Comments on: Color-blind racism? http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/ The community that fuses fun and romance Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: tatted2death http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-33219 tatted2death Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:54:13 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-33219 Absolutely LOVE your post, afrodite!!!! ....makes all the sense in the world. But just keep in mind.....Like there are all sorts of racism, there are different kinds of "color-blindness". Which would you really rather have...someone telling you you can't BE YOU just because the color of your skin or someone saying they SEE YOU for MORE THAN JUST YOUR SKIN COLOR(the latter is the type of "colorblindness" I lean toward)??? ...just a different way to look at it. Peace SIS tatted2death Absolutely LOVE your post, afrodite!!!!

….makes all the sense in the world.

But just keep in mind…..Like there are all sorts of racism, there are different kinds of “color-blindness”. Which would you really rather have…someone telling you you can’t BE YOU just because the color of your skin or someone saying they SEE YOU for MORE THAN JUST YOUR SKIN COLOR(the latter is the type of “colorblindness” I lean toward)???
…just a different way to look at it.

Peace SIS
tatted2death

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]]> By: afrodite_07 http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32307 afrodite_07 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:24:49 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32307 color blindness is racism!its racist to all races.why can you not see racial and cultural differences and accept it? it is a disservice to us all by claiming color blindness.thats like you being non-black,you deny that i am black,as if saying there is something wrong with my blackness.why can't you see that it is beautiful?why can one not identify the diversity?it is ignorant not to.colorblind people live in a false reality,becouse race is part of who we are. i myself have problems becouse i am black,and i don't act what people call 'ghetto'.they confuse my intelligence and open mindedness with being white.i like to watch anime,and eat asian food,which they say i can't do becouse i'm black.i hate soul food (besides cornbread ,baked macaroni yams and fried chicken) like they say i can't rock out to AFI ,and greenday ,and shake my booty to some luda and micheal jackson,swing my hips and move my arms to innerpartysystem ,belly dance to rihana ,then shake my afro to some lauren hill and the roots,slow jam to force mds ,relax to sade and moi dix moi and finish it off with headbangin' to metallica and ! i'm not allowed to drool at some random asian guy on the train,or the dominican guy at the corner store!i can't drool over trey songs, and jared ledo!i can't like guys with eye liner and like guys with dread locks! (cultural) but know this! i am very black,and very proud of it!i acknowledge and respect cultural differences!racism is pathetic!so is colorblindness its an easy way out!stereotypes were created to turn the races against one another,so lay down your swords ,and your tinted lenses and love! color blindness is racism!its racist to all races.why can you not see racial and cultural differences and accept it?

it is a disservice to us all by claiming color blindness.thats like you being non-black,you deny that i am black,as if saying there is something wrong with my blackness.why can’t you see that it is beautiful?why can one not identify the diversity?it is ignorant not to.colorblind people live in a false reality,becouse race is part of who we are.

i myself have problems becouse i am black,and i don’t act what people call ‘ghetto’.they confuse my intelligence and open mindedness with being white.i like to watch anime,and eat asian food,which they say i can’t do becouse i’m black.i hate soul food (besides cornbread ,baked macaroni yams and fried chicken)
like they say i can’t rock out to AFI ,and greenday ,and shake my booty to some luda and micheal jackson,swing my hips and move my arms to innerpartysystem ,belly dance to rihana ,then shake my afro to some lauren hill and the roots,slow jam to force mds ,relax to sade and moi dix moi and finish it off with headbangin’ to metallica and !

i’m not allowed to drool at some random asian guy on the train,or the dominican guy at the corner store!i can’t drool over trey songs, and jared ledo!i can’t like guys with eye liner and like guys with dread locks! (cultural)

but know this! i am very black,and very proud of it!i acknowledge and respect cultural differences!racism is pathetic!so is colorblindness its an easy way out!stereotypes were created to turn the races against one another,so lay down your swords ,and your tinted lenses and love!

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]]> By: Asleep http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32306 Asleep Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:59:18 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32306 I agree with the last two paragraphs a lot! I am with a black woman, and our views on race pretty much align. The descrepancy is the fact that I do not know much about black culture! I would hazard to guess that a lot of white folks with black partners dont know much either. I am basing this off the reading I have done, the various view points and LISTENING, that there are some definate cultural differences and they ARE NOT readily apparent unless a person seeks. Cheers I agree with the last two paragraphs a lot! I am with a black woman, and our views on race pretty much align. The descrepancy is the fact that I do not know much about black culture! I would hazard to guess that a lot of white folks with black partners dont know much either. I am basing this off the reading I have done, the various view points and LISTENING, that there are some definate cultural differences and they ARE NOT readily apparent unless a person seeks.

