what is racism???, Name callin' Options

[MoHaWkGrl]

You call me:
"redneck"
"Hillbilly"
"Slaker"
"Cracker"
"Honkey"
"Whitey"
"Gringo"
"Sage"
and you think it's OK.

But when I call you:
"Jungle bunny"
"Spear chunker"
"Coon"
"Wet back"
"Jiggaboo"
"Porch monkey"
"Sand nigger"
"Rag head"
"Towelhead"
"Camel Jockey"
"Gook"
"Spook"
"Nigger"
"Kike"
"Slant eyes"
or
"Chink"
you call me a racist.


-You have the United Negro College Fund.

-You have Martin Luther King Day.

-You have Black History Month.

-You have Cesar Chavez Day.

-You have Yom Hashoah

-You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi

-You have the NAACP.

-You have BET.


-If we had WET (white entertainment television) ...we'd be racist.

-If we had a White Pride Day... you would call us racist.

-If we had white history month... we'd be racist.

-If we had an organization for only whites to "advance" our lives... we'd be racist.

-If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships...you know we'd be racist.

-In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights...you would call us racist.

-Did you know that some high school students decided to make a club for only the white students because the other ethnicities had them. they all got sent to court for being racist but the african-american, Latino, and Asia clubs were not even questioned.

-You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.



I am white.

and

I am proud.

But, you call me a racist.



Why is it that only whites can be racists?

Now watch, I'll be racist for reposting this

So what? no-one will re-post this for fear of being called racist

[Spirited Away]

i understand that there's not time, but it's annoying when every year they go over the same exact thing over and over and over and over and over, we always start at the same place and stop at the same place. we study the pilgrims getting here everytime, we study the kings and queens of england every time. repeated over and over.

in high school a kid in my class asked why we spent one week on africa and a semester on europe. and the teachers reply was that africa just didn't have as much important history. i understand that that's not the majority of teachers opinions though.

they should teach more history from all around the world i think, instead of drilling the same things into our head over and over.

at least here in america, i don't know how they teach history everywhere else

Really? My curriculum always started where we stopped last year. Yes, some material is repeated at the beginning, but that's a refresher (like there's a refresher for math during the first couple of weeks). Some material might also be repeated if the crossed over to other historical events.

What the teacher probably meant was that Africa did not impact the foundation of American history as much as Europe did. Founders of America didn't come from Africa and our laws are not influenced by African laws. The chains of slavery began in Africa, but the most horrendous events relative to slavery happened in America (not Africa). I completely understand the emphasis on Europe and America, what problem do you see with this?

If you only studied kings and queens and pilgrims, I take it you never learned about WWI, WWII, Cold War, Vietnam War... the likes? You've never had a course of world religions... That's sad. What district are you in? Your parents should really take it to the board of education.

My education, on the other hand, was impeccable and I have no grounds for complaint (except for the bad cafeteria food).

Oh, if pilgrims and kings and queens are boring to you, may I suggest taking an honors course or maybe even history AP? Those classes encourage a little more accelerated learning for your taste.

What do you mean it's time? There's plenty of time to learn plenty of subjects =\

I'm a prime example of it... my goal is to be a certified Scholar, and not just in one subject but as many as possible.
The problem with America is, it's selfish. It only cares about itself and anything that effects it. So America in a sense does teach World History, but only parts of the world that revolved around America.

So why is it that my friend, who's been a 9th grade biology teacher for a good four years now, can't find time to finish the last 3 chapters of the biology book? Why is it that my Algebra 2 teacher skipped around our book? Oh, that's right... she said "we don't have time to cover those chapters, omit them". If you research a little, this is true of most schools (they don't have time to cover everything they should be or things they want to cover). Not that I'm complaining because I turned out fine without finite until college.

Also, I don't know about you, but I have had a couple of friends in "regular" classes (as opposed to honors/AP/IB) who has trouble with the simple idea of the Constitution... Not everyone's in honors/AP/IB, you understand?

The problem with America is that there are a bunch of people who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.

You do realize that America is as "selfish" about its teaching world history as any other country is self in teaching its history, right? If you're in Vietnam (like I was), you'd learned Vietnamese history and know it until you're bored of it as these guys are bored of American history here. The same goes if you're in China, France, Russia.. (more so with the communist countries).

