Do you feel that racism is still a huge problem?

Question

After being on here for a couple of months there seems to be several racists answers and questions. Does this tell you we still have a long way to go as a society? I am only posting this here because this is were I see the most racism.

Answer 1

Yes, definitely.  At least it's a problem here and on TV.

Answer 2

USA is probably the most racist country on earth, because others at least don't even act and say that everyone is equal. Here, people pretend everyone is equal, while it is absolutely false. Nothing is in favor of white people. The worst is if a jew is somehow hurt, no chance for any other race/ethnicity to win against them, and I am talking about court cases or official businesses. I am an immigrant in the USA, and I can see racism much better than the locals can. There are even words some races can say, and some that can't, I think the n word pops right into your mind, but there are more.

Answer 3

Yep. Alongside everything else in this country.

Answer 4

Yes and no.  

Before I give you my take on your question, an observation. A racist--or bigot in general--is basically a bully and coward..  You see more o their vomit in a forum like this because it's anonymous--they don't have to stand up in the light of day so people will know who they are. Nothing new--the KKK  wears masks and meets in the dead of night.

Racism isn't the problem it once was--obviously.  However, the fact that the laws changed 40 years ago and there has been economic and sociial progress doesn't mean some people in America aren't racists--there are still a lot around.

That, in and of itself, isn't a major problem--they'll die off eventually.

The problem is twofold.  For some time--and especially the lst 7 years under Bush, the racist element has had a great deal of influence.  They've used this to warp and distort public policy to discriminate against African-Americans (and any other minority as well (BTW--I DO NOT mean that "all neoconservatives are racist"--they are not. But almost all racists are in the "neocon" camp--and are calling the shots).

Much of it is subtle--and that's the problem. Let me  give you one example.  The "No Child Left Behind Act" does something very interesting in this regard.  If a school is performing well it gets federal funds. Of course, the schools tht perform well are mostly the ones with good funding to start with.  And--mostly in middle/upper middle class areas (mostly white).  That's pretty obvious.

Its also pretty obvious that schools with poor funding ( in poor and predominately minority areas) don't generally do as well--they don't have the funding. Yet--when they don't do well--what happens. The LOGICAL course is to improve the funding--get in better teachers, decent textbooks, etc.  The Bush plan (NCLB): take money away from these schools.

Result: an education policy that perpetuates educational inequality leading to continued social and economic pinequality into still another generation of victims.

If that were an isolated example, I'd put it down to just stupid policy (Lord knows that's not unheard of in Washington!) But everywhere you look, with blacks, Hispanics, women, people with disabilities, ec--in education, enforcement f non-discrimination laws, employment, etc.--you see the same pattern again and again.  That is not stupidity. That is bigotry doing its dirty work wearing a hood of respectability and burning its metaphorical crosses safe behind the anonymity of the Internet.

Answer 5

Yes. I can hardly go a day without hearing someone on tv or radio calling me a cracker, or trash, or some other typical racial slur.

Answer 6

Not as big as a problem as the media makes it out to be. Also there is nothing illegal about being a racist. As long as you don't harm anyone, you have every right to hate whoever you want.