Do you care about what others say about you or your race?

This is in terms that it's bad, u know..like an insult or someone mocking you. Weather it be online or in person do you get offended or upset when someone insults you personally or something about your ethnicity/race. I don't like it when people bash others about being overweight or if it's something about something they can't change such as looks, sexual orientation, or skin color/race. I know an obese person can change but if that's the way they like it noone should be judging. I guess it also depends on the person insulting you and the intentions behind it. So would you get mad/offended if someone made a personal insult about you or your ethnicity, race?

About me? Depends who says it. About my race? I couldn't care less.

No because I say naughty things about other races

Well I'm white. And if someone is racist against me I feel at least they have some kind of reason to - especially from a historical standpoint. I'm not saying it's right, but I can handle it.Meinhard_X

i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"]Well I'm white. And if someone is racist against me I feel at least they have some kind of reason to - especially from a historical standpoint. I'm not saying it's right, but I can handle it.LegitGamer3212

i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

If people insult me, I'd take it personally, but about my race? I'd probably agree with them.

It has more to do with how they say it rather than what they say.

If people insult me, I'd take it personally, but about my race? I'd probably agree with them.

supa_badman

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[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"]Well I'm white. And if someone is racist against me I feel at least they have some kind of reason to - especially from a historical standpoint. I'm not saying it's right, but I can handle it.hamstergeddon

i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

that was lame

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If people insult me, I'd take it personally, but about my race? I'd probably agree with them.

ExoticAnimal

This is in terms that it's bad, u know..like an insult or someone mocking you. Weather it be online or in person do you get offended or upset when someone insults you personally or something about your ethnicity/race. I don't like it when people bash others about being overweight or if it's something about something they can't change such as looks, sexual orientation, or skin color/race. I know an obese person can change but if that's the way they like it noone should be judging. I guess it also depends on the person insulting you and the intentions behind it. So would you get mad/offended if someone made a personal insult about you or your ethnicity, race?

LegitGamer3212

About white people? Anything bad said about white people is generally true.

P.S) I am white, so I can bash white people all I want.

No, I'm a little racist too. I just sterotype every race. I don't think it'd work on me since I'm pretty much like a mut.

[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"]Well I'm white. And if someone is racist against me I feel at least they have some kind of reason to - especially from a historical standpoint. I'm not saying it's right, but I can handle it.LegitGamer3212

i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

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[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"]Well I'm white. And if someone is racist against me I feel at least they have some kind of reason to - especially from a historical standpoint. I'm not saying it's right, but I can handle it.Meinhard_X

i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

how much did the U.S give them after releasing them? like a mere 100,000 dollars or something i forgot? the ironic part is *** americans served in the military on the U.S side and even earned high ranked medals such as the medal of honor.

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i'm asian american, do you think there's a reason someone can be racist to me about, maybe pearl harbor or something?

LegitGamer3212

how much did the U.S give them after releasing them? like a mere 100,000 dollars or something i forgot? the ironic part is *** americans served in the military on the U.S side and even earned high ranked medals such as the medal of honor.

About me, no

About my race. I'm white, what do I care. We have oppressed people from all over the world so I guess those people are entitled to their opinion.

Nope not really, im black and been online gamine since Everquest was realeased for ps2. Been called the N word about a billion times but then they see how much i wreck every1 in games then they wanna be my friend. Life is funny.

When someone attacks me because of my race, it just shows that they are too stupid to criticise me for the person I am.

LOL. I'm white. We're currently the masters of the universe. ........excuse me, I'm late for my world domination sub committee meeting. wstfld

Nope not really, im black and been online gamine since Everquest was realeased for ps2. Been called the N word about a billion times but then they see how much i wreck every1 in games then they wanna be my friend. Life is funny.

GOOCHIE247

i play warcraft 3 frozen throne, and i just hear the n word used all the time when someone loses a game. it's a shame

notice how white people seem to have this self-inflicted guilt syndrome, as inidcated by this thread.

stop being weak, I was born in 1981, I'm not feeling "sorry" for what people the same skin colour as me did or didn't do in the past when I wasn't even born yet.

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[QUOTE="Meinhard_X"] Not so much - that was the government not the people. And then we took all the Asian Americans and locked em up right afterwards. No race based hate is acceptable, but if anyone has earned it I'd say it's "white people" Meinhard_X

how much did the U.S give them after releasing them? like a mere 100,000 dollars or something i forgot? the ironic part is *** americans served in the military on the U.S side and even earned high ranked medals such as the medal of honor.

do you think the american government will go about this again? for example we fight russia and russians in america get locked up, or china, etc.

notice how white people seem to have this self-inflicted guilt syndrome, as inidcated by this thread.

stop being weak, I was born in 1981, I'm not feeling "sorry" for what people the same skin colour as me did or didn't do in the past when I wasn't even born yet.