Why does it supprise so many of you that American history is focused on American history? If you want to learn world history, take a course in world history. If you want to learn about slavery specifically, study it on your own time. The same goes if you want to really go into depth with the Vietnam War, founding fathers... whatever. If you want to learn history from another country's perspective, go research on your own or enroll to take a course in a different country.

Scholars don't become scholars from going to high school alone. They become one through arduous work OUTSIDE of the classroom environment. Stop blaming America for your own lack of convictions.

Last but not least, tama, there's a saying for one such as you... "Jack of all trades, master of none". I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.

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So why is it that my friend, who's been a 9th grade biology teacher for a good four years now, can't find time to finish the last 3 chapters of the biology book? Why is it that my Algebra 2 teacher skipped around our book? Oh, that's right... she said "we don't have time to cover those chapters, omit them". If you research a little, this is true of most schools (they don't have time to cover everything they should be or things they want to cover). Not that I'm complaining because I turned out fine without finite until college.

I dunno, maybe because in America, students only go to school 5 days out of the week? I'm sure there's a logical explanation as to why teachers can't finish the full course properly. Something is mathematically incorrect, that's for sure.

If you did a lil research, you'd realize America's education compared to most of the world, is shit. Education in the U.S. isn't thorough enough.

Also, I don't know about you, but I have had a couple of friends in "regular" classes (as opposed to honors/AP/IB) who has trouble with the simple idea of the Constitution... Not everyone's in honors/AP/IB, you understand?

And I should care... because? I know most of the U.S. Constitution, for example... I know I don't have to pay taxes and that the IRS can't do shit to me. In fact I can plant, grow, and harvest marijuana and the U.S. Government technically can't do shit to me either. Why? Because it's the American way, I can use the Constitution to fight many laws that ignorant Americans don't know how to fight. It's not my fault people don't have the ambition to learn and that they just go to school to pass it and move on. Pffft....

In Middle School, I got a 99% on my FCAT, I was already accepted to Duke University before I even started highschool.

You think there's too much to study in highschool? LOL Do yourself a favor, go study outside of America. Go get a real lesson in education... not some bastardized, half ass, weak education.

The problem with America is that there are a bunch of people who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.

Exactly... wanna test me? I don't live in the U.S. by the way. C'mon choose a topic, astrology, astronomy, optical physics, physics, numerology, religion, world history, politics, mythology, philosophy, arithmetics, culture, evolution, psychology, sociology, blah blah... I can go on forever (not literally). Should I boast of my "Americanized IQ score" LOL It was a 156. My European IQ score, 157. I can talk the talk and walk the walk, educationally and physically. Thank you very much.

You do realize that America is as "selfish" about its teaching world history as any other country is self in teaching its history, right?

Really? Have you ever studied in Italy? I only went for 4 quarters and a semester. Have you seen a World History book from the University of Italy, well John Cabot University (I had to buy my English translated books from their book store)? It's about 3 times thicker than the World History, Art History, Medieval Studies books put together from Cambridge University (yes serious). Have you ever heard of Cambridge? (I'm sure you have), right after high school I was sent there on a full scholarship for 4 years. I got bored and decided to go travel a bit around the world and study internationally.

I studied Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italia, also I attended at S.I.S.S.A. which I didn't even pay a dime for (not even for the essentials/books). They actually paid for my education there also. I'm pretty well rounded in international studies, in fact I was even going to a University in Dominican Republic and they taught American History there, as well as European, and specifically Mongolian.

Why does it supprise so many of you that American history is focused on American history? If you want to learn world history, take a course in world history. If you want to learn about slavery specifically, study it on your own time. The same goes if you want to really go into depth with the Vietnam War, founding fathers... whatever. If you want to learn history from another country's perspective, go research on your own or enroll to take a course in a different country.

I believe I was speaking of World History, and how that in America, they don't teach much about the world, unless it was nations in which revolved around the U.S. American history doesn't even teach you much about our founding fathers, in fact I learned of America's founding fathers being masons and theologists. But of course, as usual, it was half-assed. We never got personal with America's history. And there's too many lies fed to us through books in American education.

Scholars don't become scholars from going to high school alone. They become one through arduous work OUTSIDE of the classroom environment. Stop blaming America for your own lack of convictions.

