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14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - South Park...off the h... · 0 replies · +1 points

These Muslim radicals who are making threats need to take a step back and realize how stupid they look. This cartoon that they are getting all worked up over makes fun of every possible thing someone can make fun of. Jesus and God are made fun of all the time in that show and you don't see Christians threatening the South Park creators. It pisses me off when people find the smallest things to complain about because there are bigger problems in this world. So quit being little bitches about it and get over the fact that not everyone takes life as seriously as you do.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - What about people who ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The best way I can answer this question is that life isn't fair. I now that's a harsh way to put it but it's the reality. We can't have people coming into our country illegally because it fucks with out jobs and our economy. So I think that immigrants need to come in legally and try their hardest to get in. If they can't then they just have to work with what they have. Our government can't make everyone happy, but right now, they aren't making anyone happy. They have to do something because as of now they are stuck in the middle and it's causing a lot of problems.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Stories for Uplift · 0 replies · +1 points

I love watching and hearing stories like these two. I'd like to talk about the first video first, then I will get into the second video. This guy, Dan, has more kindness in him than most people could ever dream of having. What he did was genuine, to say the least. It would be considered a truly good deed if a person gave their kidney to a family member or a best friend. However, Dan took it to a whole different level. This lady that he says he "knew" for twelve years was a cashier at his local grocery store. He saw her maybe once a week for probably about five minutes and that was it. The extent of their conversations were probably asking each other how they were doing and then how much his total was for that given day. She didn't even know who his kids were. Yet, when he found out about her problem it doesn't even seem like he hesitated. He just thought, this lady needs a kidney and I have an extra one. In a world that seems to be struggling; seeing people like this really gives us all hope. Helping people out is contagious and it really makes people feel good about themselves. If everyone would just realize this, people would stop striving for wealth and start trying to go after something better then money or power. If everybody's goal in life was to try and help people out, we wouldn't have things like slavery, racism, or murder. People wouldn't fuck their associates over just to make a quick buck. I think we can all learn something from Dan when it comes to trying to be a good person.
Watching the second video, it really brought the inner kid out of me. I remember the days when life was care free and the most important things on your mind was playing with your friends or your first crush. Now it's not failing classes and how am I going to pay for this or that. I wish I could go back to those days just so I could enjoy that feeling again. The kid in this video can bring a smile to your face no matter how bad of a day you are having. At the end, when the girl says that she is his girlfriend, his face is priceless. He doesn't care about race or ethnicity. Those are the last things on his mind. And to answer the last question in that video; it's good to think that we could. However, our world is a long way from being able to accomplish that task.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - What about people who ... · 0 replies · +1 points

This question is the exact question that our government is struggling with. Morally, I believe that everybody deserves to have the best life possible. But at the same time, we can't just completely open our borders and let everyone that wants to come into our country come in. I do believe that if people work hard enough they should be allowed in but at the same time life isn't always fair. I honestly don't have an answer that would satisfy both sides.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - South Park...off the h... · 0 replies · +1 points

South Park is a great show. However, any arguments about it that occur in the real world are just ridiculous. It's a cartoon and all of the characters are made by paper cutouts. I saw the episode that she's talking about and it's all about how they don't make fun of Muhammad. They blackout his character the entire episode. I really don't get why this is such a big deal. On top of that, in that episode they made fun of jesus and about a hundred celebrities. There are definitely better things to argue about than a south park episode.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - The tyranny of radical... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think that everyone needs to see this video because a lot of people are ignorant to the fact that Osama does not represent the entire muslim population. The amount of racial profiling that goes on in our country is pathetic. I feel for the people who have to go through that every single day. It's obvious that Bin Laden doesn't give a shit about his faith because if he did, he wouldn't put his fellow brothers and sisters in that kind of light.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - I really want to know ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think this class has gotten me to think about the topics at hand. It may not have changed all of my opinions, but it at least got me to think about everything and that what Sam has been trying to do all along. Because if we could get everyone to think about all of these topics then maybe it would get ignorant people to change their opinions and do something about all of the bad in the world. Sam isn't trying change our opinions he's just trying to get us to realize what our opinions are.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - What's With the Theme ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't really see where your coming from. The theme parties that I have been too are highlighter parties, jersey shore parties, stop light parties, and an 80's party. I don't even think I 've heard of a theme party geared towards a racist topic. People just throw theme parties to mix it up a little so the party isn't the same every time. I don't know, maybe that's just me but I don't think theme parties make fun of a specific race.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - A Long, Long Way Indeed · 1 reply · +1 points

I love thinking about this topic. It would be funny to see a slave owner in our society. He would probably learn pretty quickly that things have changed. Not even by watching tv but just by walking down a street. He would also probably get the shit kicked out of him if he met the wrong people. I'm glad you asked that question so I know I'm not the only one thinking about that.

14 years ago @ Race Relations Project - Why Is This Racist? R... · 0 replies · +1 points

The fact that this guy made a league and said only white players can play is racist. I have no problem with the fact that this guy wants to create a league where the 'old school' style of ball is played, but the way he is going about it is just causing commotion and arguments are breaking out. There are much better ways to handle the situation and this guy is not doing it. I don't get why he doesn't want to allow black and brown people to play in his league. Rather than banning them from it, he should just set rules in place to prohibit what ever he doesn't want to occur. For example, he could put a rule in that doesn't allow dunking. Or he could make a rule that prohibits fast breaks. This way, he can guide the game to be played in the manner that he wants with out causing controversy. The one line he says is, "It's not racist...it's entertainment". What does that even mean? The league can't be entertaining if the league is multi-racial? Because that just doesn't make sense.
Then, if you look at the statement that we were given it just digs his hole even deeper. Making remarks like, "asking to restore on court sanity to the game of basketball". What I get from this comment is that you can't have a subtle game a basketball if there are black and brown people on the court. Which just doesn't make any sense. I agree with him that the NBA has drifted from the old school style of play and I would love to see it come back, but making rules like an all white league is not the answer. It's not the players who have ruined the game, it's the over all league. It's all about the money and the league wants to see superstars making sick dunks while half-assed defense allows them to just drive down the lane. And although I don't like the NBA style play, I would love to see the athleticism that these guys have be played in the old school game. Banning players from the league is not the way to go. Because what you get is the scrubs who couldn't play top notch basketball joining the league. In my opinion, the idea of this league sounds good, but the way this guy is going about it is totally wrong.