Comments on: The Modern Racist Paradigm

By: Winston Smith

Winston Smith — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:23:00 +0000

This is silliness and whomever made this is focused way too much on race.
There is no question we all want to fit in but this is because we are such social animals and yes this affects people. I also agree with the traditional images shown by the media but this is changing. It wont be long before Caucasians are a minority in America but they have historically been the majority (one in 10 people in America is African-American -that is the same amount of people as are over age 65 and both groups are increasing).
What the maker of this doc needs to learn is that there is No such thing as race. Not the way u’r using it anyway/ What we call the different races has to do with how the human body responds to different environments after thousands of generations. We all came out of Africa 150k & 60k years ago…and we are ALL very closely related. In fact no two of us are farther apart than 50th cousins and the greatest genetic diversity is found in Africa. If a meteor hit the planet tomorrow and killed everyone but a small tribe living in the jungles of New guinea this small close knit group would still preserve 80% of all human genetic variability.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:53:00 +0000

All praises due to the God, Gods, or Godesses of your understanding. This is absolutely the thing I have been saying for years and never thought there was a white person in America that could understand it. I will save this, print it, frame it and keep it on my desk at work. I will also send it to every one of my black friends and colleuges…I have hoped for years to hear this from a white person. How is it that you absolutely “get it” and someone like shawnie is clueless that there are whites that believe they are entitled to better treatment, better opportunities, and more, based on their skin color. I had given up until I read this…I started to believe that white people would never understand this…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:04:00 +0000

The test on part four was incredibly stupid.

By: Tylzz

Tylzz — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:42:00 +0000

i wish nobody cared about race! Racism and discrimination ruins so many things…why is it so hard for us humans to get past that…you don’t see dogs judging eachother by the colour of their fur now do you? This documentary was very informative however…its good to bring things to the surface so that it may be dealth with instead of keeping things unresolved and taboo but remember there are also other important things to worry about like disease, famine, death…etc (we all bleed red! if colour is so important in a society…)
PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT CREED, RACE OR RELIGION :)

By: touli touli

touli touli — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:22:00 +0000

Now… this is just being silly. I dont see how making 5 year old remarks will get any kind of point across. It is a good thing for your race that there are some very eloquent and reasonable representatives among the above and below comments. You should try and read them yourself.
Peace.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:44:00 +0000

I’m really glad that you posted your comment because I know many people think exactly like you.
But there is a problem in your thinking and a fatal flaw in your logic. First of all, you have to know that race is a social construct used to put people into a social caste system for the purpose of oppression. Black is used to denote inferiority and white is used to denote the status of superiority. When a category has been historically used to justify discrimination, prejudice, racism, bigotry, violence, hate, unequal opportunity, unfair disadvantage, negative stereotypes, etc., then, in order to fight that oppression there has to be away to give power back to those who have been classified as inferior based on the color of their skin and other physical features. Whites are not oppressed on the basis of being white. It’s the same reason why gay pride is accepted why heterosexual pride is not. Heterosexuals are not oppressed based on their sexuality. That is why Black pride makes sense and White pride is illogical unless you choose to represent racial hatred. That is the difference; and, that is the ignorance that many people, especially white people, do not want to understand.
I suggest that instead of saying ‘white pride’ and being proud of your whiteness and all its associated violence, maybe you should be proud of your ethnicity and culture: Irish pride, Italian pride, German pride, Nordic pride, etc. There’s nothing wrong with being proud of your roots & culture.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:13:00 +0000

The difference, I think, relies in history and context.

White/caucasian people have, for the most part, lived without being made to feel like the color of their skin is something to be ashamed of, or a physical trait that makes them inferior. Black (and brown for that matter) people have.

So, when a black person wears a t-shirt saying “black pride” he/she is trying to counter the centuries-old discrimination and marginalization that their people have suffered: they are trying to reclaim their identity by stating that the color of their skin is as worthy of pride as yours or mine. However, if a white person were to wear a t-shirt that said “white pride” it could be connected to that same history but from the other side, i.e. those who were so “proud” of the color of their skin that they felt like a superior race and thought it was necessary to marginalize, enslave and colonize those who were beneath them.

See the difference now?

These hypothetical t-shirts don’t exist in a cultural vacuum, rather, they’re connected to specific struggles and legacies. Like it or not, white people (myself included) have, in the histories of their ancestors, more to be ashamed of than black people do. That said, I don’t feel ashamed of being white or, particularly proud of it either. , It’s just something that’s there, just a matter of what you get in the genetic lottery.

It’s not about fairness, really, it’s about cultural awareness and a sensitivity to what different identities have had to go through to be considered equal.

By: Shawnie

Shawnie — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:12:00 +0000

In my experience, black people are far more prejudiced than white people now. But it seems to be accepted and tolerated, which is NOT fair. If a black person were to walk down the street with a t-shirt that said, “Black Pride” no one would think twice about it really. But turn that around to a white person with a “white pride” t-shirt on and OMG…they’re just a terrible racist! Hmmm…How is that fair? I’m sorry…but I have every right to be just as proud of my white Caucasian heritage as they do their black African heritage. I don’t feel one bit bad about it either!!!

By: Joseph Waters

Joseph Waters — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:09:00 +0000

Unoriginal, cut and pasted, and overall: nothing I haven’t heard before. I mean, using CNN polls? c’mon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:54:00 +0000

The doll test was first established in the 1940′s by Dr. Kenneth B. Clark. Its results were persuasive enought to sway the supreme court case of Brown v Board of Topeka Kansas. The research was published in White House Mid-Century Conference. Testing children 50 years later and yielding the same results was the subject of a documentary called “A girl like me” I have seen neither documentary so I cant attest to the scholarliness of the second experiment. But you can find the numbers and citations in the first test.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:11:00 +0000

Michelle Obama !

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:15:00 +0000

the proof for me is the outcome, every point can be proved or dis proof, by wat u black ppl think of yall selves, and wat value do u c reflected back at u in the media, think of your last image of a black female, thts not O.WINFERY, THAT WAS POSITIVE, BEAUTIFUL & sexy wit darkskin?

By: Terri Ellen

Terri Ellen — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:54:00 +0000

This documentary is not a crap documentary. It exposes the truth about imagery and the anti-African (Black) campaign that has long terrorized and sought to destroy African imagery for thousands of years. I would suggest you, being obviously White admit that the mainstream media has villanized Blacks at the expense of uplifting White Power and White racist ideologies. Also, it is not that other ethnic groups are not accepting responsibility or accountability for themselves, that is obvious, they do. However, White Supremacy (Racism) is a 95% contributing factor in why young Black children hate themselves or want to be White or choose White as a color of good, nice, pretty as suggested throughout this video. Historically, Whites (Europeans) have done a lot of horrific things to people of color, including African peoples in Africa globally and have never paid for their autrocities.

By: david lisle

david lisle — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:58:00 +0000

Crap documentary. Very anti-white in its views, but of course that’s not racist! I’m tired of being fed pc bs and anything that’s anti white including violent crimes are never labelled as hate crimes or racism.
Nobody is perfect and neither are there superior peoples.
Ethnic groups need to accept responsibility for their contributions to society both positive and negative. Blaming other groups is irresponsible and repressive.

By: Bryson Pullins

Bryson Pullins — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Just because some labels their youtube video “Documentary” doesn’t mean it’s true…