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afrophobia vs. afrophilia

on the opposite end of the spectrum of anti-semitism is philo-semitism (a love of all things jewish.) similary white racism against asians (yellow peril) is contrasted with white love of all things asian (asia-philia). i am no scholar on the subject, but shouldn't there be discussion in this article, or a link to, the opposite of afrophobia? (clearly the other forms of white racism i've mentioned can be best understood by examining both sides of the coin, the black experience is no different). again, i am no position to write the article i'm advocating, but here are some sources for those more capable than i. http://books.google.com/books?q=afrophilia&btnG=Search+Books

Defining Racism

It's not simply a belief that your race is superior to other. Racism is a philosophy imposed by society; Racism is.. is a cycle created by the misinformation provided by the media, institutions, and society in general. This leads to "racist" views- the that the oppressed people are inferior, that they are somehow as a people not as "thoughtful" or as "pure" as whites ( I say white simply because I do not know of any society in which whites are not at the top of the "power pyramid".. or call it what you will) So yes, blacks can be racists, society can and does poison you against your own people. And no, reverse racism is a contradiction not because racism is racism, it's because you can not BE racist against whites, you can descriminate based on race, but that is not racist, racism must be discrimination that is based throughout society, not just within a certain portion of it.

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Whites are members of society and are definitely victims of racism This should be discussed in depth and if not, that's discriminatory within itself.76.111.211.241 (talk) 17:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)Wyatt[reply]

I would like to see a "cultural" racism section, and also a "individual" racism section

I recently attended a Anti Racism training, and these are the terms they used. They call it the "racism iceberg" - the type of racism that we see in everyday life but this is caused at the root by instutional racism. Institutional racism leads to a culture that contains racist concepts, which leads to individual acts of racism as racism becomes acceptable. SkymanUU

Rcaism - An ever growing problem

I have seen more and more news articles showing the growing problem of racism. In an attempt to educate the world on the harms of racism I have started a forum. The forum is named Racism Awareness Forum and is open to all around the world to gather and give their stories and input into this subject. Please join and submit topics to try and bring this to the attention of the world.

There is also a chat room for the use of forum members. Lets educate the world on the harms of racism.

The website can be found at [1] .

Thanks Frank

Racism invented by Europeans a couple centuries ago?

While racism is most commonly accepted to be a product of European colonialism during the early modern period, several authors have put forward the idea that racism may have its roots in Classical Antiquity or the Middle Ages.

Who says this? As far as I know, hardly anyone thinks racism is something that was just invented by Europeans a couple centuries ago. Isn't it more commonly accepted that it has existed in all cultures, in all times? Maybe I'm countering original research with my own original research, but isn't racism a universal human flaw, based on our built-in fear of the unknown and human desire to categorize things? (ironically, isn't saying basically "racism was invented by Europeans" a racist statement in itself?) -kotra (talk) 05:28, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it as uncited original research. -kotra (talk) 23:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Death trap for tha Jap

I refer the picture depicted in this article, found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alaskadeathtrapa.jpg. I do not believe this is a relevant image for the Racism article. There is nothing to suggest that the poster was some type of mid 20th century example of racism. Jap referred to the the nationality of the Japanese people who had attacked the American (also a nationality) people. This is similar to Yankee, Pommy, Kiwi, Aussie, Paki, Frog, etc. These terms are not racially specific. I am calling for the image to be removed from this article. Please discuss. I shall complete the removal in 14 days if no substantiated objections can be made. OzWoden (talk)