en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/768710 Comments by Mullabhai http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/11/08/bill-maher-alarmed-by-islam-in-england/#IDComment110552211 First of all I didn’t understand was this a joke, because of the hangover dude, but I watched a second time and it seemed like the talk was serious. But anyway I thought the people on the show were all stupid. Didn’t think neither one of them knew what they were talking about it first went from Mohammed being the most popular baby name to Sharia Law being instituted in Great Britain. To start off with the first thing that pissed me off saying that Islam is taking over the west? Really I fail to see that anywhere. People in the west are getting shameless and shameless day by day. We see new stories every day that shock us on how people act and what they do. Also there are a lot of Muslims in the world and they are going to have babies so if the majority of them living in the United Kingdom name them Mohammed then there will be a vast majority of little babies named Mohammed due to the Muslim population there. Now on to the Sharia Law are you kidding me you really think if the United Kingdom was under Sharia Law they place would have a major turn around, I can assure you of that. I don’t understand how someone would give these nuts airtime they have no knowledge, and obviously don’t know what is going on around the world they live in. I think they need to be warned about getting some knowledge about topics before they go on television. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:10:01 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/11/08/bill-maher-alarmed-by-islam-in-england/#IDComment110552211 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/11/07/arab-on-youtube/#IDComment109255661 I found the video very entertaining though it was a short video the message was very big, stop being stereotypical of Arabs. Though he showed little clips of what most Arabs are seen as today it was true, many see them as extremist Muslims, and see them as dangerous people. I guess from the video we saw that that wasn’t the case. The guy in the video was from Kuwait he was just giving us the message that he likes to go out and enjoy himself just like many of us do. I understand that his point of the video was to show the message that hey I am just an ordinary guy in Miami that likes to enjoy the beaches, and relax. He talked about his brother as well as a message that Arabs got families to and they have fun with each other, they don’t have to do violent acts as many think they do. The video gets you to think that many Arabs are seen in this light though the vast majority are peaceful people just because of a few hundred people; millions of people are looked at as terrorist. The guy in the video is sending such a big message in a short way he covered many topics with simple examples, such as the Arab money song, just because the media shows you something doesn’t mean that’s reality. I respect the man who made this video he did a good job getting his point across in the nicest way possible. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:26:50 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/11/07/arab-on-youtube/#IDComment109255661 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/25/a-radical-experiment-in-empathy-sams-tedxpsu-talk/#IDComment106681077 I would first like to start off by saying what Sam said is touching. Because it makes you realize as a person that we look at life from our perspectives and don’t take the time out to look at it from another’s. Like they say there is always two sides to a story yet we don’t have time to listen to the other side. What we see here about the middle east from our media is our perspective until a person like Sam opens our eyes we sit here and say look at all them Iraqis killing our troops, but at the same time our troops are the ones killing the innocent civilians at times to, as well as citizens who are fighting for their country. We see our troops who are so called fighting to keep us safe and not oil as heroes yet we call the people who truly are defending their country in the Middle East terrorist. Is this really fair? No, because I know for a fact if the Chinese as Sam said were here for our coal, but they said they were here to help us would none of us fight for what belongs to our country? Yes, we would and that is what the Iraqi people are doing but we are to shallow to notice them and their efforts to help their country. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:38:09 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/25/a-radical-experiment-in-empathy-sams-tedxpsu-talk/#IDComment106681077 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/08/men-free-but-women-sacred/#IDComment104073598 To compare men and women in Islam is not right each have their own roles they play in society as well as in the house. So to compare the two according to the religion is not really fair, is like comparing a quarterback to a defensive back. They both have different roles one takes care of the offense while the other takes care of the defense, just like in Islam a man has certain obligations, and the women has others. I understood the point that the females were trying to get through to us males in that conversation, but it’s not a valid point. Women are more protected because they are a prized possession. They eventually have to get married and go to another house, the more respect they have the better marriage proposals they will tend to get. If a girl is known for hanging out to late with other males in any society she will be looked at with less respect, and the same goes for a male. Parents care more for their daughters because a lot of their respect depends on her acts with society, but when compared to a male he is looked upon as his own many times not refereed with the parents. When it comes to the way society looks at females it is more from the culture aspect and not the religious aspect. Even in India females are not allowed out after sometime even if they are with just their female friends because it looks bad in society. My point I am trying to get across is exactly what Ahmed said if a women is looked at with such respect and is being so protected why are you crying you should be happy. