View Full Version : Newsweek: Is Your Baby Racist?
American Idol
09-10-2009, 04:04 PM
http://www.akawilliam.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/newsweek_racist_baby.jpg
See Baby Discriminate
Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What's a parent to do?
Flash
09-10-2009, 04:06 PM
Yeah it's something that mammals are probably all born with. To naturally be able to recognize those related to you so you don't go off chasing a kangaroo thinking it's your mother.
SelfTaught
09-10-2009, 04:07 PM
Absolutely nothing.
Discernment based on color is perfectly normal. Unless the baby is colorblind.
American Idol
09-10-2009, 04:16 PM
This magazine makes The Onion look serious. Nobody buys this rag; they just send it to people for free.
FrankRep
09-10-2009, 04:16 PM
Discrimination, Racism, and the Human Race
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=209492
revolutionisnow
09-10-2009, 04:29 PM
“It’s horrifying to imagine kids being proud to be white.”
Now the liberal media is calling everyone racist!
Humans are racist!!
amy31416
09-10-2009, 04:41 PM
So. What would happen with a mixed race baby?
I think that baby would take over the world. . .hey wait a second. . .
JeNNiF00F00
09-10-2009, 04:41 PM
I dont know but that baby is gorgeous!
Dr.3D
09-10-2009, 04:44 PM
My Dobermans bark at people on bicycles. They also bark at people who look different than what they expect to see.
I guess my dogs are racists and bicyclists.
apropos
09-10-2009, 05:00 PM
Why give Newsweek the internet traffic?
Liberty Rebellion
09-10-2009, 05:06 PM
My niece is half black/white (my family is white). Her dad is VERY black (and a loser, dead-beat who only affirmed my father's racist stereotypes) and so she has a very dark complexion.
I was swimming with her this summer and she told me she wished she was white (she's 6). It kinda broke my heart to hear that. I told her that the reason we all tan in the pool is so we can get dark skin like her and that her skin color is beautiful.
So, does that make my niece a racist for seeing her own color as being a negative because she doesn't look like the rest of us? Or, is it just human nature that you are self-aware & self-conscious and that you want to "fit in" with your family and peers?
Newsweek if fucking stupid btw.
American Idol
09-10-2009, 05:06 PM
Why give Newsweek the internet traffic?
Good point. I actually thought about that, but the article is waaaay too long to copy and paste. Maybe I should remove the link to the article?
apropos
09-10-2009, 05:13 PM
Good point. I actually thought about that, but the article is waaaay too long to copy and paste. Maybe I should remove the link to the article?
I would if it was me. The media writes this garbage because people react to it. Buzz is all they want...the worst thing you can do to a media outlet is simply ignore them.
And believe me, they are utterly cynical about this. It is all to illicit a reaction, which is why they so freely insert race into every situation imaginable.
American Idol
09-10-2009, 05:19 PM
Linky removed. No need to read the "article" anyway. Newsweek is like Playboy but less intelligent; the pictures tell you all you need to know. :D
Anti Federalist
09-10-2009, 05:20 PM
Or, is it just human nature that you are self-aware & self-conscious and that you want to "fit in" with your family and peers?
That's all there is to it.
In an uncoerced environment, people will usually "self segregate".
And if you twist this natural reaction that all human beings have, to lynch people, or heap guilt upon people through the propaganda machine, then you deserve nothing but contempt.
brandon
09-10-2009, 05:21 PM
Well holy shit, people like other people like themselves. Who would have ever thought.
Deborah K
09-10-2009, 05:25 PM
It's natural to "size" someone up. We all do it. Is it 'age discrimination' when you notice someone is elderly? Is it 'gender discrimination' when you notice they're a boy or a girl? It's natural to want to blend in, or be around people you feel you have something in common with. Unless of course you're white. Then it's racism.
Mandrik
09-10-2009, 05:47 PM
Maybe I read too much fantasy & sci-fi, but I always think of racism as hating on elves, gnomes, dwarves, etc.
