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Originally posted by BuDDaH
That is stupid because they went around the identifying fact that the African Americans are the one who had to deal with discrimination IN THIS COUNTRY and endure the racial impressions the country still presents forth this day. If you want to point things out, American was one of the countries that BOYCOTTED South Africa because of them doing the same shit with apartheid.
Everyone is trying to look beyond our hideous past and forget it, then say things are looking good in the future but in truth it looks shitty because if you don't know how to correct and identify the past, there is no future..
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You continue to say we are missing the point Buddah, but by some of the responses (shakan, nisses, gakface), we are all getting the point. We all agree that our past sucks. We did things that we wish we could take back. We all agree that there still exists racism and discrimination, and that we are trying to overcome many obstacles before we truly become a true "melting pot".
You tell us to correct and identify the past. We are trying to. What else would you like us to do? Continue to have racist awards to point out that we have a shitty past? Continue to create awards that clearly have racist undertones in them? These are 16 year old kids trying to show that we have issues in society today. They tried to use satire to point out these issues. Again, I don't think they were trying to be insensitive. If people can't see that, then perhaps they are the ones blinded.
I can say that YOU are the one that is missing the point completely, Buddah, but you are not. You are just taking it from a different perspective. With that said, our hypothetical situations we use to prove our perspective, are just as valid as the ones you use to validate your perspective.
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I'd wish you people would take a good look at the whole picture, remember history then put it in its proper perspective
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First of all, what people? Second, we are trying deperately to put this into the proper perspective. The past! We are trying to show you that we want all humans to be treated fairly and equally, but as long as people have one sided views of what transpires in the world today, we will never make a difference.
Personally, I am not attaking you buddah. Just want you to see that we haven't "missed the point" because we have a difference of opinion on the intentions of these youth.
p.s. I am Finnish!!!