Vera, thanks for the comment. I agree: it is hard to not notice such a thing, as it has become such a commonality among our daily lives and views. Many people indeed do not realize that they are doing something that is considered racist, and they are still able to make someone feel discriminated against. So basically, fast food places are good for something not related to food? 0_0

Blogginlain, thanks. I will try my best.

Poker Blog, thanks for sharing. Not everyone hates Americans, no? A lot of hatred for someone comes due to the hatred from that someone, which is still not justified on all levels. Look at a Korean movie like “The Host”, showing Americans has bad and uncaring for the Koreans. Also, look at majority of the Hollywood movies today: they show all other races in a weird and inferior light, as if other races were too strange to be normal. What do you think?

Satellite tv, thanks. Heh, I have not seen that show in a while. Is it still good as its first few episodes? Does it also show racism in a different spotlight, with only one good white boy to help Chris while others are bad? Or does it not tackle that issue at all and goes in another direction and towards other issues?

Floor Mats, thank you also. Do you have any suggestions on how we can change? One of the essential things I recommend is to think from scratch.

Domain name info, thanks also. Can you think of any reasons why people hate anything in general?

Shopping malls and Wedding ideas, [long nickname heh]. Also, lol @ your answer to Domain name info. Do you think the reasons that cause us to be stupid are always stupid also?

Lisa, thanks for sharing. That is a very good observation indeed: I agree that many of such things are fact [Asian mathematical education = yes BUT mostly in rich Asians and not in majority of the poor Asians who usually go into art majors, though I do not know about Black killing ratios that much yet]. What I think in addition to that, however, is that such facts exist due to some racial or biased views, and that such facts do not need to be accepted simply because they exist. We can figure out why such things are happening and try to change the very reasons. I think maybe addressing the racism issues and problems can help change such facts. What do you think?

An Ordinary Life Insurance Employee, thanks for sharing too. I find the word “narrow-mindedness” very interesting, as it realistically describes what may be happening in many people. I agree that we ignore similarities. The more similarities we acknowledge, the more differences we will accept also. We can easily accept all the differences in our boy friends or girl friends, but when we run into someone from another ethnicity, we think “Wow he/she is so different, weird culture”? Such a weird thinking mentality we have where we assume things so quickly and without any logical or good thought.

Hmmm, an Alien Invasion: well, for the first few days, many people will keep assuming it is some other race or country attacking them, so by the time everyone is united, if everyone does decide to unite, a lot of damage will have already been done.

We need X-Files to lead the way, no? Can you think of some reasons why an alien invasion will unite us as a human race for reasons other than to fight off a common enemy? If the aliens are wooed back into space, will we all return to our normal racist views? Or will we then be united on governmental levels and will then start seeing more divisions among the common/poor person?

Ashley, thanks for the comment. Many stereotypes are indeed based on the truth: I agree. First impressions in my view are also very superficial: you said it very well.

Your view of the trends of demographics are also going in the right direction: many of the areas that people think are poor areas tend to either have “crackheads” as you put it, or ethnic minorities as the majority. I agree about the Asians being more intelligent also in the mainstream media, and I also know some very not-so-intelligent people who are Asians also.

I think I know where you are headed with the comment, and I think it is a good form of thinking. You are basically outlining some of the facts that bias us into thinking the racist or biased thoughts that we allow to dictate our lives. Money does seem to have huge impact on many of the racist things: bad neighborhoods have less money, the nerdy kids usually come from rich or richer families that could afford better or more schooling, and crime usually happens in areas with not as much police or other funding as the richer cities.

Thanks for sharing Ashley. That is indeed a very good way to start realizing why this is happening. It is not all a myth, many things are facts due to biased views or elements like money.

Also, excellent point made in your 2nd comment: if you have money, people will treat you better as if you have proved yourself to not be a low-life scum like all the others from your ethnicity.

