2012-04-10, 11:36 AM
Shidoshi voiced most of my opinion, if not all of it.
Things like this are why racism is still as prevalent as it is, when it shouldn't matter. No, I'm not talking about the article itself, but rather "the talk" that it refers to.
It is true that there are those who feel that they are owed something because of their past and will be extremely hostile toward those who they feel are responsible for it. This mindset occurs on both sides, and until it's completely wiped out, this "talk" will not disappear as it should.
When it comes to the Law of Large Numbers, I will definitely avoid situations in which I am alone and about to encounter a group of individuals that I do not know or trust, but color will have little to do with it, although I may be more wary of some more than others and that is something I am working on.
Should he have been fired? Not sure. I wouldn't have fired him as this is something that can apply to all races, and not just one. I also try to think of it in terms of whether or not who wrote it and what race they identified as/were talking about would have been treated the same way.
Things like this are why racism is still as prevalent as it is, when it shouldn't matter. No, I'm not talking about the article itself, but rather "the talk" that it refers to.
It is true that there are those who feel that they are owed something because of their past and will be extremely hostile toward those who they feel are responsible for it. This mindset occurs on both sides, and until it's completely wiped out, this "talk" will not disappear as it should.
When it comes to the Law of Large Numbers, I will definitely avoid situations in which I am alone and about to encounter a group of individuals that I do not know or trust, but color will have little to do with it, although I may be more wary of some more than others and that is something I am working on.
Should he have been fired? Not sure. I wouldn't have fired him as this is something that can apply to all races, and not just one. I also try to think of it in terms of whether or not who wrote it and what race they identified as/were talking about would have been treated the same way.