Did I mention I fucking hate gnomes? Fuck those little bastards! :p
Cowlesy
09-10-2009, 05:50 PM
Karen De Coster has a post about it.
http://karendecoster.com/your-baby-is-already-a-racist.html
MelissaWV
09-10-2009, 05:53 PM
I guess we know who to blame for this, hmmm?
http://www.wernernagel.co.nz/gnome.jpg
Obviously a hate crime.
American Idol
09-10-2009, 05:55 PM
Maybe I read too much fantasy & sci-fi, but I always think of racism as hating on elves, gnomes, dwarves, etc.
Did I mention I fucking hate gnomes? Fuck those little bastards! :p
You hate speech criminal!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d117/metaphysicsbob/gnome-prank.jpg
American Idol
09-10-2009, 05:55 PM
I guess we know who to blame for this, hmmm?
http://www.wernernagel.co.nz/gnome.jpg
Obviously a hate crime.
Ha! You beat me to the punch. :)
American Idol
09-10-2009, 05:59 PM
Karen De Coster has a post about it.
http://karendecoster.com/your-baby-is-already-a-racist.html
Gotta love Karen. She cuts right to the chase every time...
Mandrik
09-10-2009, 06:02 PM
I'd stab ever last gnome if they existed. I've been gnome hating since I was forced to watch David the Gnome as a child.
BlackTerrel
09-10-2009, 06:09 PM
Maybe I read too much fantasy & sci-fi, but I always think of racism as hating on elves, gnomes, dwarves, etc.
Did I mention I fucking hate gnomes? Fuck those little bastards! :p
Congratulations you are the biggest nerd on this thread. I heard you made Level 14 Shadow Paladin today :D
BenIsForRon
09-10-2009, 06:19 PM
That's all there is to it.
In an uncoerced environment, people will usually "self segregate".
Ridiculous statement. We have always had some form of a coerced environment for thousands of years. Blacks and whites self segregate in this country because, in large part, of the coercion in the past. Black people are generally uncomfortable around whites, and vice versa. Things wouldn't be this way if they had equal rights before the 60's, I'm sure of that.
Just look at people born in the 70's and later, they are a much more integrated crowd than their elders. I've always had black friends, and most people I know have black friends.
brandon
09-10-2009, 06:30 PM
http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/berrycoins/1240471687524.gif
ItsTime
09-10-2009, 06:45 PM
“It’s horrifying to imagine kids being proud to be white.”
OMG it said that? WTF is this world coming to?
InterestedParticipant
09-10-2009, 07:38 PM
See Baby Discriminate
Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What's a parent to do?
I'm so sick of the way they try to manipulate our self image. Don't listen to them, they lie, that is all they do, lie to us.
They want us to believe that we are killing the earth so we must kill ourselves first. They want us to believe that we are evil at birth, when it is they who are. They want us to believe that we are unintelligent, when that could not be further from the truth. They want us to believe that we are NOT Gods children, and that we are on equal footing with a microplasm. It's all meant to coerce and manipulate us. Stop reading their magazines, their books, their newspapers, and consuming their TV, their movies their radio.
Brian4Liberty
09-10-2009, 07:40 PM
So, does that make my niece a racist for seeing her own color as being a negative because she doesn't look like the rest of us? Or, is it just human nature that you are self-aware & self-conscious and that you want to "fit in" with your family and peers?
This reminds me of another thread on what is beauty. It's basically the average of everything you see. So if you are different than all those around you, you would want to be more like them. A big dose of multiracial exposure could help.
Well holy shit, people like other people like themselves. Who would have ever thought.
Or they like the people they see around them.
Anti Federalist
09-10-2009, 07:44 PM
Ridiculous statement. We have always had some form of a coerced environment for thousands of years. Blacks and whites self segregate in this country because, in large part, of the coercion in the past. Black people are generally uncomfortable around whites, and vice versa. Things wouldn't be this way if they had equal rights before the 60's, I'm sure of that.
