McDonaldsGuy on 18 June 2014
| Red4ADevil said: As much I oppose racism, it's another thing to persecute/prosecute people over a stupid word. The way we've been attacking racist terminology (for the most part) has been ineffective. Was it really justifiable to ruin Paula Deens career over a stupid racist remark she said 30yrs ago? (correct me if I'm wrong) Why do people feel they need to single out Justin Bieber because he used the word "nigga" when a lot of other artists use it? Same thing with the Redskins. If you wanna go a little bit further how come no one is crying about Disney's "what makes the red man red?" scene in Peter Pan. The way you attack this is by educating not prosecuting. Plus honestly I don't see why it disparages the natives when we call people of African descent "black" or others like Indian, Mexican, etc "brown people." |
The thing is is that racism leads to atrocities. What's so bad about what Paula Deen said? Well the word she said has been associated with slavery, abuse, kidnapping, segregation, murder, family separation, genocide, etc. etc.
"Red*****" (I won't say it anymore) is associated with genocide, invasion, disease, segregation, humilation, tears, murder, etc. etc.
Honestly these are more than just words. They lead to much more. Remember Hitler would refer to Jews as "parasites" and "rats."
