Northern European's latent racism

[orange]

DinoDoc beat me to it!

By you making broud generalizations about "Northern Europeans" aren't you really being racist yourself

That's not fair, judge people as who they are and not by their race religion color sex nationality etc.

[faded glory]

Originally posted by orange
DinoDoc beat me to it!

By you making broud generalizations about "Northern Europeans" aren't you really being racist yourself

That's not fair, judge people as who they are and not by their race religion color sex nationality etc.

Err...damn you Orange. Thats a good point. Tho I dont think Racist is the right word for this on (Ignorant a better word for this one?)

[orange]

Well, yeah, I mean racism means a lot of things now...not always necessarily prejudice based on race, which the name implies. i suppose prejudice is the best word, it's general enough to encompass all forms of what we're talking about

[mactbone]

I think that there is no latent racism. I think that each individual that is racist on the demerits of their own ignorance.

I lie to think that I don' hve any racial prejudices,but I know it's not true, I will always have certain preconceptions when I meet people. The thing is realize that, and look beyond it. Everone make pre-suppositions, just looking at someone, and don't tell me you view each and every new person without making any judgements based on the way they look. They're probably not racist in any way, but we all make opinions on people before we ever know them.

As to the Hellenic thing, it was during some argument where language came into play, and I copied a little chart directly from my linguistics book.

*psst* prejudism isn't a word

[Goingonit]

No question Northern Europe is racist: look at the French vis-a-vis the Arabs, and the Germans with the Turks. This doesn't mean they're all racist, but it is definitely a society that still clings to the days before 1945, when racism was the norm.

[mactbone]

Alright, if people want to blanket North Europeans as racist, then we should follow through. Greeks are hairy and smelly. Arabs are Muslim and fundamentalist. Americans all carry guns.

All of these are only partial truths. Ablosutes do not exist when you talk about people.

[Goingonit]

Originally posted by MacTBone
Alright, if people want to blanket North Europeans as racist, then we should follow through. Greeks are hairy and smelly. Arabs are Muslim and fundamentalist. Americans all carry guns.

All of these are only partial truths. Ablosutes do not exist when you talk about people.

Northern Europe is racist; but not necessarily those who live there. It's more a societal value, in my opinion, than a personal one.

[Sprayber]

If he had put Americans into this, then most everyone would be falling all over themeselves to comfirm what he said. We have seen many threads about that very topic.


Bottom line is this. Every group shows some signs of racism. Some of it is for practical reasons, and some of it are for totally insane ones. No blacks and whites here people, only grey.

[Mihai]

Originally posted by Goingonit
No question Northern Europe is racist: look at the French vis-a-vis the Arabs, and the Germans with the Turks. This doesn't mean they're all racist, but it is definitely a society that still clings to the days before 1945, when racism was the norm.

"I really liked foreigns, untill they come in thousands and took our jobs! "

they think they are organized, more civilized and better than the rest of the world

Isn't rasism, just a superior complex (partially justified)

I remember when I read James Clevell's "Tai pan"
Points of view :
British guy : "Chinese? Thise yellow monkeys worth of nothing!"
Chinese guy "White guys? Just unclean barbarians!"

The dispute was settled at the muzzle.

[Berzerker]

No blacks and whites here people, only grey.

You mean brown, except for those who've assumed room temperature

[BeBMan]

"Inherently" racist? Aren´t we all Eurocoms?

BTW, why the difference between northern and southern europe?

[kolpo]

Sorry but Germans and Scandinavians are in fact the same race, so if it is latent in there race should scandinavians be also racists and Americans and Canadians also(most came from northern Europe).

There is currently no more racism in Europe then in the rest of the world.

Also the statement about social values is nonsense, northern europe has one of the strongest anti racism laws in the world. There are no more reports of racimn in Europe then let's say Rwanda, Servia(southern Europe!) or Kosovo.

[kolpo]

Also couldn't Musolini be considered one of the biggest racists ever? Sending Jews to the German concentration camps looks me rather racistic.

Also haven't the Kroäts helped the Germans with killing many Servians?

Also couldn't the treatment of some racial groups by Lenin and Stalin in Russia be considered racist?

Saying taht Northern Europe latent racist and southern europe/the rest of the world not is untrue and racist.

[Solly]

We are superior to you though Paiktis.

You're still a developing nation that can't keep safely its own architectural past, that can't defend itself against neighbouring countries, and that is only a place for people to take a holiday.

Pretty worthless!

[Loud Medicine]

The amazing stupidity of this thread made me laugh. Congrats to all participants. You are hilarious!