Deano

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how much did the U.S give them after releasing them? like a mere 100,000 dollars or something i forgot? the ironic part is *** americans served in the military on the U.S side and even earned high ranked medals such as the medal of honor.

LegitGamer3212

do you think the american government will go about this again? for example we fight russia and russians in america get locked up, or china, etc.

But I really don't think so. We're a lot more conscious about racism these days. Someone not getting hired because of race might even make the news.

That said after 911 there was A LOT of distrust of Muslims / Muslim Arabs. The official stance of the government (I believe) was to protect these people, but violent crimes against them still occurred.

And I'll admit even I (sixth grade at the time) felt a little uneasy around adult Arab males, and it's kind of though not to when your that young and there's a bomb scare.

We (my alt account Meinhard_X and I) do not feel any *personal* guilt or responsibility for the actions of our forefathers. But we are ashamed of some of the things our race/country has done, and are willing to put up with a certain level of distrust/hostility from minorities who might still harbor resentment.Meinhard1

I lost a distant realtive to the japanese in WW2 should I then be able to treat japanese today now as inferior because of it, do I feel they owe me something?

not at all.

you're just pathetic, if you want to go through life feeling guilty for stuff that you didn't do.

[QUOTE="Meinhard1"] We (my alt account Meinhard_X and I) do not feel any *personal* guilt or responsibility for the actions of our forefathers. But we are ashamed of some of the things our race/country has done, and are willing to put up with a certain level of distrust/hostility from minorities who might still harbor resentment.Deano

I lost a distant realtive to the japanese in WW2 should I then be able to treat japanese today now as inferior because of it, do I feel they owe me something?

not at all.

you're just pathetic, if you want to go through life feeling guilty for stuff that you didn't do.

About me, not really... I'm a comic-geek/gamer, I'm busy enjoying those to let their criticism about me stop my enjoyment.

About my ethnicity(race is the wrong word, we're all apart of the human race), I get a little angry since I'm haitian and the country has been hell for about 200+ years, cut us some slack.

I'm tired of everyone asking me to do their math homework cause im Asian! It's insulting! :x Yes, I'm good at math but thats not the point!MrLions

wanna do my english essay lol

notice how white people seem to have this self-inflicted guilt syndrome, as inidcated by this thread.

stop being weak, I was born in 1981, I'm not feeling "sorry" for what people the same skin colour as me did or didn't do in the past when I wasn't even born yet.

Deano

About me? Depends who says it. About my race? I couldn't care less.

Pirate700

About me, probably. About my race, not so much. But then again I can get pretty defensive quite easily. I think it's the age :P

I suppose it depends on what they say and how harsh it comes across. If it's in the form of a joke I don't care because jokes aren't really meant to be taken seriously. Honestly though I have never really had this put to the test (or at least nothing that comes to mind) so I don't really know where the line is in this case.

notice how white people seem to have this self-inflicted guilt syndrome, as inidcated by this thread.

stop being weak, I was born in 1981, I'm not feeling "sorry" for what people the same skin colour as me did or didn't do in the past when I wasn't even born yet.

Deano

At the moment, not really. However, once I have taken over the world they shall be the first to be fed to my lions.

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notice how white people seem to have this self-inflicted guilt syndrome, as inidcated by this thread.

stop being weak, I was born in 1981, I'm not feeling "sorry" for what people the same skin colour as me did or didn't do in the past when I wasn't even born yet.

Meinhard1

These days, however, the distrust/hostility of minorities might be better directed towards themselves. While Western (white) countries are at least making strides towards equality, the same can't be said for many other nations in the world. Racism in any form usually just amounts to the racist looking for a scapegoat for their problems.

To answer the topic, I have a backbone, so if somebody insults me, I stand up for myself. Not that I punch them in the face or anything (resorting to violence would only reinforce their point anyways), but I usually know what to say when it counts.

ive learnt not to care what other people think. an important skill i believe

Wow, some of the white people in this thread feeling guilty should really grow up. You aren't responsible for the harsh treatment of non-whites 50+ years ago. I'm a 17 year-old white American male (born 1992). Should I feel guilty for the the Holocaust? The massacre of Indians? The countless lynchings of black Americans? No. Why? I had no part in that. I'm not saying the actions of past whites are justified, but I'm not going to feel guilty for things I didn't do and things I couldn't control. For the white people in this thread that feel guilty, grow up. All of the things that happened in the past isn't your fault.

*sighs*

On Topic: I definitely care about what people say about me. If it's about my race, I'm only irritated if I know what they're saying is serious.

When Obama said that all white people were fearful, I thought it was offensive, but I wasn't personally offended.

I just chalked it up to the fact that he's ignorant.