The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113977   Message #2428402
Posted By: akenaton
02-Sep-08 - 02:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: Racism: Why?
Subject: RE: BS: Racism: Why?
The problem seems to stem from our historical view of other races.
They were always looked upon as things to be exploited...in America as slaves and in the various empires as second class citizens.
We have never learned to appreciate other cultures, just to exploit them.

The reason of course was and still is our desire to become "rich and powerful", even at the expense of our brothers and sisters.

This attitude has also given birth to a reaction among the people subjected to racism or other forms of discrimination, which can be just as distructive.

I strongly disagree with "insane beard" when he/she states with such certainty that we "are not animals".

The human animal has constructed it's own mire, a thousand times more odious than the pig stye.............Ake