Anyone else bored of 'racism' yet?

[Andre]

I'm a connoisseur and instigator of black humor are our days numbered?

[Gandalf]

Well said James. I have never got the MOBO's eithers and people would find it weird to have an award celebrating only 'white' music.

Nonsense really.

[Mark TKO]

yes well said James - couldn't rep you as must have done so yesterday so I need to 'spread it around'....

[generalbulldog]

Say what you want, but multiculturalism has failed imo. EVen some harvard professor agrees on that.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Who, Professor Green?

No seriously,

I'm not sure what to think of the MOBO's either... I mean, it's good that someone decided to celebrate and give credence to music that is (was) less coveted (in Britain) and I guess that had to call it something but... I dunno, yeah just seems like maybe these genres have a voice now. I mean what cerain artis wining The Mercury Prize, Brit Awards & Ivor Novello Awards...

[VictorCharlie]

The thing about race issues in the U.S. is the lack of honest two-way dialogue. Discrimination is still largely a one way street whether it is passive or blatant but racism is very much a two way highway. White folks want to avoid the conversation all together due to simple fatigue, the fear of the PC police labeling any small thing they say as racist or some absurd guilt over actions they are removed from by multiple generations. Minorities don't want to have the honest conversation b/c they have to admit a certain level of hypocrisy and blame as well as the surrendering of a victim status used by tools like Sharpton. I don't care what type of community you look at (white, black, latin etc) more often then not the problems in that community are caused internally and the ultimate solution will have to be so as well.

[Rantcatrat]

Racism is a very much a two-way street in the U.S. It really goes both ways.

I guess I agree that racism is getting a bit boring, but the problem hasn't been solved. Do people care when a black guy is dating a white woman anymore or vice versa? No, at least not the younger generations. So, it's improving. However, it's just not as integrated as I would like it to be. Work still needs to be done because people still see by color lines unfortunately. In the fly-by areas of the country things aren't what you would hope them to be to this day. Dropping the n-bomb and "I didn't mean to jew you" are common place in some areas of the U.S. Same goes for cr*cker in hood areas etc. In the U.S., the number of hate crimes and the groups they are directed at remain steady with the majority of racial hate crimes directed at blacks (70% of racial hate crimes were against blacks) and the majority of religous hate crimes directed at jews (70% of religious hate incidents were directed at jews). I strongly believe there is a strong correlation with poverty and racism.