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Race does not equal culture

Humans are weird in the sense that we are probably the only species on Earth that discriminated people for what race they are. Just because somebody is one race it should not mean they cannot be apart of a cetain culture. Some countries are more tolerant than others, but certain countries claim a certain homogeniality is crucial fo thier culture to survive. A dream of mine and many of my friends(some would calll us hippies) os to see culture pass racial lines. Why cant people just be referred to as American as appose to african american, hispanic american, or asian american if they are born and raised here. I can understand if you are one way and then you just change, but say for example your parents are different races from each other, and one parent comes from a family that believes homogeniality is important. When you are born into these types of situation one family may not accept you because you are "mixed" with something else. Say a Greek family takes a vacation to South Africa(just for an example) and most of the family dies in a car accident - just the infant boy surviving. The infant is took in and raised in an orphanage around where many zulu happen to live. Say nobody ever adopts this boy and he grows up around these people. I donnot know how the zulu in South Africa would handle this because I donnot know mush about them, but would they allow this boy to learn and speak their language? Would they consider him zulu or just a lost greek kid if zulu is all he knew? Or would they hate him for what he is? Would an indian girl born in China be treated equally than the Han majority? Woud they be considered Chinese? The answer to the question regarding both the South African and the Chinese situation will probably no. Neither the lost greek boy nor the indian girl would probably be welcome with open arms. I am sure there have been plenty of situation where people in situations similar to this have been accepted, but most of the time they will not like to even associate with sombody who is racially different. As much as I value indivuality( one should at least tolerate their neighbors customs), if somebody grows up around a certain type of people not knowing anything about their ancestory or not being directly connected to their ancestory and only knowing the traditions of the people around them, then they should be accepted into that group. This is even a problem with diverse nations like the US and Canada. We were all one color anyway, way down the line we are all 99% similar when it comes to DNA. SO why do people have such biased ideas about race-culture relations. Does anybody understand what I'm saying? Do you agree or disagree of what I think? I am very open-minded so post what you really think. I appreciate your time.:rolleyes:
 
Humans are weird in the sense that we are probably the only species on Earth that discriminated people for what race they are. Just because somebody is one race it should not mean they cannot be apart of a cetain culture. Some countries are more tolerant than others, but certain countries claim a certain homogeniality is crucial fo thier culture to survive. A dream of mine and many of my friends(some would calll us hippies) os to see culture pass racial lines. Why cant people just be referred to as American as appose to african american, hispanic american, or asian american if they are born and raised here. I can understand if you are one way and then you just change, but say for example your parents are different races from each other, and one parent comes from a family that believes homogeniality is important. When you are born into these types of situation one family may not accept you because you are "mixed" with something else. Say a Greek family takes a vacation to South Africa(just for an example) and most of the family dies in a car accident - just the infant boy surviving. The infant is took in and raised in an orphanage around where many zulu happen to live. Say nobody ever adopts this boy and he grows up around these people. I donnot know how the zulu in South Africa would handle this because I donnot know mush about them, but would they allow this boy to learn and speak their language? Would they consider him zulu or just a lost greek kid if zulu is all he knew? Or would they hate him for what he is? Would an indian girl born in China be treated equally than the Han majority? Woud they be considered Chinese? The answer to the question regarding both the South African and the Chinese situation will probably no. Neither the lost greek boy nor the indian girl would probably be welcome with open arms. I am sure there have been plenty of situation where people in situations similar to this have been accepted, but most of the time they will not like to even associate with sombody who is racially different. As much as I value indivuality( one should at least tolerate their neighbors customs), if somebody grows up around a certain type of people not knowing anything about their ancestory or not being directly connected to their ancestory and only knowing the traditions of the people around them, then they should be accepted into that group. This is even a problem with diverse nations like the US and Canada. We were all one color anyway, way down the line we are all 99% similar when it comes to DNA. SO why do people have such biased ideas about race-culture relations. Does anybody understand what I'm saying? Do you agree or disagree of what I think? I am very open-minded so post what you really think. I appreciate your time.:rolleyes:
i would have to disagree my friend we are not the only species that discriminate if u educate your self just a tad more you would realize alot of animals in the wild dont like each other for the simple fact that they arent exacly the same for example a king cobra will devour any other snake just because its not a cobra same for spiders and many other animals now the only diffrence is people have the knowlegde to not hate each other but they choose not to as on the other hand its in a animals brain to eat or be eaten i agree with everything u say except for the very begining about were the only ones that discriminate otherwise very good post i like it
 
i would have to disagree my friend we are not the only species that discriminate if u educate your self just a tad more you would realize alot of animals in the wild dont like each other for the simple fact that they arent exacly the same for example a king cobra will devour any other snake just because its not a cobra same for spiders and many other animals now the only diffrence is people have the knowlegde to not hate each other but they choose not to as on the other hand its in a animals brain to eat or be eaten i agree with everything u say except for the very begining about were the only ones that discriminate otherwise very good post i like it

sheep are carnivorous.....
 
