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Showing Original Post only (View all)i was wrong about the level of racism here, and in the US in general,and im sorry. [View all]
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i was very angry when it was suggested that there was a lot of racism here, both overt and covert, but in the last few days i have begun to realise the scale of this racism and i wish to apologise to you all.
i am shocked by the hatred of the chinese.
i am shocked by the hatred of muslims.
i am shocked by the general hatred of anything foreign.
we have people mocking snowden as "hong-kong eddie", a slur i would expect to see in 1950's propaganda.
we have people calling a nation the US has given "most favoured nation" status the enemy.
we have people equating the press in other nations with the state, and talking to a foreign newspaper with espionage.
we have people laughing at and excusing the war crime of "double-tapping" drone strikes that kill foreign rescue workers.
we have people that dont understand that international law is there to protect the people of all nations in the world against wrongdoing.
we have people that dont understand that foreign nations have laws to protect their citizens, that the US has broken.
we have people expecting that foreign nations will bend or break their laws just because the US tells them too.
we have people raging at foreign nations when they do not bend or break their laws just because the US tells them to.
when one looks in the dictionary to find definitions to explain this one finds words such as racism, jingoism, nationalism, and hate.
it makes me sad to see these opinions being expressed as if they are normal.
i am beginning to understand why african americans in the US believe that there is a lot of work to be done to tackle prejudices. so i am sorry i was angered by the claims that there was racism at work here at DU and in the US in general.