Pest Control RI, thanks for the question. I think it ends with the end itself: the end of a person who gets killed due to racism, the end of an idea because the stronger racist ideas shot it down, the end of openness because the opposition could not give up being racist directly or indirectly, and among many other things, the end of looking at either racism or non-racism as being a preferred route and taking that path. What do you think?

Arizona Web Programmer, thanks for your comment. I think we need to address it more in serious matters and not give up talking about it on a balanced level: we need to talk about racism from all directions, and not just against a certain ethnicity if we are from that ethnicity. A lot of racist people joke about racism by discriminating others and then they simply make a racist comment or two about their own ethnicity as if that balances out everything. No: if you discriminate against someone else who is innocent, simply making fun of yourself does not make you any better than a 100% racist person.

Watch Bleach Episodes, thanks for sharing [wow, such interesting usernames in this thread. Interesting avatar you have too at the moment :)]. Racism is indeed everywhere: however, one thing I have noticed is that the minority is not always the victim. Many times, the majority gets discriminated against also. What do you think?

Florida SEO Firm, thanks for the comment. Interesting thought. Money does indeed provide a way for a person to build some kind of a shield: a person with money can simply live a bit better life and not be affected by the opposition from some levels, can afford legal protection, and can maybe even show the influence to talk against the racist stress without fearing 100% of a rebuttal strike that will destroy the victim on many levels, and more. Money does help, though I think such a solution only helps that victim ignore the racism a bit better and get involved in other things, among a few other things. Maybe with money a person can address such issues from different levels? What do you think?

Search engine, thanks. I agree: when we are discriminated against or when we observe such a thing, we somehow form some views on why or how such a thing is happening. We may be forming racist views ourselves along that path. Do you have any recommendations on how experiences can be used to hate racism further instead of hating some certain races further?

Jazz Bar Los Angeles, thanks for the comment. Racism is indeed a tool used by many to make others weak and inferior, and it is a weakness indeed in my view also. You bring up a good point about leaders using racism as a tool to garner support and power to pull off many stunts against other nations.

Good thoughts, JBLA [sorry, had to shorten your nickname if you do not mind]: we usually form racist views due to others doing something or recommending something to us. Again, I think thinking from scratch about everything may be the answer to this. I will write an article on that soon.

Dallas Office Space, thanks for the comment. I agree that rich individuals and poor individuals both engage in hate and racism, though I also agree with Ashley that once you start looking at someone and realizing that they are rich, have a nice car, a big home, live in an expensive area, and go to expensive restaurants, you treat them with more respect and less racism. Compare, in American, a poor Mexican working as a chef or a cleaner in a restaurant, and a rich Mexican coming in a brand new BMW in nice clothes to eat at that restaurant. Looking at the two at 2 different times, will you think about the Mexican culture and ethnicity and race in exactly the same manner, or even in similar lights? Which one may cause you to think of immigration or racism or poor people working under the table, and which one may cause you to think of your dreams of making more money, of respecting rich Mexicans, or something similar?

So I think it like this, similar to what Ashley said: your idea of rich and non-rich people hating is true. However, money can buy you an un-discriminated public status on many levels. What do you think? Do you think that holds true also in addition to what you think? Thanks again.

Forrest, thanks for the comment. I think things like nationalism and religionism are 2 of the biggest reasons racism exists, along with money and the idea of living a life where we want something and we do not care what others want. To feel better, we start giving preference to people from our own race and ignore everyone else. What do you think?

Nick Saban, thanks for the comment. In your view, when someone is not racist all the time, is their racist view and action at other times ignorable?

In your view, do you think any point can be applied to Nick Saban as discussed on your site?

Niagara Falls Blog, thanks for the comment. Yes indeed, it is still going on and at full force, despite the world calling itself “the most technologically advanced civilization” in history. A clone or a robot can be built but no formula can be derived to end hatred completely or to decrease its side effects while also maintaining openness and diversity. What do you think about the advancement of civilization and the continuation of racism? Can the existence of racism show that we are not proceeding forward on some, many or all levels?

Gene, thanks for the comment. I have a question for you please: do you think that your view of focusing on similarities exists directly or indirectly due to your travel and experience outside of America?