iT'S N0T 0F RACE BUT THAT iT iS N0T THERE CULTURE... THATS H0W iT iS & WHY W0ULD ANY1 WANT 2 B THE SAME AS EVERY1. WHiLE TH0SE WH0 AGREE i MAY HAVE 2 DiSAGREE..
 
i would have to disagree my friend we are not the only species that discriminate if u educate your self just a tad more you would realize alot of animals in the wild dont like each other for the simple fact that they arent exacly the same for example a king cobra will devour any other snake just because its not a cobra same for spiders and many other animals now the only diffrence is people have the knowlegde to not hate each other but they choose not to as on the other hand its in a animals brain to eat or be eaten i agree with everything u say except for the very begining about were the only ones that discriminate otherwise very good post i like it

X2
 
Why can't we treat each other equally?


2 WHAT HE SAiD AND WHAT Y0UR ASKiNG iS DiFF.

EQUALiTY WELL 0K K00L WHATEVER... BUT N0T LABELiNG EACH 0THER F0R RACE... SO iF U LiVE N THE U.S Y0U R AMERiCAN... THATS iT. N0 i W0ULD LiKE T0 ALS0 BE REC0GNiZED AS A MEXiCAN.

i GET THE EQUALiTY PART, i LiKE THAT BUT i JUST D0N'T AGREE WiT S0ME 0F iT, THATS ALL.
 
2 WHAT HE SAiD AND WHAT Y0UR ASKiNG iS DiFF.


EQUALiTY WELL 0K K00L WHATEVER... BUT N0T LABELiNG EACH 0THER F0R RACE... SO iF U LiVE N THE U.S Y0U R AMERiCAN... THATS iT. N0 i W0ULD LiKE T0 ALS0 BE REC0GNiZED AS A MEXiCAN.


i GET THE EQUALiTY PART, i LiKE THAT BUT i JUST D0N'T AGREE WiT S0ME 0F iT, THATS ALL.


But, legally,you are not actually mexican (As in born in Mexico) are you?
 
But, legally,you are not actually mexican (As in born in Mexico) are you?

WHY W0ULD i WANNA BE N0T C0NSIDERD AS A MEXiCAN AMERiCAN...

i HAVE PRiDE... THAT i AM CHiCANA..

i WAS B0RN HERE N0T N MEXiCO... BUT MY P0iNT iZ i HAVE 2 MUCH PRiDE iN MY CULTURE AND WHERE MY FAMiLY iS FR0M & WHERE i AM FR0M...

i AM MEXiCAN AMERiCAN
 
i would have to disagree my friend we are not the only species that discriminate if u educate your self just a tad more you would realize alot of animals in the wild dont like each other for the simple fact that they arent exacly the same for example a king cobra will devour any other snake just because its not a cobra same for spiders and many other animals now the only diffrence is people have the knowlegde to not hate each other but they choose not to as on the other hand its in a animals brain to eat or be eaten i agree with everything u say except for the very begining about were the only ones that discriminate otherwise very good post i like it

Maybe I should have worded that differently when I said we were the only species that are like that. I was basing that one statement on what I thought I knew. I do appreciate you understanding the other things I said. That was the part I really wanted to present. I dont question if you are right because you probably are, but I am glad you do see eye to eye with me on the other things I posted. THANKS FOR POSTING.:cool:
 
Maybe I should have worded that differently when I said we were the only species that are like that. I was basing that one statement on what I thought I knew. I do appreciate you understanding the other things I said. That was the part I really wanted to present. I dont question if you are right because you probably are, but I am glad you do see eye to eye with me on the other things I posted. THANKS FOR POSTING.:cool:
fo sho fo sho im all about peace and equality among the human race we really do all need to just get along learn to live together in peace and all that but sadly i doubt that will ever happen its a dream tho aint it
 
that was long and a little hard to understand...

i do not believe that there is such a thing as race ....i believe that race is more of a socially constructed thing...meaning that the meaning of race differs depending on the culture you come from...

For example, in mexico there are people that consider themselves white...but when they come to the US they are no longer white they are mexican...so there is a difference in meanings...there.
 
WHY W0ULD i WANNA BE N0T C0NSIDERD AS A MEXiCAN AMERiCAN...

i HAVE PRiDE... THAT i AM CHiCANA..

i WAS B0RN HERE N0T N MEXiCO... BUT MY P0iNT iZ i HAVE 2 MUCH PRiDE iN MY CULTURE AND WHERE MY FAMiLY iS FR0M & WHERE i AM FR0M...

i AM MEXiCAN AMERiCAN

Why are you proud to be Mexican?
 
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