06-30-2008, 08:05 PM
[quote[Racism on Hawaii is so far less than anywhere else on the mainland except that on Hawaii the “white man” is the recipient of the racism and that’s the only reason why it’s such a horrible thing. Does anyone really care how a Black Person is treated? How Hispanics are treated? If Native Americans are welcomed? If Middle Easterners are attacked? No, it’s only when a “white person” has something negative done that it has to be because of their skin color. NEWS FLASH: It’s not your skin color, it’s your I’m sooo much better than you attitude![/quote]
Bob, a lot of time I agree with your perspective but I'm puzzled who you are ranting at here. People you know at home?
Hello, yes I really care about how everyone you listed is treated and so do lots of other people here. As for the "I'm better than you" attitude you quote, I honestly don't see much of that when I'm out and about. I don't see anyone acting like that, typically.
I know we all come from different parts of the country here, and maybe there are places where what you said holds true, but not where I moved from, and not here either.
As for when there is prejudice here, it is rare that I see it, more read it in words (like comments and letters to the editor), but when it is, it's not hard to sort out; it's not being mistaken because white people aren't used to it. You're not giving anyone here any credit for having decent unclouded perception.
I spent a long time at Berkeley involved with multicultural and multiethnic groups, listening to people tell their stories, working on understanding what it's like to experience racism, studying it ... and I resent this conviction of yours that no one here has self-examined or thought about the issue from other perspectives. NOT TRUE. You are way over-generalizing.
Bob, a lot of time I agree with your perspective but I'm puzzled who you are ranting at here. People you know at home?
Hello, yes I really care about how everyone you listed is treated and so do lots of other people here. As for the "I'm better than you" attitude you quote, I honestly don't see much of that when I'm out and about. I don't see anyone acting like that, typically.
I know we all come from different parts of the country here, and maybe there are places where what you said holds true, but not where I moved from, and not here either.
As for when there is prejudice here, it is rare that I see it, more read it in words (like comments and letters to the editor), but when it is, it's not hard to sort out; it's not being mistaken because white people aren't used to it. You're not giving anyone here any credit for having decent unclouded perception.
I spent a long time at Berkeley involved with multicultural and multiethnic groups, listening to people tell their stories, working on understanding what it's like to experience racism, studying it ... and I resent this conviction of yours that no one here has self-examined or thought about the issue from other perspectives. NOT TRUE. You are way over-generalizing.