Just look at people born in the 70's and later, they are a much more integrated crowd than their elders. I've always had black friends, and most people I know have black friends.
Ever been out of the country, and not to some tourist trap, but in the real world?
If you had been, you wouldn't dismiss my statement with injured, middle class, white suburbia, sensibilities.
"I've got lot's of black friends, see, really, I do, no fooling...":rolleyes:
sevin
09-10-2009, 07:48 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2435162804_506e2ef544.jpg
Anti Federalist
09-10-2009, 07:53 PM
OMG it said that? WTF is this world coming to?
Here it is in context.
That leads to the question that everyone wonders but rarely dares to ask. If “black pride” is good for African-American children, where does that leave white children? It’s horrifying to imagine kids being “proud to be white.” Yet many scholars argue that’s exactly what children’s brains are already computing. Just as minority children are aware that they belong to an ethnic group with less status and wealth, most white children naturally decipher that they belong to the race that has more power, wealth, and control in society; this provides security, if not confidence. So a pride message would not just be abhorrent—it’d be redundant.
This entire argument is stupid on the face of it, nobody wants to address the 900 lb. gorilla in the room, namely that white and black will both be a minority very shortly, being displaced by Latinos, who, quite frankly, have their own grievances and don't really give a shit about the never ending black/white circle jerk.
BenIsForRon
09-10-2009, 09:31 PM
Ever been out of the country, and not to some tourist trap, but in the real world?
If you had been, you wouldn't dismiss my statement with injured, middle class, white suburbia, sensibilities.
"I've got lot's of black friends, see, really, I do, no fooling...":rolleyes:
I don't get your post. All I was saying is that the current youth generation, in America, is way more integrated than past generations, and I think the integration will continue as we drop our prejudices. This doesn't happen overnight, but it is a good trend.
After all, the only reason white people exist is because they had needed more capacity to create make vitamin D from from the limited European sunlight.
Light
09-10-2009, 09:50 PM
Political correctness needs to die. Period. I can't tell you how many people my age who are afraid of "offending" someone, yet have no qualms with making fun of a "old, white, conservative Christian."
Political correctness is one of the many reasons why this Republic is in the disrepair it is in.
Anti Federalist
09-10-2009, 09:57 PM
I don't get your post. All I was saying is that the current youth generation, in America, is way more integrated than past generations, and I think the integration will continue as we drop our prejudices. This doesn't happen overnight, but it is a good trend.
After all, the only reason white people exist is because they had needed more capacity to create make vitamin D from from the limited European sunlight.
You dismissed my initial post as a "ridiculous comment".
I put it to you that the human condition, in places all around the world, people seek "their own kind", especially when free of any "coercion".
And it doesn't necessarily need to be race based, it can be based on any number of perceived or very real differences.
And that's just a fact I've seen with my own eyes, many times over, in travels all around the world.
puppetmaster
09-10-2009, 10:15 PM
Ridiculous statement. We have always had some form of a coerced environment for thousands of years. Blacks and whites self segregate in this country because, in large part, of the coercion in the past. Black people are generally uncomfortable around whites, and vice versa. Things wouldn't be this way if they had equal rights before the 60's, I'm sure of that.
Just look at people born in the 70's and later, they are a much more integrated crowd than their elders. I've always had black friends, and most people I know have black friends.
Your statement is wrong. If you do your research you will find that these are instincts and are not behaviors that are modified by society
BenIsForRon
09-10-2009, 10:34 PM
You dismissed my initial post as a "ridiculous comment".
I put it to you that the human condition, in places all around the world, people seek "their own kind", especially when free of any "coercion".
And it doesn't necessarily need to be race based, it can be based on any number of perceived or very real differences.
And that's just a fact I've seen with my own eyes, many times over, in travels all around the world.