Motivator, thanks for the comment too. Thanks for the nice words.

Dallas Office Space, thanks for the comment. I think that may be, or is true: everyone of us, as far as we can rationalize and assume [another assumption!], there is a tendency to act a bit different or in some stereotypical manner when around a certain race or religion. I am guessing as the first revolutionary step, we not only realize that but also curb it down in every possible manner towards all the things we are biased against, or as much as possible?

So Listen To This, thanks for the comment. I am glad you think it is great. [interesting nickname again, by the way].

This Week On, thanks for the comment and nice words too.

Ivy, thanks for the comment. Could you please share how you discriminate against other minorities, or why that may be happening?

Tess, thanks for the comment. I am not sure if it is human nature. Survival and reproduction are the 2 basic living organism functions supposedly built into every living being, right? It would be interesting to connect racism somehow with those 2. Maybe there are some other elements that connects racism to those 2 functions?

By the way, Do you and Ivy from comment #28 work for the same company? I notice that both of you have the same website listed.

Weight loss products expert, thanks for the comment. When you say press that feeling, do you mean to hide the fact that racism exists or to hide the fact that racism is accepted?

I personally think it is a very bad idea to hide the fact that racism exists or is among us. Sure, we can ignore it and live on with our life, but like other important things in life, the concept of the existence of racism is an important element in many people’s life that is hard to forget even when one is not being subjected to racism [I am one of such people].

Utah Freight Hauling, thanks for the comment. I have to say it in this manner: if you can suppress even one feeling of a racist thought or realize why a single form of racism or hatred exists, then that can be expanded further. Sure, racism has existed for a long time or even always [cave people probably hated other cave owners based on the size or colors of the mountains the caves were in?]. As Ashley’s comment above, if our view of racism or hatred decreases based on the high level of richness of a person, then that means the element of racism or hatred can be decreased in general. We just have to realize how to achieve that reduction. What do you think?

Daniel, thanks for the comment. I agree: we listen to Africa and we immediately assume things. What we do not realize is that the bad things are happening here in our hometowns too. How many hungry people will die in our city, regardless of where we are, by midnight tonight? Here I am, writing this post when someone out there, probably within my reach, is starving somewhere under a bridge or near a lake or in a basement.

It is the same as big disasters: around the world, when big disasters happen, many ethnic organizations only help when they find out that someone from their own ethnic background was also a victim of the disaster. I think that is a very disgusting concept: caring about a disaster only because your own ethnic background is a victim in it, and not because of the concept of lives being affected by that disaster.

Mike, thanks for the comment. Nice point too: I am a big advocate of interracial couples of all kinds [boyfriends or girlfriends, engagements, marriages or other relationships], and people assume a lot of things when two people with different eye features, hair color, skin color, height and body type are together. Again, we assume things when it comes to races and couples.

Hilarious animal videos, thanks for the comment and the questions. I think it comes mainly from many parties feeling that the existence of racism is better than a world without it due to financial and other benefits. What do you think? Sometimes, many people find it easier to go with the society than to talk against it.

Paul, thanks for the comment. Do you have any idea or suggestions on what kind of a “get along” you would like to see or recommend?

mlankton, thanks for the comment and for sharing your side of life related to this.

It could be bad race relations indeed, or it could be the supposed idea and view in some people around you that your ethnic background is not suited to deal with this kind of thing as you are supposedly against them. I love the idea that race amounts to nothing. It is indeed sad that you have to be careful about what you want to express simply because many words are taken out of context on purpose to build an idea that racism may exist in your views.

Have things improved since then? Do the orange people care about who the blue person is?

LA Headshot Photography, thanks for the comment Todd. I really like that idea: the same way hate can be enforced easily, the opposite can be enforced easily too as both of those feelings can become part of the basic human instinct.

Thanks for sharing your story. That is indeed an interesting example that may have influenced you a lot into looking at the “Hate & Love come in all colors” concept. Thank you again.

Technology Slice, thanks for the comment. Can you explain a bit more please?