Cheers

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]]> By: SexyEyes http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32305 SexyEyes Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:03:49 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32305 Color blind is great. It is about one people One World One Love... Color blind is great. It is about one people One World One Love…

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]]> By: wonka http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32304 wonka Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:40:31 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32304 James great post bro,You hit it SQUARE on the nose. White people are pros at that shit,they think cause their in an interracial relationship and/or may have black associates/freinds,that they know what it's like.Hell no,they'll never know and they love when there's an opportunity to play the race card,you all know what I mean,they act nice and down in front of their black girlfreind or their "so-called" black freinds,but,when it's them and their WHITE buddies and they see a brother they all start their shit. The truth comes out!!!.It's all a facade,white peo- ple know how to be fake,it's in their blood!.Now I deal with white people,I may go out to the bar and have a few drinks with them,you know go to baseball games together,joke around-whatever.I'm a loner, I stay to myself 9/10,however we(as a people)have to be able to deal with people in general,so once- in a while I may do these things,but,I know where I stand and how I feel.I have a tendency to lack the trust in the human race(of course there are quite a few exceptions,ex:certain family,True freinds), when it comes to white people it's very difficult, I'll leave it at that!!. James great post bro,You hit it SQUARE on the nose.
White people are pros at that shit,they think cause
their in an interracial relationship and/or may have
black associates/freinds,that they know what it’s like.Hell no,they’ll never know and they love when
there’s an opportunity to play the race card,you all
know what I mean,they act nice and down in front of
their black girlfreind or their “so-called” black
freinds,but,when it’s them and their WHITE buddies
and they see a brother they all start their shit.
The truth comes out!!!.It’s all a facade,white peo-
ple know how to be fake,it’s in their blood!.Now I
deal with white people,I may go out to the bar and
have a few drinks with them,you know go to baseball
games together,joke around-whatever.I’m a loner,
I stay to myself 9/10,however we(as a people)have
to be able to deal with people in general,so once-
in a while I may do these things,but,I know where I stand and how I feel.I have a tendency to lack the
trust in the human race(of course there are quite
a few exceptions,ex:certain family,True freinds),
when it comes to white people it’s very difficult,
I’ll leave it at that!!.

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]]> By: NeuroticMoor http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32303 NeuroticMoor Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:49:31 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32303 @Smile4242 I have GREAT examples of upstanding black men in my family... if we weren't related, I'd totally date them! But since I'm not from the hills of West Virginia (LOL)... I look for similar/familiar qualities in men of ANY race... so far, I've found them mostly non-black men. *shrug* @Smile4242 I have GREAT examples of upstanding black men in my family… if we weren’t related, I’d totally date them! But since I’m not from the hills of West Virginia (LOL)… I look for similar/familiar qualities in men of ANY race… so far, I’ve found them mostly non-black men. *shrug*

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]]> By: Smile4242 http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32302 Smile4242 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:34:58 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32302 The people I personally know that do not date inside there race usually had some bad experiences with people of the opposite sex of their race when they were young, such as a mother, aunt, love interest, etc. which turned them off to their own race, the assumption is that all (insert race here) women or men are like their mom or their aunt or whoever. Now, they do not usually consciously make this decision, but if you trace it back, usually it is related to that. The people I personally know that do not date inside there race usually had some bad experiences with people of the opposite sex of their race when they were young, such as a mother, aunt, love interest, etc. which turned them off to their own race, the assumption is that all (insert race here) women or men are like their mom or their aunt or whoever. Now, they do not usually consciously make this decision, but if you trace it back, usually it is related to that.

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]]> By: tatted2death http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32301 tatted2death Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:06:50 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32301 Blatantly.....typos attack (lol, Ich) Blatantly…..typos attack (lol, Ich)

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]]> By: tatted2death http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32300 tatted2death Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:19 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32300 Dang it......I feel the need to expound...(because I was sooooo blantly misunderstood in my post from last month)...LOL...so I will. I NEVER said that I was all for some "utopic" society where there was NO individuality. To be clear, that would not even be MY idea of Utopia. I am NOT some polly-anna that even thinks UTOPIA is a possibility. I just wanted that to get straightened out, lest all my posts be written off as "lunacy" (which is what someone seemed to pull out of my last one....lol). Ok.....now I REALLY must get some rest.....it's been a LOOOONG NIGHT/EARLY MORNING....lol As always...peace to all tatted2death Dang it……I feel the need to expound…(because I was sooooo blantly misunderstood in my post from last month)…LOL…so I will.

I NEVER said that I was all for some “utopic” society where there was NO individuality. To be clear, that would not even be MY idea of Utopia. I am NOT some polly-anna that even thinks UTOPIA is a possibility. I just wanted that to get straightened out, lest all my posts be written off as “lunacy” (which is what someone seemed to pull out of my last one….lol).

Ok…..now I REALLY must get some rest…..it’s been a LOOOONG NIGHT/EARLY MORNING….lol

As always…peace to all
tatted2death

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]]> By: tatted2death http://www.interracialdatingcentral.com/fyooz/color-blind-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-32299 tatted2death Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:44:00 +0000 /fyooz/color-blind-racism.htm#comment-32299 oh....one more thing to ponder..... For those not in the know....SIMPLE AND EASY are NOT necessarily synonymous concepts. Yes, it was simple for Dr. King to ,say, sit at an "All-whites" counter in the 60's but that does NOT mean it was EASY. I have never been one to look for the "easy" way of doing/thinking/being.....yet I will forever seek out the most simplistic manner in which to do/think/be....we should all try this at least once in our lives and see where it takes us. Thanks for reading PEACE oh….one more thing to ponder…..

For those not in the know….SIMPLE AND EASY are NOT necessarily synonymous concepts. Yes, it was simple for Dr. King to ,say, sit at an “All-whites” counter in the 60′s but that does NOT mean it was EASY. I have never been one to look for the “easy” way of doing/thinking/being…..yet I will forever seek out the most simplistic manner in which to do/think/be….we should all try this at least once in our lives and see where it takes us.

Thanks for reading
PEACE

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