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I agree. Even a racist person might intervene to stop the injustice.
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View from abroad: Causes of Islamophobia - Newspaper - DAWN.COM
Western countries have become more and more intolerant toward muslims. Some of it is self-inflicted, some is due to xenophobia.
Both causes must be acknowledged and be dealt with.
And this is how we treat our minorities
http://www.dawn.com/news/1142386/christian-couple-beaten-to-death-for-desecrating-quran-police
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About time 
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You didn’t even apply vibhoothi to middle age Babur. You’re in no position to comment.
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Some things are better in the west. But in terms of incarceration, US has I think the highest incarceration rate. And a very high percentage of African American males go through the prison system. 80 pct of AA males have been stopped and searched in NY (age group 18 to 40). Laws for crack cooking much stricter. The voter I’D issue that the right insists on. The shootings.
So depending on your race, you may have different views on which is better.
But one thing is for sure - once things change in US they change for good. From that angle US is one of the best. Next to Canada.
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Definitely good if you’re a white guy or rich
If you’re white/male/rich you have the best combo and are set for life
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not necessarily for life kakee.
there are enough that have fit this profile and are not “set for life”
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Oh, I’m sorry. Do they get stopped and searched? arrested for their skin colour? How about convicted solely on their race. do they get attacked for the things that they wear? don’t tell me… they don’t get jobs the majority of the time too? or not being hired solely because they don’t have a “white” name… and when do white people have to adopt an foreign name because foreigners can’t pronounce theirs?
How about those poor poor souls that get away with rape because they were white.
I know I’m being harsh here, but I strongly dislike any notion that even hints that being a white male that has money would ever be at an disadvantage.
and I’m not talking about individuals here. We all know Bob, Bill, and Tom who aren’t racist and get convicted or w/e. Majority of the time anyone who’s not white are at a disadvantage and have to work way harder than any white person.
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Don’t be. None of us know everything there is to know.
You simply speak from your experience and I from mine.
Yes
Not that I know of. But I’ve never seen anyone get arrested for their skin colour. I’m not sure of any place in the world where it’s a crime to have any specific skin colour.
If you know of such a place, please tell me.
Again…I’m not sure that anyone, black, brown, white or any other colour, has been convicted solely on their race.
Usually there are some charges laid…
Umm…actually in some places in the USA it’s quite dangerous for white men to end up…and they would get attacked for a lot less than what they are wearing…
You’d be surprised how many “white guys” I know working abroad that have adopted non-white names to make their life easier. I’m surprised you, in your worldly knowledge, don’t know any such folks.
Not only are you being harsh…you are exaggerating. And that’s primarily the overall problem with any of your arguments.
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I am with kakee on this one. All things being equal it cannot be denied that blacks get stopped and frisked at a significantly higher rate than other races. Especially whites. That does not mean NO whites get stopped and frisked. The way I read Musnas response, that appears to be the bar. To me that is exaggeration.
Also we don’t have to actually SEE blacks being incarcerated simply because of skin color. To claim that there is always a law behind such incarceration is simply sticking ones head in the sand.
It is not too difficult to acknowledge the SIGNIFICANT disparity in the treatment of blacks and whites. Which is what kakees post was about. Muznas post deflected every point with - in my opinion - exaggerated denials.
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Ferguson Residents Face Long Lines After Voting Push
Some perspective.
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then I accomplished what I set out to do…
I have never denied that racism exists…in USA or Canada.
What I have wanted to counter all along is the “painting with broad brush strokes” that kakee prefers to do…
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The beauty of all of this well wishing is the simple fact that for every 1 person that is not a racist 1 person is. Lets just look at these issues happening in the US over the past week. Not Canada sure, but it is the same premise.
Marine banned from daughter’s school after dispute over Islam ho - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com
This isn’t an isolated case at all. There are more such cases. However what this does is that it galvantizes people against Islam which has happened a good deal in the US this past week. So much so that since 2001 it has been an issue in every single election that the bad evil Muslims are going to kill us all.
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You can’t be racist to white people when the whole world favours them much more than they would ever like your own children.
I don’t understand why it’s so hard for you to understand that it definitely is not easy for any minority and by that I mean anyone who is not white male or white in general.
It may be good for you, but that is not the case for many other people. Why are you trying to deny the fact that African Americans or other people of colour get incarcerated more? Why are you trying to act as if POC and white people are treated the same when it’s very clear that the odds are stacked against POC.
This is in Australia
Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist: 30 years and still no closer
Think about terminology that’s used. Like crack, it’s predominantly associated with black or poor communities and given a harsher sentences than the “white” drug cocaine… despite the fact that it’s the same drug.
Just because no one is shooting at your or throwing rocks in your house doesn’t mean that it’s safe or your area is not racist. Many of us have gotten so used to how racist the world is (institutionalized racism) that we’ve become blind to it.
Now, isn’t that sad?
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Kakee, I can only talk about individuals and racism.
In my experience, racism is half and half between, two parties.
For racism to be in full swing both parties have to believe in it.
If you stop believing in it, things would get better in your vicinity.
I promise.
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lol…
that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever read today.
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Think about it.
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well…he has a point.
there is some degree of truth there.
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I am like male reha.. always come up with a point.