Not being American, I see this stuff and I go '.....er?' because, honestly... the idea of throwing people out of anywhere because of the colour of their skin is absurd. Even if the area I live in is more or less white... there are Aboriginal folks around here, and Asians, I believe there was a family from India... English, South African... even if most aren't, they're still here and if I don't like them it's not because of their skin colour, it's because they're pains in some way. Like the boy in my science class who used to think it would be fun to make overt sexual innuendos and run off with my pencil case.
I thought he was an arse, but that's because he was. He was Aboriginal, which is hard to forget because he adored pulling attention to the fact... and I don't know? I've met people of different races I've adored, and some who no matter what colour they were make me want to do unfortunate, violent things...
That's not to say some people aren't out to get other races... just that there can be things other than colour that motivate people to do things.
...Also, I've always wondered.. isn't calling people "white trash" just as bad as say, calling and African American something?? Americans, you constantly perplex me...
At any rate, my funnest answer is always Avenue Q... because a little humour is good for the soul...
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on 2009-07-10 07:06 am (UTC)I thought he was an arse, but that's because he was. He was Aboriginal, which is hard to forget because he adored pulling attention to the fact... and I don't know? I've met people of different races I've adored, and some who no matter what colour they were make me want to do unfortunate, violent things...
That's not to say some people aren't out to get other races... just that there can be things other than colour that motivate people to do things.
...Also, I've always wondered.. isn't calling people "white trash" just as bad as say, calling and African American something?? Americans, you constantly perplex me...
At any rate, my funnest answer is always Avenue Q... because a little humour is good for the soul...