racism
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- devaur0
zedvox
Im in Bend, OR
me and tparsons have been trying to setup up a chapter in Central Oregon
- piers0
The fact that he thought you were from Iraq when you are Indian shows he is an ignorant fool anyway. I wouldnt worry about it man.
- jevad0
ah america.....
- lowimpakt0
some stuff that I read a while ago on racism. It doesn't directly relate to the particular dudes outburst but it makes me think about some stuff that gets bandied about here and everywhere. The less obvious stuff.... p.s. Zizek is Slavoj Zizek - he's high on my respect list
"Zizek contends that today racism is just as reflexive as every other part of postmodern life. It is not the product of ignorance in the way it used to be. So, whereas racism used to involve a claim that another ethnic group is inherently inferior to our own, racism is now articulated in terms of a respect for another’s culture. If racists once said, ‘My culture is better than yours’ postmodern or reflexive racism centres around the assertion that, ‘My culture is different than yours’. As an example of this Zizek asks ‘was not the official argument for apartheid in the old South Africa that black culture should be preserved in its uniqueness, not dissipated in the Western melting pot?’.
What is at stake here, according to Zizek, is the fetishist disapproval of cynicism: ‘I know very well that all ethnic cultures are equal, yet, nevertheless, I will act as if mine is superior’. The split evident here between the subject of enunciated (The ‘I know very well....’) and the subject of the enunciation (the ‘nevertheless I act as if I didn’t...’) is even preserved when racists are asked to explain the reasons for their racist behaviour. Typically a racist will blame his or her socio-economic environment, poor childhood, peer group pressure, and so on in such a way as to suggest to Zizek that he or she cannot help being a racist, but is merely a victim of circumstances. Thus postmodern racists are fully able to rationalize their behaviour in a way that belies the traditional image of racism as the vocation of the ignorant."
- buddylee0
Honestly, I hate dune coons. But hey, I'm Native to the Americas.
- MrDinky0
these kind of stuff makes me more racist
- zedvox0
i am part of the foudning group of Aiga here at Univ of Oregon in Eugene.
where you at devaur??
aah the incident happened yesterday i am over it i am gonna do a political poster that will be my release
boing.flip
- 1977_c0
racism
so uhm i was walking home today and this white guy rides by me on his bike and shouts at me the following.
"I think it is pathetic that we have not dropped the atomic bomb in iraq. its a dumbass country, you asshole."wow...i havent experienced racism in a long while ( aah, i miss the immigration counters at the airport) ....i forgot how it felt.heh
fucking hell i am pissed right now..sorry
zedvox
(may 27 04, 02:16)
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People like this fucker just deserve a shot in the head. Simple as that.
- devaur0
tparsons!!
Yup! We are working on bring AIGA to Central Oregon!
Working on a poster also with him and some other people.
- JazX0
hey you know Panagrafik.com devaur?
- devaur0
LOL at JazX
- JazX0
ohh Jes*s in OR?
- JazX0
shit happens I guess. Depends on where you are and the people around you. I've travelled all over and received the same kind of treatment in Africa and Europa for not being from there. It goes both ways.
- devaur0
This happened in Eugene??
ROFLOL Hippie town USA!!!
Sorry I only laugh because I have been to Eugene several times.
Cool to see another Oregonian on NT.
Dude Im sorry! Thats not cool. Some people just cannot handle it when they are at the bottom of the human race. Some people are just missing half a brain.
LOL
- zedvox0
lol
- k0na_an0k0
yup... that's the one.
- tfsmag0
hemorhoid rage?
- k0na_an0k0
hahaha, yeah i was totally kidding. in my haste i forgot to put the little winking eye dude. hahaha.
after 9-11 happened i was walking into jewel and two indian persons were walking out. some redneck yells out something i dare not repeat. as we passed i couldn't bring myself to look them in the eyes. i felt so disgusted in my own race. i hate seeing that shit happen to anyone but there are still ignorant fucks out there that do it.
sorry bro.
i only resort to violence when roid rage kicks in.
- zedvox0
hey kona, wuz up? :)
i am sure it happens to most people. but its alil different when you are aware it is happenin to you.and uhm hope you are kidding about not nuking the place cuz of oil ;)
and i harldy rsort to violence and to be honest i was quite stunned for a min...
- k0na_an0k0
1) if he said all that on a bicycle he must have been riding prety slow. if it were me i would have chased him and shoved his bicycle seatpost up his ass.
2) that's pure ignorance. everyone knows we can't nuke the place cause it would ruin the oil.
3) sorry to hear about this zedvox but i'd bet that it's happened to all of us in one way or another in our lives.