I advise you to keep your assumptions of me limited... provoking me is pretty nasty, just take a look at my warning level You don't know jack shit about me (no offense), and after reading this little paragraph I'm now getting annoyed. Never make assumptions about me if you're planning to even have a discussion with me.

Last but not least, tama, there's a saying for one such as you... "Jack of all trades, master of none". I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.

I say you're makin it seem like a bad thing, just because I read what you quoted me a few times and it seems as if you're offended by my dogging American education. I have many skills in many things and I look for perfection in all my skills. Practice makes perfect right? Repetition? Even reading a book 3-4 times just to be able to memorize almost every word for word of every page of that book. How an obese human looks at food and craves it and wants to gobble it up like a sloppy slob of a swine, is the way I see books. Books must overwhelm me in education in order for me to be satisfied.

I'm not trying to act like a know it all, cuz the fact is... no matter what someone's gonna be smarter than you and or more experienced than you in one way or another. So that's not the case, I read that specific quote and it only made me arrogant (making assumptions and testing my knowledge expecting me to feel defeated causes a boost of arrogance).

Anyways good luck with your studies... I will be a certified Scholar. That's a fact.

[Spirited Away]

I dunno, maybe because in America, students only go to school 5 days out of the week? I'm sure there's a logical explanation as to why teachers can't finish the full course properly. Something is mathematically incorrect, that's for sure.

If you did a lil research, you'd realize America's education compared to most of the world, is shit. Education in the U.S. isn't thorough enough.

Let's start here because I find your research fascinatingly skewed, statistics wise.

Compared to the rest of the world, America's education system produce more college graduates. Let's us take Asian countries, for example, because I know them best. If you compare high school or college level students from Asia to high school or college level students in America, you'll find that the Asians are smarter and will generally do better in school. However, if you base your argument that America's education is the worst on this comparison, you are sorely biased.

You do understand that only the smart students who come from financially stable families can afford to go to high school through college? In America, on the other hand, students who are below average in income and grade wise all have a chance at high school and college. That is why our system seems like "shit", it is a melting pot of the non-elite and the elite compared to the elite students in Asia.

And I should care... because? I know most of the U.S. Constitution, for example... I know I don't have to pay taxes and that the IRS can't do shit to me. In fact I can plant, grow, and harvest marijuana and the U.S. Government technically can't do shit to me either. Why? Because it's the American way, I can use the Constitution to fight many laws that ignorant Americans don't know how to fight. It's not my fault people don't have the ambition to learn and that they just go to school to pass it and move on. Pffft....

Wait, what? You didn't get it. I was making a point that not everyone studies at the same level. We have honors classes here for those interested in accelerated learning and regular classes for those who takes longer to understand material. Not everyone is smart.

But let's continue. Where do you get that the IRS can't do anything to you? If that's the case, then don't you think no one in America would pay their taxes? Have you heard of social security?

And... can you please point to me where the Constitution allows the average Joe to grow marijuana please? This is interesting case law.

In Middle School, I got a 99% on my FCAT, I was already accepted to Duke University before I even started highschool.

You think there's too much to study in highschool? LOL Do yourself a favor, go study outside of America. Go get a real lesson in education... not some bastardized, half ass, weak education.

And I should be impressed? Sorry, I'm not a very ambitious individual, I'm quite content with being mediocre. I did study outside of America, fyi, I mentioned this in that same post.

And I said this already, but must I remind you that the rest of the world sends their best and brightest to America for its "bastardized, half ass, weak education"? Why do you think that is?

Exactly... wanna test me? I don't live in the U.S. by the way. C'mon choose a topic, astrology, astronomy, optical physics, physics, numerology, religion, world history, politics, mythology, philosophy, arithmetics, culture, evolution, psychology, sociology, blah blah... I can go on forever (not literally). Should I boast of my "Americanized IQ score" LOL It was a 156. My European IQ score, 157. I can talk the talk and walk the walk, educationally and physically. Thank you very much.

And again, should I be impressed by this? This whole argument is no more than a stage for you to gloat of your achievements, I see. I'm not interested in testing you online, nor is there any need for you to prove your worth to me. I'm just a mediocre college student. Calm down.

The best way to prove yourself, if you must satisfy that libido, is to publish a book on any of the topics you listed there. I promise I will be among the first to buy it from you and praise the expertise you claim to own.