Scuba Diving, thanks for the comment. Personally, I do not think it is a whiteman’s disease. In Russia you see the new non-Russians, who got separated from the USSR, discriminated. If you want to go further away from the skin color, in Africa different tribes and races hate each other, which is the primary reason why Africa is going through racism, discrimination and hunger at the moment. Pakistan and India hate each, and within each country, different sub religions or sub groups are hated further by the majority. In Japan, there is a division between the new generation and the older generation, and a division between rich and the poor. China and Taiwan do not get along as the first one wants Taiwan to be under it and the 2nd one wants to be free. In Middle East you not only see the Jews and the Muslims clashing, but you also see Jews clashing with other Jews over whether or not there should be Israel, and you see Muslims clashing with other Muslims based on their country of origin. Many Arabs, both Jews and Muslims, themselves have clashes based on non-Arab and other interracial Arab interactions.

It exists everywhere, on different levels, and throughout history too. What do you think?

Edward, thanks. Heh, I am glad you like it.

Jon, thanks for the comment. True: this happens so much directly and indirectly all the time, it is almost everywhere all around us. Maybe there should be an article citing different things in daily life that may be a product of racism or race divisions or race identification, no?

James - Jazz Bar Los Angeles, thanks for the comment. Throughout history, or basically the last 100 or so years, Jazz indeed has been seen as a non-race related music, as far as I know. Did you know Clint Eastwood is a Jazz musician and has won many awards, and considers Jazz to be his life’s happiness?

Thanks James.

Korean Technology News, thanks for the comment. A few years ago Abercrombie and Fitch were sued by, if I remember correctly, the African American and the Asian American groups in some states. After that, more and more models and staff at the company have been of different races. Forced racial acceptance in my view is bad too, though many people think that is the right step.

You can look it from the other side too. Taking an example from your nickname, I cannot remember the last time a Korean restaurant in America had a black or a white or a mixed waiter who was not Asian or Korean. Maybe different ethnicities do not apply to different ethnic restaurants that much, I am not sure. But from personal experience, the only different ethnicity you will see at many restaurants, at least in California, is the Mexicans working as cooks or the cleaners in the back. Has anyone seen a Mexican cashier and waiter at a Japanese restaurant?

V, thanks for the comment too. I agree with Lisa’s point about talking about racism also. We should be able to make observations without being marked, I completely agree. Many people get very defensive or try to change topics when the idea of racism comes into the spotlight.

Regarding “quoting”, you can look at the media: we keep hearing racial background information that is not necessary.

Low calorie beverages and drinks, thanks for the comment. Actually, I think we can be in a perfect world in ourselves that keeps on improving. Whenever we see a wrong, we can try to right it from our side, depending on what we think is right. I agree that it can be very easy to fall into such traps or such trends, but I also think that it can be very easy, or easier, or more passionate in my case, to try to go against the tide and to see if we can try to stop such a thing from our side and to talk about it more. What do you think?

Ivy, thanks for the comment, and the nice words too.

Thank you so very much everyone for sharing your idea on this. The more we think about it without thinking of our pride, the more we can realize how and why racism and hatred exists and how we can handle it or not let it affect us individually, or even the idea of whether or not we agree that racism is bad. Thinking from scratch is the concept! Simply hating the idea of racism because everyone else hates racism is the same as being racist because everyone else is racist. That kind of a reasoning is weak on the inner level, resulting in us hating or being biased as we do not realize why something is good in our view and why something is bad in our view other than the reason of something being good or bad because the society views it in that manner.

Thank you all.

-Jon

there aren’t any in other part of the world?

What I don’t get is why my african-american colleagues are even more hostile than the inmates. Perhaps I just work in a community with bad race relations. As far as I’m concerned race means nothing, and especially where I work, the only colors that matter should be blue and orange.

The sad thing is, just like the way you respond to someone who you know doesn’t like you, it has made me very guarded about my words and behavior around certain individuals at work. I was never this uncomfortable about race before I worked this job.

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