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:03:44 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/08/men-free-but-women-sacred/#IDComment104073598 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/04/one-of-the-biggest-sins/#IDComment102925132 Though Anas was a little harsh in the way he explained haha.. I have to agree with him. Even in my culture if your gay that is not something you would ever tell anyone or you yourself would understand I have to get over this because my family will never allow this in anyway. This is strictly because our religion tells us that it is no permissible and is a big sin, and I agree with it there is a reason why men are here and women. Ya people say that some people are naturally gay, but I’m sorry I disagree I won’t disrespect someone that is gay or anything but I cannot just say that I am fine with it. For me if you’re gay your gay I will respect you for whom you are, but to see a Muslim that’s gay would be weird because I have never came across them. For me if our religion forbids it then someone should not do it. For example if someone in my family ever told there family members they were gay they would try to change them and if it didn’t work they would probably sad to say disown them, because it would not be tolerated by anyone. So all I have to basically say is being gay in Islam is very difficult because it is not permissible and the religion is not open minded, there are strict rules you follow and live your life by and if you don’t it’s your choice at the end of the day and everyone will have to answer for themselves. Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:19:12 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/10/04/one-of-the-biggest-sins/#IDComment102925132 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/09/24/can-you-call-it-racism/#IDComment101705941 Can you call this racism? No, you can’t the student who gave the Philadelphia and Pittsburg example was right. I’m from Philadelphia myself and I can admit to you I don’t like Pittsburg or the people simply because they are from there. But that is just a personal thing and not to be taken seriously I have many friends from Pittsburg, but I’ll make fun of them once in a while so would that make me racist? Many people in bordering countries or even cities tend to be more competitive towards each other. Just like India is in cricket towards Pakistan though both countries will hate each other for that time period at the end of the day we are all classified as Desi’s just as Kuwait and Saudi is at the end of the day they are all Arabs. So I don’t really know how you would be racist towards your own kind. I know there are differences in the people of Kuwait compared to Saudi just as I said earlier there are differences between Pakistani people and Indians but we are looked at as the same, and I think the same goes for the Arabs. People see them as the same and when people from those countries make fun of each other or anything I don’t believe that would be considered racist. Being racist would be to me when someone from Saudi went to Kuwait and the Kuwaiti person tells the Saudi you can’t enter the country because you’re Saudi. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:55:39 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2010/09/24/can-you-call-it-racism/#IDComment101705941 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/stories-for-uplift__trashed/#IDComment71570445 Hahaha…the second video was a really cute video gotta admit that. The second video portrayed a great message, a message that should go out to the entire world that people shouldn’t get caught up in race or ethnicity when it comes to liking someone, but instead it should come from the heart. There was always a saying that kids can teach you a lot, and this video just showed us that. This one little kid who is in love with this girl because there is just something about her, that makes him love her is a perfect example of how everyone in the world should act. People shouldn’t have to base love on their race or ethnicity, but it should be from the heart instead. These two kids just taught a lifelong lesson to all of us that you can love anybody, all of us humans are the same and racial identity shouldn’t play a role in our judgments we make of others. The second video was very shocking to me. I would never expect a person just a normal customer giving their kidney away to a cashier that they had so much respect for. While I was watching that video I was surprised that the customer even figured out that there was something wrong with the register lady and she wasn’t being her normal self. This video is showing to all of us that you basically never know who may come and help you, if you keep faith and stay strong there might be a path for you. I would first like to give a shout out to the customer for donating his kidney, which is not something easy to do at all. The customer who has no ties to the cashier by family willingly donated his kidney to a women he sees all the time when he goes grocery shopping. This video right here opened my eyes and really showed that there are some people out there in the world who are really good hearted. Both of the videos had similar messages they both told us to love people, and not look at their race or ethnicity, but to love them with your heart. From the first video we learned that people can have a strong bond without knowing it, and help can come from places you never expected. In the second video we see two little kids that are very young and the one male loves his best friend who is going out with someone else, though this seemed like a movie, the point the video was making was on target, they really showed you that when these two young people can love without judging then why as we so called get mature do we judge other races and ethnicities. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:37:40 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/stories-for-uplift__trashed/#IDComment71570445 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-health-care__trashed/#IDComment70007643 This is a great question and no doubt if the government can afford it they should give health care to immigrants as well as of course citizens of this country. But the government’s first preference and right now their focus should be on helping the citizens of this country out first, since they deserve it the most. The citizens of this country have supported this country the most, and for the longest time so they deserve to have more treatment, that doesn’t mean that if you are an immigrant you should be treated differently. The point I am trying to make is a citizen of a country deserves first preference and more attention because they are the reason our country is where it is. The health care plan is going to help a lot of people in need, and I feel the people who probably need it the most are the immigrants because they usually are working jobs that don’t pay a lot and are the people who are getting the low end of benefits from a country. Also if an illegal immigrant wants to receive health care, I think they should get it as long he or she is paying their taxes, though they are illegal they still play a big role in our economy, and country. So if they can pay taxes then why can’t they also receive health care, but this should not be the governments first concern it should be to help the citizens, and then worry about the immigrants. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:00:37 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-health-care__trashed/#IDComment70007643 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/isnt-migration-conflict-inevitable__trashed/#IDComment69902026 And I have a question for you, the person who asked this question, so if someone came on your land and just took it away, you would tell yourself it happens life isn’t fair? What they did at that period in time was wrong, and I think all the intelligent people learned this from Sam’s earlier lectures, but the point I am trying to say is that if the United States would just go into Mexico and just take their land because we are stronger than them actually give us the right to do that? No, it doesn’t so for me the situation isn’t much different who ever came to this country and actually took over Native American land, and started to work, and establishes themselves here without the consent of Native Americans is the same as a Mexican coming over the border to get a better life. Essentially the people that came and took the Native Americans land first came here because they were having difficulties in their old countries and wanted to start out fresh, isn’t that why immigrants come to the United States now a days? Immigrants play a big role in running this country, so if we didn’t have immigrants legal or illegal half of our products we buy and produce would rise, yet we don’t want this, and we don’t want illegal immigration, so what is the government suppose to do? I am not in any way saying open the gates of the United States to any person, but we can control illegal immigration just so that we can continue living the way we are, because no matter what we do illegal immigration is going to happen, it happens all over the world. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:09:18 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/isnt-migration-conflict-inevitable__trashed/#IDComment69902026 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/south-park-off-the-hook__trashed/#IDComment69899486 This is a good question and I actually did watch the episode though I am not a big fan of South Park. For me South Park isn’t really funny I don’t find much humor in it, and I see what the show makers were trying to do, but I think they went a little ahead and pushed the limits tremendously. Not just because they tried to show Muhammad, but they showed many different religions being portrayed, and having their god, or religious representative shown having meetings with each other. To me religion is a very delicate issue and for people who are not strong believers or have no knowledge regarding the religion they should not talk about it. I am not coming at Sam by saying this he has pretty good knowledge about the religions he talks about. But South Park showing these religious figures is really pushing the limit, I know it is for fun, but not all people around the world or even in the United States sees it as a joke. When I was watching this show with a couple friends my one friend who was a Hindu right away expressed his anger as soon as the Hindu religious figure was shown. He felt offended as well and said that South Park shouldn’t be having his God put in this situation or on South Park in general. Though to some this may seem a little drastic it’s not if I was in his place I would feel the same way. Speaking as a Muslim and having the knowledge that I have about my religion, when the name of Muhammad ever comes up we are suppose to pay our respects, so for South Park trying to show Muhammad on TV is totally wrong and I feel disrespected. This reminds me when some Dutch newspapers released cartoons about the prophet and how they pissed the Muslim people off around the world, because for us no one knows how the prophet looks like, he has been described to us, but no pictures of him exist. So for people making cartoons out of him and thinking it’s funny it isn’t, it is more ill-mannered than anything. So when South Park tries to actually show the prophet it is obviously going to piss people who are Muslim off, because the prophet is a very gentle topic which shouldn’t be talked about or used like it was in the show. Having respects for all religions, I would just like to point out that showing any religious figure in ways like this are highly disrespectful. This is just how I feel about this topic and I am glad that it was brought up so people can understand why the Muslim people react the way they do when people try to illustrate prophet Muhammad. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:40:08 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/south-park-off-the-hook__trashed/#IDComment69899486 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-the-occupied-territories__trashed/#IDComment68326241 I am going to go ahead and answer my own question, the reason I asked this question was simply because I feel if this problem was anywhere else in the world we would probably see some changes. To be honest everyone knows that Israel is a very strong ally of the United States and is the reason that Palestine is not getting justice? If the highest judiciary court in the world ruled that the West Bank and the Gaza Strip belong to Palestine and yet we don’t see anything done. Just last year the war on the Gaza strip according to the Goldschmidt report was basically a massacre on the people in Gaza. Reports came in where Israel’s own military personal said they were bored and had nothing to do. So I ask was this really a war? No, all Palestine wants is their land back and yet there is no hope of them getting their land back. Can the United States change this if they want to of course we are one of the most influential countries in the entire world, but we won’t because then a main ally like Israel will be lost in the Middle East a place where the United States needs a country like Israel. If we really are here to help countries in the world and give equality well this is the perfect opportunity but I doubt we will see a change, because we work for our benefits as much as it hurts to say that’s how we operate like a business. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:18:57 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-the-occupied-territories__trashed/#IDComment68326241 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/the-tyranny-of-radical-muslims__trashed/#IDComment68323503 I am glad that today in class this issue was brought up, and Sam explained the mentality Muslims have and why we act the way we do. Also I am glad you have a Muslim husband so you have a better understanding of the religion of Islam and what it is. When I see Osama Bin Laden and other people around him on TV I feel they are the ones degrading our religion by spreading the wrong message, nowhere in the religion of Islam does it say killing innocent people is okay. When I turn on the TV and see channels like CNN using terms like Jihad and say it means holy war, which it doesn’t it means to struggle I ask myself are these people stupid or is it just there their lack of knowledge about the religion, Islam is the religion of peace and again nowhere does it say killing innocent people is right. I am glad that you having a Muslim husband and you know that Islam is not preaching what people like Osama Bin Laden are showing to the rest of the world as Islam. Overall I am glad that in class today hopefully the class got to understand and actually put themselves in the seats of the Middle Eastern people, and understand the perspective of what people in Iraq or Afghanistan see Americans as. All I have to say is that I am not a fan of people who kill innocent people and use the name of Allah in it. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:44:32 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/the-tyranny-of-radical-muslims__trashed/#IDComment68323503 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-are-we-doing-here-really__trashed/#IDComment68259301 This is a great question, what really is our ending goal in life? For many of us it is the Day of Judgment where we will be held accountable for our actions. And for some people they believe in karma and others I guess simply thing they will be buried and that will be it. But for all people on this earth one day we will all die and I think that’s one thing everyone agrees on. For me I am a believer of the Day of Judgment and believe that I will be held accountable for everything I have done in this life. My beliefs are strong in this and I see life as a test, life to me is not about making the most money, and living the best lifestyle out of everyone, but instead it is to worship God, and live life according to the way my religion teaches me. Though I fail to do this at times I still try to correct my mistakes and live life for its actual meaning and not get carried away with greed, and wealth. To me this is life, and Sam said something in the last lecture that really got me thinking, I eat chocolate that a slave makes, I also buy a chocolate that a slave makes, and living in a country like America where poverty is nowhere as bad as some parts of the world I take advantage of this. I try to enjoy life and take advantage of me being lucky that I am in a country like the United States, instead of thinking of how I can help slaves or less fortunate people. Sam said in class when we die the people of the book or anyone who believes that they will be held accountable for their actions on earth, he asked us what answer will we give God when he asks why didn’t we attempt to help the unfortunate people around the world, when we had the money and power to do so? This really got me thinking that if I am such a strong believer as I think what answer will I give? Well to be honest I don’t have an answer to this question, I understand that us being fortunate we have responsibilities to help people in need, but we fail to do so because we want to have that rolex, or that bmw, but none of this when we die will help us in our grave. Sam like he does to me after all his lectures gets me to think just like he says, he doesn’t want us to change necessarily, but wants us to think, and after this question I don’t think I ever thought more after class, and I am still thinking. Sam made a good point and for all of us that believe we will have to answer to God for our actions on earth, are we really ready? I don’t think so. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:09:53 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-are-we-doing-here-really__trashed/#IDComment68259301 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/i-really-want-to-know-also__trashed/#IDComment66863039 What Sam says in class does make a difference to me and I am learning many things from it. If I wasn’t learning anything or if anything Sam said didn’t make a difference to me then I doubt I would attend all the lectures I do. To me even if I don’t end up with an A in this class I will at least be able to walk out with more knowledge then I have probably consumed in any class prior to this one. To me this class is the type of class that is trying to open your eyes to the world around you, and it is basically just telling you the world isn’t as perfect as we think it is, I understand not all people are like me and this class may not make no difference to them at all, but that all comes down to your own personal beliefs. To me this class has taught me a lot, just from the previous lecture when Sam brought up the question to all the people who believe in religion, and basically asked us when we die what are we going to say about buying goods that slaves made, like Sam always says he doesn’t necessarily want us to change, but he wants us to think. And in every lecture I been in after I came out I still thought about the lecture and what really is happening in the world, and in our own country. To me this class has opened my eyes no doubt and for whom ever this class doesn’t make a difference to at all, well I guess you’re missing out. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:54:50 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/i-really-want-to-know-also__trashed/#IDComment66863039 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-might-be-the-second-step__trashed/#IDComment66860607 This is a good question, to me I think people should first follow step one. If the majority of the people actually felt something about it, and realized that we are one of the main countries that is taking advantage of these people then maybe we can move on to another step. But as of right now people first have to realize what is actually happening in the world, and who is causing this, if we continue to want lower prices on our goods without understanding how companies keep these low prices there will be no way companies will make changes. If people realize that we are supporting slavery at many times, and supporting people who are working below the minimum wage I don’t think many people would support low prices, but instead would want companies to be fair and not support slavery. Sam by bringing out the chocolates made many of us realize that we are supporting slavery in a indirect way, and now that we know what chocolate companies like Hershey’s is doing is it going to stop us from buying their product? I guess this is step one first realizing that people are being done wrong, and as we find out about the what companies are doing, are we actually going to not support them or will we be ignorant and say what difference does one person make. If people follow the first step, then I think the next step would be to spread the word out to people and try to make a change against having people being slaves just so we can live our comfortable lifestyle. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:38:28 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-might-be-the-second-step__trashed/#IDComment66860607 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/nothing-about-the-census-is-easy__trashed/#IDComment65397751 Though I am not black, African American, or a Negro, I am still on the black/brown team. And for me having negro on the census form is not racist at all. The reason the government has put that is so that more people would answer this and people have to understand that. Not all the senior citizens think the way we do, some are very old school and if they don’t mind Negro on the census form, the people that are the closest time period to slavery out of all of us, then why do we take it as a term that shouldn’t be used on the census. I know the term isn’t something that should be used on a regular day basis, but it is, we hear it in songs all the time and on the streets, but it doesn’t really affect us then, then why when people classify themselves as Negro on something like the census should it be left out. It just doesn’t make sense to me, the lady in the video who was shocked when she saw the term Negro on the census, I wonder if she actually listens to music where most of the songs refer to Negros as ordinary people. All I am saying is no need to for people to be offended we are past using the term as a slavery term and when it appears on the census understand the reasoning behind it that it isn’t a racial word, but more of a classification for some people. Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:04:51 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/nothing-about-the-census-is-easy__trashed/#IDComment65397751 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/how-can-we-ever-win__trashed/#IDComment65393522 I think the person asking this question is still caught up in this race thing and has not passed any hurdles. It seems like she gets offended really easy when it comes to the race issue. Sitting in class I didn’t feel the LL Bean comment or the Jesse Jackson comment disturbing or racist. If Sam can’t go in front of us and be himself then this class wouldn’t be what it is, and we wouldn’t be able to see racism from the angle that Sam targets his students too look from. If people are failing to look at the problems of racism right now and the different stages that people go thru and completely understand the stages then you won’t see the point Sam is making at all, and will find his comments somewhat similar to this girls who is not understanding the true meanings of the LL Bean and Jesse Jackson example. And I remember when I myself use to look at magazines and see a white person advertising basketball shoes, I would think to myself who ever put him there is a real dummy, because most of the people I think around the world know that black people are probably the best basketball players, though this may seem stereotypical its true. But now I am over that stage where I don’t see anything wrong with a white man advertising basketball or any athletic apparel. If the person who asked this question can get over the stage she is in she will understand the class and Sam better. When it comes to how can we win, well let’s start by first asking ourselves are we ready to change? And the answer is no. When we first talked about slavery in our class and how it plays a role in our everyday life did we look back after class and find out if our clothes that are being made, are the people getting paid minimum wage? Are they actual slaves that are making our clothes or phones or anything? No, we just found out that there are more slaves now then anytime before in history and that slaves are cheaper than ever before did this make us get up and take a stand for slavery? Again the answer is no. My point I am trying to make is pretty clear if we just consume the information Sam gives us it is not enough ya it’ll make us smarter and give us more knowledge, but the point of the class is to change, stop wearing the companies that don’t have minimum wage employees, that don’t have slaves working for them. Until we personally don’t change ourselves we can’t win, every person makes a difference, but not every person wants to be the difference. Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:50:01 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/how-can-we-ever-win__trashed/#IDComment65393522 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-about-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment65352543 I just want to say if I was in your place I probably would be confused as well. Though you are mixed having a Hispanic mother and a white dad, you grew up with your mom’s side of the family. So to me I would have to say you are Hispanic. If I was in your position and I grew up around all Hispanics I would probably and most likely have more similarities with them then white people. If people tend to be around a culture more often they tend to pick the cultures up, and start acting like their surroundings. So you being brought up by a Hispanic family you probably have a stronger connection with them as well. So if I was you I would say that I am a Hispanic simply because that is what you know and are more familiar with. And even when Sam asks you what you are you respond by saying Hispanic, which proves that that’s what you feel you, are. And when it comes down to the white or brown/black team I think you should go with the brown/black team. I say this because though your skin is white like you said, your experiences in your life have probably come as a black/brown person. But at the end of the day if you feel that your ethnicity is Hispanic, but your race is white then go with that because you have the right to, since you are mixed and your blood is both of a Hispanic and a white person. Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:25:37 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-about-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment65352543 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-are-all-of-you-thinking-about-asians__trashed/#IDComment64287135 When it comes to Asian’s I think it is to broad of a question to be asking, there are too many different kinds of Asian’s. Asians from India or Pakistan would be classified as south Asians most of the time though when it comes to classifying ourselves in surveys or etc. we put Asian. And I see myself personally being a Asian and though I am from the south I am kind of brown so when Sam talks about the brown team I consider myself with that team because I am probably far from white and don’t think any white person would ever see me as a white. But when it comes to districting Asian and Asian Americans it is hard because like I already mentioned being Asian is a very broad race, and it includes many countries and all the countries tend to have many differences in their culture. So when it comes to being a Asian I don’t like to distinct myself at all as a Asian American or an Asian if someone was to ask me I would just say I am Asian and nothing further, and not try to classify myself more than that because it just makes it complicated. So to me being an Asian an Asian American and I guess a simple Asian, is all the same to me I see both of them equally and don’t differ between the two, because we should differ that we should attempt to differ the whole Asian race which is so broad. Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:50:42 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-are-all-of-you-thinking-about-asians__trashed/#IDComment64287135 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/if-men-could-menstruate__trashed/#IDComment64285923 I would first just like to say this is a good question to be risen up. If men did have more knowledge about female bodies and about how their menstrual periods worked then the world would probably see females in a whole different way and not only that women would actually get more sympathy then they deserve when they are on their periods. I am glad that I am a male and I don’t have to go thru periods like women do and have to go through cycles, and get angry at times over little things. My point that I want to make clear is that if men knew more about how the female menstrual cycle worked and the phases that women go thru at this time men would be more understanding of their female counterparts. Also if females were more out spoken about this and gave men the knowledge about what they go thru and what actually a menstrual cycle is more men would gain this knowledge also if a man hears it from his female counterpart then he will feel more comfortable when she is in her period and will understand why he is getting yield at, at times for no reason, and the reason for her random questions that make no sense and if they are answered incorrectly most of the time she may blow a fuse and go off on you. But it was really funny to me how u ended the question with the tampon issue. That is actually a good question and I see many places as well giving out free condoms and he have condom co-ops in school, and other things that favor men and their sexual activity, yet we have never seen a female getting free tampons, and or having tampon co-ops or what not. Do I think this is right well after actually getting this question raised no it absolutely wrong, if a man is getting offered free condoms just for his sexual pleasure and having safe sex with it then why can’t a female get free tampons for something that is happening to her body naturally and that she is not doing for her pleasure. Come on people this really is a little messed up we should give are female counterparts some help with their problems. And when it comes to the exact question if men did have periods would tampons be free, yes I think they would because society is still the same though it has grown a little it is still in favor of men, and men still get the upper hand in many things, just like free condoms like I said before and women don’t get that much help from society, though they are the ones that deserve it. Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:35:58 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/if-men-could-menstruate__trashed/#IDComment64285923