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Re: Carol Thatch
Feb 12, 2009, 15:58
Squid Tempest wrote:
*sigh*

The point is that unless we speak out against racism, it will flourish. This is how my parents brought me up, and I still find it a good rule to live by. It is that simple. Let us drop all the personal stuff and get to the nitty gritty. As I see it, if you do not speak out against racism, you are tacitly agreeing with it. It is irrelevant what the age or sex or creed or colour of person being racist is. If you can't be straight with your own friends and relations, what hope is there?


To a certain extent I agree with you. The age thing i do disagree with though. A bit.
Without being ageist, I think that in a lot of older people casual racism is just something they do - they do not see anything wrong with it and it is not hateful. A black chap is a wog. Makes me cringe and I hate hearing it, but there is no malicious intent (this is a generalisation, i know - alot of old racists are hateful and mean it). What I mean(finally) is withouth malicious intent it is just a word. a vile word, but just that. when there is malicious intent it is a hate crime and needs stamping out.

Is that unreasonable - i no longer know
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