Racism has been a problem in the United States, and throughout the world for as long as we can trace back. It had sparked many important movements in our history, some good some bad. There have been many attempts to end racism, but even today we stumble across cases of it whether it be from a political stand point, or a social aspect from businesses, even to our own school. Racism can be defined in many different ways, racism summed up can be defined as the erroneous belief that some human beings are heritability superior and others essentially inferior to one another. In a recent blog post published by the Democrat and Chronicle, Dick Moss brings into question what us as normal individuals consider ":racist"
Question #1
Is it racist for anyone, regardless of color, to use the word “nigger”?
Answer: I believe that no one should use the "n word." Regardless the color of the person using it. People don't necessarily understand where the word derived from and they don't understand the history of it, and what makes it such a degrading word to use, for anyone of any color.
Question #2
Is it racist for a police officer to pull over a black family out for a Sunday drive simply because they happen to be in a “white” neighborhood?
Answer: I don't necessarily think it's racist for a police officer to pull over a black family because they're in a "white" neighborhood. I think it's stereotyping them to be assuming that they family would be doing something wrong. I think it would be racist if he directly accused them of a crime and said it was because they were of a different color.
Question #3
Is it racist for a high school homecoming parade to feature a float with a tepee and an “Indian maid” with a feather in her hair to celebrate the school’s athletic teams that are known as the Braves?
Answer: I don't think that's racist. It's known that a Indian Maid can be easily represented by feathers in her hair, and it's for no other purpose but to celebrate a schools athletic team, there is no racism shown or meant to be shown by this action.
Is it racist for a white man to forbid African-American nurses from holding his newborn baby?
Answer: I don't believe it's "racist" for a white man to forbid African-American nurses to hold his newborn baby, for all anyone knows it could be just an over-protected father thing. There is no reason anyone should question why a father doesn't want anyone touching his newborn baby. It could easily be mistaken for an over-protective parent.
Question #5
Is it racist for a person (of any color) to tell race-based jokes? (Is it worse if it’s a white man telling the joke? Is it less of a problem if it’s a black man?)
Answer: I think this question can have many controversial answers. I don't believe anyone has the right to make jokes about ANY ONES nationality. There are definitely race-based jokes that go way to far that I consider to be very degrading, I think it honestly all depends on the person talking and who they are saying the joke to, and the tone that the joke is being said. It's makes things different if a white man or black man is being completely serious while telling a joke to someone of the opposite race, because it's becomes easier for the other person to take offense.
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