Interesting Social Experiment Conducted After Ottawa, Canada Shooting

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Re: Interesting Social Experiment Conducted After Ottawa, Canada Shooting

@Southie

Is starting the truth about being on the receiving end of racism racism? Or is it perceived as racism by the racists?

You are implying the latter. So one who is at the receiving end should simply take it silently? Wah. Bohoth khoob.

So when Salman Rushdie wrote his book which per Muslims is disrespectful of their Prophet, should the Muslims not even complain about it? Should they not provide a counter argument? If your answer is they should not complain. And shoukd not provide a counter, then you are at least consistent. This applies to Monk also.

Peace Southie

My point is only that racism breeds more racism.

My personal value system does not allow me to profile people or be “vigilant” about people based on their profile. However, the police do profile people based on race. It does not make them racist to do so … but it is stupid and should not be done, because the stats forces them to view people under group headings. Everyone should be given their right to be treated as individuals and if people are not doing anything wrong they should be left alone. Stop and Search in its core concept is a threatening measure for society as a whole.

It so happens that in a given area more crimes are done by blacks … so a police officer may check more black people. As a result the blacks who are not intending to do anything criminal may carry weapons for such searches that they perceive as being racist. They may attack the police to defend themselves. Meanwhile, criminals will breed in this environment. The atmosphere will justify their ill intentions. As a community the blacks will start to be racist towards the whites, this will be felt by the whites and so on. Racism breeding more of itself.

There are some racist white people who join the police to exercise their racism and there are some blacks who feel all whites are racist and behave in a manner that even the whites who are not racist will despise them for the way they are being treated.

If I am victim of racism from the police - I will blame the individual … what tends to happen is that the victim blames the whole police outfit … or even the whole community of whites … The way to remove racism is to be very natural and trusting of all people as a default position. If people give bad vibes - it is probably a trust thing.

There is this white girl who works in my work place … for a good five months I sensed a lot of bad vibes from her … I guessed it may be a race thing … I just treated her nicely or in a civil manner and one day she saw me with a white colleague who I give lifts to in the morning to work and that was enough to slowly change her mind towards me. People need to be given the opportunity to see deeper than the skin. In order to do that interaction is a must.

We learn in Islam … No white superior to black or vice-versa, no Arab superior to non-Arab or vice-versa - except by good conduct.

We can destroy racism by dealing with racists in a way that shows them mercy and compassion - racists to me are like “barking dog” … The dog barks not because it hates me … but because it is unsure about me, it may be scared … showing it compassion will calm it down …

If anything profiling crimes should stop … we should encourage goodness in society and mix around a bit more - let people in to schools and centers and institutes and homes … and we will eliminate this problem. inshaAllah.