Now I know that I'm not a social doctor, or a Phd. in social sciences, but I've got a mind. A mind that wanders here and there, every brief while. I've been thinking of racism for quite sometime now, and really wanna know what exactly it is. So, I thought that if I pen my words down, well, not exactly, but pretty much that though, I may be able to get somewhere (rather than get lost).
They say that its in really bad taste to call someone a nigger. But, then again, its not everyday that we get outta our house and let the N-word flow out. (Man its a hell of a job to keep count of, I mean, theres the F-word, the C-word...its an ever-growing family we got down there!) But, what exactly amounts to racism? I mean, if I did call you a black man (Id stay away from using the N-word, till I reach some conclusion) would that amount to racism? Those who followed the tour down under, well, the Andrew Symonds incident. I mean, to be honest, he does look like a monkey, so there it is. I just said that. Am I racist now? Does me calling a man, who in all honesty does look like a monkey, make me racist beyond the consideration of what Ive made of myself up till this day. All the deeds that Ive done, and all the good that was to come to me once I reached THERE, have I relinquished that just because I said that some guy resembles a monkey? The jury is still out on that one, ask Harbhajan Singh!
But again, they say that you cant use the N-word, to tell you honestly check out the lyrics of this song and you tell me what you think. Again there is this one thing that I came across. If you do read it closely, or well enough, you'll find a link which will take you here. Okay, so now we know (err, me thinks it should be read as "think") that not all the americans are down with it, but you gotta definitely see this one. And once you are done with, and clicking all the links I provided you with, just wait for the next part in this series which I have decided to call....Road to racism and more : Part 1
3 comments:
well..great i agree...yaar//[:D]////
Hey,its rily sorta privilege to read this kinda stuff!
there's more to it than mere reacism, i believe..
more often than not,it seems to be a political gimmick or some kinda convenient way of dealing with social issues,
(more often, blowing them out of proportion, unnecessarily though)
'Racism' has always been used,
not for voicing out the unrest, but to make good political success.
and here,
political success doesn't always have to be pure politics..
but the politics we get to see everywhere..
whether its sports or education or anyother profession for that matter..
what i beleive is, what turns out to be an 'offensive racist comment'
is a matter,
purely of perception and hence is relative to the VERY context of it..
every person is a best judge of himself and his comments,more SO, than the 'INCORRECT media influencing' or somebody eLse we should deal with these issues with more introspection!
NVS
Well, calling one guy a monkey is not racist, certainly not, but saying something like "all aboriginies are monkeys" is certainly racist.
Words, are interpreted different ways in different part of the world, for example a fag in america is a derogatory reference to a gay person but a fag in england can be interpreted as a cigarette. Words tend to carry different baggage in different contexts, N-word is a word that has a lot of history in america, and hence all the argument over Nas' album, but since you have more to say I'll wait.
BTW, you not being black will never ever understand what the N-word feels like, though you will get an idea if you go to the UK and get yourself called a coolie or a WOG.
Post a Comment