Your statement is wrong. If you do your research you will find that these are instincts and are not behaviors that are modified by society
I understand your points, but I think they are over-generalizations. I'm telling you that when blacks and whites go to shcool, eat, work, and shop together, they will integrate over time as they get to know each other, voluntarily.
The initial instincts are there, but you get over them, just as you get over the instinct to shit your pants when you become a toddler.
evilfunnystuff
09-10-2009, 11:08 PM
most white children naturally decipher that they belong to the race that has more power, wealth, and control in society; this provides security, if not confidence. So a pride message would not just be abhorrent—it’d be redundant.
hahahahaha
BlackTerrel
09-10-2009, 11:14 PM
http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/berrycoins/1240471687524.gif
Is there a point to this needlessly offensive gif?
puppetmaster
09-10-2009, 11:26 PM
I understand your points, but I think they are over-generalizations. I'm telling you that when blacks and whites go to shcool, eat, work, and shop together, they will integrate over time as they get to know each other, voluntarily.
The initial instincts are there, but you get over them, just as you get over the instinct to shit your pants when you become a toddler.
lol- you have your instincts backwards. The human instinct is to shit away from the nest. As a very young child you are unable to do this. When you are able to walk then the ability and instinct take over together.
Instincts are not able to be permanently modified in such short periods as a lifetime.
amy31416
09-10-2009, 11:33 PM
Is there a point to this needlessly offensive gif?
It's a stupid gif and I believe that most of us here, including you, are above that. You're a fellow American, you're obviously interested in your own freedom and I respect that immensely.
There is and always will be ridiculous things that are specifically intended to offend, but we need to rise above such things. I'm not saying that we should ignore it, but I am saying we should scoff at such things.
Let's move on to protecting our freedom.
youngbuck
09-10-2009, 11:48 PM
I didn't have a strong opinion of Newsweek prior to this, but now I absolutely abhor the publication. Never will I give them the time of day.
Liberty Rebellion
09-11-2009, 01:00 AM
I didn't have a strong opinion of Newsweek prior to this, but now I absolutely abhor the publication. Never will I give them the time of day.
Funny thing is, when I was 10ish these MSM propaganda pieces (Time, Newsweek, metropolitan newspaper) littered the house I grew up in and I was immensely interested in the world around me at that time (& still am), including geopolitics. Anyone remember the Time magazine cover photo showing the dead US soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu?
I swear that pic was in a Time magazine, but I can't find it on Time's archives. Take a look at the content of Time back in the early 90's though; foreign policy is EXACTLY the same! Though at the time I was a little brainwashed statist, cheering for the next wave of troops to enter the "chessboard"(note the incident I'm referring to took place on Oct3-4 '93):
http://search.time.com/results.html?No=0&D=somalia&sid=123A7DE81487&Ntt=somalia&Ns=p_date_range|0&N=0&Nf=p_date_range|BTWN+19930501+20090930&Nty=1
Praise the heavens for the Internetzzz!
BenIsForRon
09-11-2009, 01:03 AM
lol- you have your instincts backwards. The human instinct is to shit away from the nest. As a very young child you are unable to do this. When you are able to walk then the ability and instinct take over together.
Instincts are not able to be permanently modified in such short periods as a lifetime.
Ok, I was a little off with the baby shit comment, but I still think that we have the ability to overcome bad aspects of our instincts (racism, violence) to become better people.
Is there a point to this needlessly offensive gif?
It's a modification of an already popular gif. It's making fun of the stereotypes of black people, not black people directly. It's also an example of why I love the internet.
brandon
09-11-2009, 05:51 AM
Is there a point to this needlessly offensive gif?
Just a joke....feel free to post a gif making fun of white people.
Also, not sure why its offensive, I'm white and love KFC, watermelon, and basketball.
angelatc
09-11-2009, 06:01 AM
Is there a point to this needlessly offensive gif?
Made me laugh!
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