Really? Have you ever studied in Italy? I only went for 4 quarters and a semester. Have you seen a World History book from the University of Italy, well John Cabot University (I had to buy my English translated books from their book store)? It's about 3 times thicker than the World History, Art History, Medieval Studies books put together from Cambridge University (yes serious). Have you ever heard of Cambridge? (I'm sure you have), right after high school I was sent there on a full scholarship for 4 years. I got bored and decided to go travel a bit around the world and study internationally.


I studied Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italia, also I attended at S.I.S.S.A. which I didn't even pay a dime for (not even for the essentials/books). They actually paid for my education there also. I'm pretty well rounded in international studies, in fact I was even going to a University in Dominican Republic and they taught American History there, as well as European, and specifically Mongolian.

I was never able to afford to study abroad. I won a $2000 scholarship to go to France, but that would have only covered half of my tuition there, so I missed that chance, too.

Anyway, I do believe you completely missed the point =). We were speaking of high school level, of which I still believe that our courses in world history are comparable to any other country's attempt at teaching world history. However, if you want to compare this at college level, I assure you, our world history classes aren't that bad =).

Of the thickest books in University of Italy, how many students can claim to have read them? The same can be said in America, of course, but at least, we can still boast a slightly higher rate of literacy than Italy.

On a last note on this, I obviously cannot boast such a high level of education (not many can), but America do send their brightest students abroad on full scholarships. What is your point on this? Are you wanting to say that no student in America has the same education as you, if not better?

I believe I was speaking of World History, and how that in America, they don't teach much about the world, unless it was nations in which revolved around the U.S. American history doesn't even teach you much about our founding fathers, in fact I learned of America's founding fathers being masons and theologists. But of course, as usual, it was half-assed. We never got personal with America's history. And there's too many lies fed to us through books in American education.

Where do you get this? My own education about world history is quite well rounded. And because I was never ambitious, I didn't care to do much outside research and yet, I dare say I'm as up-to-date with world history as any other average [insert country here] student. I had projects in American History AP classes that required us to research the topics in detail. (There were two AP courses because in one year, we covered the time of its founding to the mid 1800's and in the second year, we covered from then to modern day). Textbook education is half-assed, but in higher level courses, textbooks weren't the only required reading.

You're confusing me here. If you took one of the higher level courses, you should have been quite content with your American history education. The two classes actually had me working hard those two years.

I advise you to keep your assumptions of me limited... provoking me is pretty nasty, just take a look at my warning level You don't know jack shit about me (no offense), and after reading this little paragraph I'm now getting annoyed. Never make assumptions about me if you're planning to even have a discussion with me.

Your advice is appreciated, but misdirected. What was I assuming? FYI, I cannot see your warning leve (only mods can), but even if it was in the red zone, why should I care? You do realize I've been around cB since the near begining right? I've seen worse/better. Thanks.

I was not assuming anything about you. Had you been the scholar you claim to you be/will be, I think you would have understood. You quoted me saying that time is an issue that explains why high school students do not get to study every aspect of American history. Then, you started bragging on your own goals and how you have time. Well, more power to you, but again, you don't become a scholar because of what you learned in school. You become one by learning things outside of the classroom. Don't you? Are you saying that everyone who study in school alone (and have no access outside research) can become a scholar?

You're taking this too personally when I wasn't being personal. Take a deep breath and count to one hundred.

I say you're makin it seem like a bad thing, just because I read what you quoted me a few times and it seems as if you're offended by my dogging American education. I have many skills in many things and I look for perfection in all my skills. Practice makes perfect right? Repetition? Even reading a book 3-4 times just to be able to memorize almost every word for word of every page of that book. How an obese human looks at food and craves it and wants to gobble it up like a sloppy slob of a swine, is the way I see books. Books must overwhelm me in education in order for me to be satisfied.

I'm not trying to act like a know it all, cuz the fact is... no matter what someone's gonna be smarter than you and or more experienced than you in one way or another. So that's not the case, I read that specific quote and it only made me arrogant (making assumptions and testing my knowledge expecting me to feel defeated causes a boost of arrogance).

Anyways good luck with your studies... I will be a certified Scholar. That's a fact.

