Why is discussion on race so taboo?

[Eyeball Chambers]

I don't mind discussing the pros/cons of my race, why's everyone so sensitive about it?

 

[Mars]

ask david duke

[The Wizard of Truth]

Whites have no problems discussing it

[Wiggs]

Whites have no problems discussing it

Yeah on a board or around other white people...Wouldn't say it to my face would ya fackin' gay...

[ManBearPig...]

i saw a black gay dude the other day.  i turn to my friend and say "who's the black fag?"

the guy heard me, turns around, and my embarassed liberal friend goes "yeah, i like black flag too".  

[webcake]

No blacks where i live.....

[Mars]

blacks never built great civilizations

[dr.chimps]

I don't mind discussing the pros/cons of my race, why's everyone so sensitive about it?

 

Discussion is one thing. That's fine. Using said discussion to 'legitimize' your bigotry/hate, a la Mazi, is where the problems lie.

[Eyeball Chambers]

Discussion is one thing. That's fine. Using said discussion to 'legitimize' your bigotry/hate, a la Mazi, is where the problems lie.

I don't hate 

[_bruce_]

Race doesn't matter - culture and upbringing do...

[Hedgehog]

Too many confuse culture with ethnicity.

[Mars]

Race doesn't matter - culture and upbringing do...

probably true

[The Wizard of Truth]

Yeah on a board or around other white people...Wouldn't say it to my face would ya fackin' gay...

I wouldnt say it to your face?
Well im not going to get into an 'ill beat you up' retarded internet arguement
But I would indeed and do,when the situation present itself,tell african immigrants what I think of them

[Eyeball Chambers]

Race doesn't matter - culture and upbringing do...

Do different races posses certain differing genetic characteristics?

The races of the world are obviously physically different, are we also mentally different? 

[JasonH]

Too many confuse culture with ethnicity.

Define black "culture".

[The ChemistV2]

No blacks where i live.....

Low crime rates..perhaps?

[ToxicAvenger]

I don't mind discussing the pros/cons of my race, why's everyone so sensitive about it?

 

simple....black people r sensitive about it     so the whole world has to tippy toe around their feelings

[brooklynbruiser]

What kind of discussion of race? And where? Most people seem to become less civilized anytime they want an 'intelligent' discussion 'round these parts.

After all, this IS a BB forum to discuss related topics like what chicks we'd hit, Kai Greene's grapefruit, and Jehwit's Branch story. So let's stay on topic.

[brooklynbruiser]

simple....black people r sensitive about it     so the whole world has to tippy toe around their feelings

I especially love when white people say that. Meanwhile, they often behave like the same 'victims' that are purported to be the touchy ones when the finger changes direction.

Some people are assholes, some are simply ignorant. It is almost NEVER as simple as anyone makes it.

[Eyeball Chambers]

I especially love when white people say that. Meanwhile, they often behave like the same 'victims' that are purported to be the touchy ones when the finger changes direction.

Some people are assholes, some are simply ignorant. It is almost NEVER as simple as anyone makes it.

She loved the Cosby show. 

[brooklynbruiser]

She loved the Cosby show. 

LOL I know. I was like, 'Why don't you say you had a black nanny as well?' The Cosby Show is FUCKING FICTION, mate!

[ToxicAvenger]

I especially love when white people say that. Meanwhile, they often behave like the same 'victims' that are purported to be the touchy ones when the finger changes direction.

dood i'm a brownie....i also dislike the brownies that blame all their shortcomings on 911....

as i see it in the US right now....its perfectly ok to make fun of white people...

but no one else...

for example in the movies its perfectly ok for black females to get mad at a black dood dating a white girl...
but were it the other way around....ohhh nooo it'd be racism  

[brooklynbruiser]

dood i'm a brownie....i also dislike the brownies that blame all their shortcomings on 911....

as i see it in the US right now....its perfectly ok to make fun of white people...

but no one else...

for example in the movies its perfectly ok for black females to get mad at a black dood dating a white girl...
but were it the other way around....ohhh nooo it'd be racism 

It wasn't really targeted at you, but I hear you. It was more a comment on that sentiment than something personal.

I'm sure that for every example, an opposite one could be found. One simply has to be receptive to it. The way the culture is set up, one side is ALWAYS involved in the dominant culture while the members of the dominant culture can CHOOSE whether or not to get involved in other subcultures. With that, it is easy to miss exceptions and similarities to the rule.

[tonymctones]

Too many confuse culture with ethnicity.

agreed but many ethnicities tend to have simliar culture with other ppl of the same ethnicities...

Nobody wants a serious talk about race b/c ppl who play the victim would have to realize they arent and ppl who think there is nothing wrong will have to realize there is actually something wrong...

to harsh a reality for either group to come to grips with.

[brooklynbruiser]

Nobody wants a serious talk about race b/c ppl who play the victim would have to realize they arent and ppl who think there is nothing wrong will have to realize there is actually something wrong...

to harsh a reality for either group to come to grips with.

Great point. Reminds me of the Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."