Stamp Out Racism !
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Lets stamp out racism in the forums !
Racism is a form of persecution based on beliefs, practices, and institutions that negatively discriminate against people based solely on their perceived or ascribed race. When combined with the power to have a negative impact on those discriminated against in this way, racial persecution has been the source of extreme hardship for particular minorities, considered as aliens within particular societies.
The United Nations uses a definition of racist discrimination, laid out in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and adopted in 1965:
"any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life."
Assuming that every individual's character can be adequately determined by racial or ethnic stereotypes is race prejudice, and giving or withholding privileges based on such stereotypes is racial discrimination. The term racism is sometimes used to mean a strong and persistent bias towards these activities
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i think RELIGION is more lethal than RACE
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yah, most racist topics are stamped out or ignored here..
the probem....please look at certain topics in Eternal Hope or just one her in Chit Chat. -
You have my support.
Can we have a policy of deleting any racist post/thread on sight? -
shd we suppress it or shd we educate the public to treat this issue seriously?
avoid talking about it wun solve anything, in fact, might aggravate the misunderstandings.....
bery sensitive and tricky......but i definitely dun support sweeping them under the carpet...... -
But talking about it stirs up emotion rather than solving it. Still think it is better to silence it then to let it stir up emotion. I believe each episode of this has people walking away being more racist than less racist.
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I think by keeping quiet we are being silent collaborators. It will only encourage the racist in their haressement of the minorities. The majority should speak up and take action.Originally posted by Qitai:But talking about it stirs up emotion rather than solving it. Still think it is better to silence it then to let it stir up emotion. I believe each episode of this has people walking away being more racist than less racist.
An open and frank discussion will help clear misunderstandings or misconception some ppl might have. -
outrageously racist threads containing terms deemed derogatory and containing materials that are inflammatory in nature should be closely monitored.
but guidelines are already in place to close offensive threads. so dun overdo it by closing threads just cos some holier than thou buffoon THINK that it is sensitive and offensive...
anyone who's watched the South Park episode with Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo will know exactly what i mean by that...
pple can actually have a mature and informative discussion on ethnicity and religion that can help our understanding of each other.
when we artificially gag ALL discussions on these topics to "avoid offending sensibilities" or because it is "sensitive" , we pave the way for ignorance. -
?Originally posted by Qitai:But talking about it stirs up emotion rather than solving it. Still think it is better to silence it then to let it stir up emotion. I believe each episode of this has people walking away being more racist than less racist.
u mean the china bashing threads? -
If the person is ill-informed or ignorant, other forumites can clarify the issue based on what they know or quote examples from their own experiences.Originally posted by Qitai:You have my support.
Can we have a policy of deleting any racist post/thread on sight?
If the person is a trouble maker, we will have a BBQ session and roost him over the open fire. -
Problem is racist comment usually attract similar offensive comments. Theortically, it is best to have the majority speaking up to clear the misunderstanding. But, often then not, it degrades to the point of just a few people making personal attacks on each other. The end result, those few people walks away even more convince of their racist views. Is that good?Originally posted by tspg:I think by keeping quiet we are being silent collaborators. It will only encourage the racist in their haressement of the minorities. The majority should speak up and take action.
An open and frank discussion will help clear misunderstandings or misconception some ppl might have.
I know it is best to try to clear things up. Unfortunately, this usually does not seems to happen.
I understand your opinion. But sadly, I am more of a realistic person. -
This is what I like to avoid. Fun perhaps, but that is how extremist breeds.Originally posted by tspg:If the person is a trouble maker, we will have a BBQ session and roost him over the open fire.
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We cant change the hardcore racist, but we can make them feel unwelcome here. They can take their crap elsewhere. I wont tolerate them.Originally posted by Qitai:Problem is racist comment usually attract similar offensive comments. Theortically, it is best to have the majority speaking up to clear the misunderstanding. But, often then not, it degrades to the point of just a few people making personal attacks on each other. The end result, those few people walks away even more convince of their racist views. Is that good?
I know it is best to try to clear things up. Unfortunately, this usually does not seems to happen.
I understand your opinion. But sadly, I am more of a realistic person. -
Just ban them. No need to make them more racist.Originally posted by tspg:We cant change the hardcore racist, but we can make them feel unwelcome here. They can take their crap elsewhere. I wont tolerate them. -
Well you know how I roost ppl. Nice and easy. No need to degrade to personal insults.Originally posted by Qitai:This is what I like to avoid. Fun perhaps, but that is how extremist breeds. 
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Not you lah! You are one of the more rational people around here. But you know what happen last time. Surely that last guy did not benefit from our roasting here.Originally posted by tspg:Well you know how I roost ppl. Nice and easy. No need to degrade to personal insults. -
The problem went out of hand because we didnt nid the problem in the bud. If our forummers are more rational that guy wont be so agitated and create so much trouble. We have to share part of the blame too.Originally posted by Qitai:Not you lah! You are one of the more rational people around here. But you know what happen last time. Surely that last guy did not benefit from our roasting here.
I will not be a coward in future and will speak up if there is a need too.
Anyway BBQ a Gazelle recently. Yum yum
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It is good to practise multi-racialism, multi-religionism and mult-culturalism.
We can all set an example for without basic and fundamentals we cannot survive as a harmonious nation.
However, this problem is now contained. Our top priority now is to address high cost, pro-foreign and class policy that tend to divide people into elites, sub-elites and super-elites. Let's hope discriminatory policies will change after LHL.
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I agree,racism is a serious issue but not a "suppressing" issue,most things if we suppress them,they will only turn out more serious than they should be!Originally posted by FireIce:shd we suppress it or shd we educate the public to treat this issue seriously?
avoid talking about it wun solve anything, in fact, might aggravate the misunderstandings.....
bery sensitive and tricky......but i definitely dun support sweeping them under the carpet...... -
I am more tolerant of people who are supposedly racist than those who are outright vulgar.Originally posted by tspg:We cant change the hardcore racist, but we can make them feel unwelcome here. They can take their crap elsewhere. I wont tolerate them.
How do we define racists? I came across in other boards people who were frustrated because they found prospective employers requiring them to know Chinese and these employers were called racists. Some generalise a race with a few people they met and started making derogatory remarks about the particular race. There are also those are so sensitive that they cried racist whenever the race is being mentioned.
Are they being offensive or we being defensive?
May be we should allow more discussions on ethnicity so that we can learn more about what the other think, and we can decide if they are ignorant, mis-informed, or they really have something to say.
After all , we can all jump in and make corrections, or roost them when necessary.