Ah, well it's your own opinion and you're entitled. I myself am also "a jack of all trades", though I am planing to master something soon. Thank you for your well wishes, I will need them.

I look forward to seeing the product of your non-bastardized, non-half-assed, strong education. A non-BS book will suffice.

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Let's start here because I find your research fascinatingly skewed, statistics wise.

Compared to the rest of the world, America's education system produce more college graduates. Let's us take Asian countries, for example, because I know them best. If you compare high school or college level students from Asia to high school or college level students in America, you'll find that the Asians are smarter and will generally do better in school. However, if you base your argument that America's education is the worst on this comparison, you are sorely biased.

You do understand that only the smart students who come from financially stable families can afford to go to high school through college? In America, on the other hand, students who are below average in income and grade wise all have a chance at high school and college. That is why our system seems like "shit", it is a melting pot of the non-elite and the elite compared to the elite students in Asia.
Wait, what? You didn't get it. I was making a point that not everyone studies at the same level. We have honors classes here for those interested in accelerated learning and regular classes for those who takes longer to understand material. Not everyone is smart.

But let's continue. Where do you get that the IRS can't do anything to you? If that's the case, then don't you think no one in America would pay their taxes? Have you heard of social security?

And... can you please point to me where the Constitution allows the average Joe to grow marijuana please? This is interesting case law.
And I should be impressed? Sorry, I'm not a very ambitious individual, I'm quite content with being mediocre. I did study outside of America, fyi, I mentioned this in that same post.

And I said this already, but must I remind you that the rest of the world sends their best and brightest to America for its "bastardized, half ass, weak education"? Why do you think that is?
And again, should I be impressed by this? This whole argument is no more than a stage for you to gloat of your achievements, I see. I'm not interested in testing you online, nor is there any need for you to prove your worth to me. I'm just a mediocre college student. Calm down.

The best way to prove yourself, if you must satisfy that libido, is to publish a book on any of the topics you listed there. I promise I will be among the first to buy it from you and praise the expertise you claim to own.

I was never able to afford to study abroad. I won a $2000 scholarship to go to France, but that would have only covered half of my tuition there, so I missed that chance, too.

Anyway, I do believe you completely missed the point =). We were speaking of high school level, of which I still believe that our courses in world history are comparable to any other country's attempt at teaching world history. However, if you want to compare this at college level, I assure you, our world history classes aren't that bad =).

Of the thickest books in University of Italy, how many students can claim to have read them? The same can be said in America, of course, but at least, we can still boast a slightly higher rate of literacy than Italy.

On a last note on this, I obviously cannot boast such a high level of education (not many can), but America do send their brightest students abroad on full scholarships. What is your point on this? Are you wanting to say that no student in America has the same education as you, if not better?

Where do you get this? My own education about world history is quite well rounded. And because I was never ambitious, I didn't care to do much outside research and yet, I dare say I'm as up-to-date with world history as any other average [insert country here] student. I had projects in American History AP classes that required us to research the topics in detail. (There were two AP courses because in one year, we covered the time of its founding to the mid 1800's and in the second year, we covered from then to modern day). Textbook education is half-assed, but in higher level courses, textbooks weren't the only required reading.

You're confusing me here. If you took one of the higher level courses, you should have been quite content with your American history education. The two classes actually had me working hard those two years.
Your advice is appreciated, but misdirected. What was I assuming? FYI, I cannot see your warning leve (only mods can), but even if it was in the red zone, why should I care? You do realize I've been around cB since the near begining right? I've seen worse/better. Thanks.

I was not assuming anything about you. Had you been the scholar you claim to you be/will be, I think you would have understood. You quoted me saying that time is an issue that explains why high school students do not get to study every aspect of American history. Then, you started bragging on your own goals and how you have time. Well, more power to you, but again, you don't become a scholar because of what you learned in school. You become one by learning things outside of the classroom. Don't you? Are you saying that everyone who study in school alone (and have no access outside research) can become a scholar?

You're taking this too personally when I wasn't being personal. Take a deep breath and count to one hundred.
Ah, well it's your own opinion and you're entitled. I myself am also "a jack of all trades", though I am planing to master something soon. Thank you for your well wishes, I will need them.

I look forward to seeing the product of your non-bastardized, non-half-assed, strong education. A non-BS book will suffice.

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