigated the globe. The first European to discover America was more likely Leif Erikson... The first bloke to find America was likely from Asia, hence the Alaskan Eskimo population....

How is that racist? I haven't got the slightest clue!

@nonjohnston Said
Maybe we're only thinking about racism in its extreme forms. If you grew up in the US, you have a bit of racism that is taught to you. "Columbus discovered america" is the foundation of our history, and it is racist. And there are millions of points like that which have been taught to us.

@jismo Said
So we all know that racism tends to be a big issue, as well as gender. But in our day which do you believe tends to be the bigger of the two? I'm not saying this because i am a woman, but i truly think that a tall rugged strong man would be hired for a job before a strong independent woman. Also on that note, i really doubt it matters on the color of the man's skin. He would still most likely be chosen over the female. This trend appeared to be dying out, but it has to be admitted that whether it is admited or not sexism does pose a threat in the work place. But what i wonder personally is why gender is such a big issue... I mean, both men and women have their own characteristics that they can provide and institute into a work place.

But back to the point.. which do you believe is a bigger issue in our day and age?
Sex or Race?

@jismo Said
So we all know that racism tends to be a big issue, as well as gender. But in our day which do you believe tends to be the bigger of the two? I'm not saying this because i am a woman, but i truly think that a tall rugged strong man would be hired for a job before a strong independent woman. Also on that note, i really doubt it matters on the color of the man's skin. He would still most likely be chosen over the female. This trend appeared to be dying out, but it has to be admitted that whether it is admited or not sexism does pose a threat in the work place. But what i wonder personally is why gender is such a big issue... I mean, both men and women have their own characteristics that they can provide and institute into a work place.

But back to the point.. which do you believe is a bigger issue in our day and age?
Sex or Race?

@pq Said
Race. You can make more assumptions with race than you would with sex.