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myLot reputation of 93/100. texasheartland (1191) 3 years ago

I was watching The Tyra Banks Show with my sister last night on Oxygen. They had an episode where many bi-racial women were not accepting their African-American heritage. They have tried bleaching, even with bleach that you use for clothes. One woman said that she accepted her Caucasian part and hated her African-American heritage, even though she clearly had darker skin. She said she couldn't stand most African-Americans and thought that Caucasians were above African-Americans. She even took a picture in a KKK hood "as a joke". Even being Caucasian, I still found it offensive.

Has society made it to where color is important? To me, I am not racist. I refuse to judge a person by the color of their skin. I was taught at an early age that everyone is different, but they are human just like us. They eat, sleep, breathe, and use the restroom just like everyone else. They may have a different culture and a different way of doing things, but they also have feelings. Your life shouldn't be about what skin color everyone else has. I know most racism comes from ignorance and how some people were raised. But everyone is beautiful, inside and out. A person should be judge by the color of their skin but who they are on the inside.

How do you feel? Do you think society has decided what is acceptable and what isn't?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 80/100. crazynified (176)   3 years ago

It breaks my heart every time I hear news like this or even see it happening around me.
Sometimes it even involves people of my own, and many others misunderstand us as a whole. We were being judged by some other people who make that mistake that became significant enough to cause hate in others, although in truth, I personally think my people as a whole never intended to do so.
i believe the same goes to others. Racism, when it happens in a society, it is being highlighted. I think it just spreads to other people and make certain people believe that colour indeed does matter, when it really doesn't.
To me, we are all humans, whatever colour, height, size etc.
In the end, what matters is probably your heart and mind.

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2. myLot reputation of 91/100. BishounenNerd (249)   3 years ago

Well, I've always been skeptical that behind the scenes, someone has been pulling the strings. I think that because people respect this issue, it gets a lot more attention than it deserves, so racism sits in the back of people's heads, often with negative consequences such as racial phobias.

I think the best way to get rid of racism, is to just stop talking about it. Then everyone will forget what it is. That's the problem, we refuse to forget it.

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3. myLot reputation of 83/100. deewinc (3064)   3 years ago

Try banks is one great show with many girls having so many problems..its never okay not to accept yourself.if you dont then who will love you then.my pals friend did die in germany after using some drugs to light her tone up.so thats bad not to accept me!

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