Comment Re:Jar Jar Binks (Score 2, Informative) 400
"Anyone who would feel bad because they saw a movie where people who had dark skin were evil probably feel bad about pretty much anything.
no, no, no.
the problem is that in the usa, there is a history of both legal and illegal discrimination against people of darker skin"
no, no, no. the problem is that there is a history of discrimination all the way back to Noah. Someone out there is always oppressed, downtrod, and yes, discriminated against. Your ancestors (some hundred plus years ago) were slaves. Her ancestors 100 years ago were women. My ancestors were poor Irish people forced into bondage by a government who oppressed them. Get over it. It is people who define the boundaries who keep discrimination alive. Others choose to teach their children to love everyone no matter what their skin color, religion, heritage or sexual preference. Eventually we'll all get it right.
~lilz~ Optimism IS a disease.
no, no, no.
the problem is that in the usa, there is a history of both legal and illegal discrimination against people of darker skin"
no, no, no. the problem is that there is a history of discrimination all the way back to Noah. Someone out there is always oppressed, downtrod, and yes, discriminated against. Your ancestors (some hundred plus years ago) were slaves. Her ancestors 100 years ago were women. My ancestors were poor Irish people forced into bondage by a government who oppressed them. Get over it. It is people who define the boundaries who keep discrimination alive. Others choose to teach their children to love everyone no matter what their skin color, religion, heritage or sexual preference. Eventually we'll all get it right.
~lilz~ Optimism IS a disease.
