racism

[Madison Boxing]

humans have existed 300000 years, travelled to the moon, created robots yet we still cant get past differences in skin colour. is racism ever going to go away? if so, how?

(also this is a thread for adults to engage in serious discussion, no race baiting please)

[VegasMichael]

It always seems to get brought up, even when not warranted. Hell, you can't even fill out a form or survey without being asked your race. I know that's not racist but if race isn't supposed to matter why does it always get brought up? When my new boss started a few months ago the first thing he said to us was that he was a proud Cuban-American. That's fine and all but what the heck does that have to do with anything??

[BodiesInFlight]

I'm surprised that you think we landed on the moon. You struck me as a 'alternative facts' kinda guy.

[Madison Boxing]

I'm surprised that you think we landed on the moon. You struck me as a 'alternative facts' kinda guy.

ive not got a strong opinion on that mate, know some said we did some said we didnt but havent read up much on it tbh

[Marchegiano]

For over a thousand years the Venetians hardly ever used that term to describe themselves at home. The Venetians were broken into sects, by geography. Each small, local, parish or community was brought into the fold of a larger one until Venice was split between the Nicolotti and the Castelllini.

Actually, caveat, working class divisions, royals and **** are just venetians. The factions did recognize their venetian-ness as well, but, identified with their faction first.

The Nicolotti and the Castelllini used to war for control of bridges in the city and then the winning side would throw parades and erect effigies and such nonsense to both brag on themselves and shame their other.

For over a thousand years, and the government tried to put a stop to it for hundreds of those years.

The war of fists was stopped when it became cool to be a pussy in europe. I don't say that to be anti-european. The entire era from the later 1600-early 1800s when doing **** like wearing wigs, stalkings, and makeup, while using a fruity, softened, voice to project your lack of barbarism and how gentle you are. Yeah, when that kicked off the battagliole died down. The final war of fists was in the early 1700s.


These cultures and the unspoken culture war it caused were not by design. The venetians didn't think, ya know what, let's adapt this British pansy-assing culture so we can finally end the battagliole. No more so than the English monarchy made any sort of consorted effort to make sure the English speak with their new fancy limp-wrist accent. The people, being Christians at the time, chose to adopt this culture on their own. Today, you don't meet Venetians who tell you their faction and the Brits speak like they're all soft even when they're not at all soft. Actually, I'm giving "the brits" too much, not "the brits" I meant English.


What I'm saying is if you make something really hot-hip-n-happenin then folks will conform. Even if it is directly contrary to their favorite culture, source of their pride and **** like that. Ain't no anti-racist actually that smart though. Hell, ain't no one actually that smart to do that on purpose. If someone did tell the English to speak like sissies and wear ladies' cloths to end the violence in venice, man-o, that'd be some ****ing impressive state manipulation.