True black is the absense of all color. True white is the presence of all color. But that is just the scientific stuff.

The human nature about black and white (and lets be honest here, except for albinos, there are no white people, and there are no black people - just different shades of tan/brown) comes form the earliest man. Night and day. The night was dark and feared because man was easy pray to carnivores. They discovered the ability to creat fire to light the night, and the night has not been dark since. And of course the sun was where life came from - it made the plants grow, hunting easier, and the world warmer (before kooks like al gore wanted to put us into a deep freeze - and profit by it).

So the dark (night) was feared and fought. The light (day) was worshipped. And then man invented religion. And his fear and worshipping transferred over to a higher being and so did the concepts of dark and light (Satan is the king of Darkness, and the Son of God is often referred to as the light of the world).

The colors then of black (dark) and white (light) recieved this prejudice. And so it stands today. Black sheep, Black eye (it is actually purple), black mark, etc. Ingrained into humans since they had the first coherant thought.

But black hole? The guy is nutty as a fruit cake! A black hole is just that. A point in space where there is no light, and hence no color (nothing can escape it). maybe he should be more concerned with a-holes than black holes since he is apparently one.

Some of us go a little far out here.  Then again, yesterday's apology by the AMA suggests there just might be something to the fact that racism is, or has been, institutionalized.  I see also in today's news that a "black" Ohio community just won a civil rights lawsuit on the claim that it was refused city water on the basis of racial discrimination.  

I don't know, but I do realize that when you are a part of a minority, your ears are always on.

 

See ya.

People aren't *usually* black and white. There are major exceptions, but usually only on the pale-white troglodyte side. How many people find someone with no tan attractive?

Racism cannot be killed. Everyone is racist. Like attracts like. Like trusts like. If you didn't say black or white, you'd say Jewish or Italian.

Dr Guy,

It's so sad when it come to this that some people feel the need to use things such as the word black and turn it into a political circus just to get attention. It's bad enough the average person has to think this way but when politicians begin to use their power and their voice to spread such ridiculous comments, it only create a sense of freedom to continue to extend the definition of a word to things that don't even have anything to do with it.

A black hole is a black hole, plain and simple. It's black because, as Dr Guy said, it's black due to absorbing light and not reflecting it. How using the term black hole, to describe a Gov't office swallowing the money it makes, is racist is beyond me. As I stated, weddings and funerals should be offensive to Black people as well.



Well, when Jesse Jackson apologized for saying what he meant and felt, that just shows racism and hypocrisy as well. According to him, you can't have an negative opinion on someone of your own race cause that makes you a trader and will also hurt their chances to win? So sad that race always has to play a role when it comes to Obama. If this is how it is during the campaigning, I can't and don't want to imagine how it could be if he becomes President.



No one is truly white or black, even an albino is not white.



No racism can not be killed, especially in a country that promotes the freedom to believe in what you want. As an American, it is my right to believe my son should marry a Hispanic girl (BTW, I don't believe this< just an example). That may be a closed minded mentality but it's my right. I don't believe like attracts like or like trust like. There are many relationships based on non-likes and Jesse Jacksons comments prove that even a Black person can be made at the actions of another Black person. They just don't have the balls to admit their dislikes for fear of being seen as the "one" who killed the Black mans chance to be the first Black President.

I truly tire of todays generations mentality and that of past generations who play the "I'll agree with you if you vote for me" game. Always pandering to stupid and ignorant ideas just to win votes, earn key political positions and live off the American tax payer. Cause in reality, as I have said many times before, everything always leads to making money. Politicians want more power cause power brings more money.

This November election results will be worse than the 9/11 attacks or any other terrorist attack that could happen regardless who wins. Our society is reaching rock bottom at supersonic speeds when our choices for the Leader of this Nation is an old war hero that can't tell the difference between an ass and an elephant and a man who won't admit to anything, will always be the victim, has no credible experience and now flip flops more than a tennis ball changes sides on the court.

They say things will get worse before they get better. I guess Obama has this elections won already. The only silver lining I can see from an Obama win is that once we hit rock bottom with him, we can only go up the next election.

That only means everyone has the potential to be racist. There is nothing wrong with like attracting or trusting like.  what your really describing is better called prejudice. 

Its prejudice while can lead to racism also keeps you out of trouble.  Go into a court room with out proper clothes and see if they will not prejudge you.

A world without prejudice will have worse problems then we do now.

Look at my posts on this forum. Does anyone think I was out of hand, given the preceeding posts? A poster had admitted that she thought the entire black race hated her, as evidence from her experience "in da' hood". Does anyone consider this to be racism in action? If so, racism is alive and kicking.

Calling anyone a "retarded racist" wasn't a very good idea nor did it help your argument.

Ah, but she was a retarded racist. Some people are black. Some people are white. And some people are retarded racists. The only difference is one of those can change.

Just today while talking to a neighbor, she told me how she bought a used car from a personal seller and how she "Jewed the seller down" I asked her what did she mean by that? She told me that "well you know how cheap Jews are"? "they are always looking for a better deal" When I told her I am Jewish, she turned red and ran indoors. While I don't think She is an out and out racist it goes to show how some things become accepted as the "norm" Was I insulted? yes. surprised? no.

It's sad when people accept things that are obviously insulting as just another "cool" thing to say. And here I thought the made up words coming out of Snoop Dogg's mouth were bad and annoying. As a Puerto Rican, I often find myself the joke of the day by many other Hispanic cultures since according to them, Puerto Ricans are stupid. They never fail to point out how the Puerto Rican language tends to say many words incorrectly and therefor people expect me to say those words incorrectly as well but I don't cause I am aware of this and avoid making that same mistake. But leave it to stereotypes to assume I do.

Dude, I don't know LW as much as ModerateMan does but I would ask you to quite insulting people on my thread just because you were banned on the other one. Calling people names does not help in pointing out peoples mistakes or problems, whether they have them or not. It merely points to the childish mentality the person who said it has since they are not capable of expressing themselves without rolling the clock back to childhood years and spilling out ignorance.

People are people, regardless of color of skin. We all bleed red, we all have hands, legs, hair eyes, etc (with some exceptions but I'm sure most are smart enough to get the point). We all eat to live and we all die. Now if you or anyone else wants to live their lives worrying about the color of a persons skin then go right ahead, just leave me out of it. If I had a chance to date a woman from every race, every country, every culture, I'd do it in a heart beat cause my dislike for some people has nothing to do with the color of their skin or the part of the world they came from. It's with their character, their personality, their ignorance.

This man from Texas is about as ignorant and racist as one can get and it's a shame that he represents so many people. I would be ashamed had I voted for him and would be ashamed to be Black (though I am part African) knowing people like him would make such a fuzz over something like a black hole or devils food cake. God forbid people would actually wanna grow up and get passed such childish ignorance.

this youngster likes throwing insults and the term "racist" around a little to much I wonder what he or she is hiding?

Yep and one of those is Michael Jackson.