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Asante
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Racism, sexism & homophobia in society
#7796064 - 12/24/07 04:16 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Racism, sexism & homophobia in society.. in your personal opinion, is it decreasing, increasing or is there about as much of it as several years ago?
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Re: Racism, sexism & homophobia in society [Re: Asante]
#7796105 - 12/24/07 04:26 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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As an institutional matter, it is decreasing by leaps and bounds. As a personal matter, I feel it is decreasing on the surface moderately.
I think people will always have their prejudices, just because there will always be out groups, but society will continue to view it as more and more unacceptable, so prejudiced people will have to keep their feelings to themselves.
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Re: Racism, sexism & homophobia in society [Re: Redstorm]
#7796121 - 12/24/07 04:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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What he said.
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Re: Racism, sexism & homophobia in society [Re: Redstorm]
#7796157 - 12/24/07 04:41 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I believe here in Holland it is ever so slightly on the increase. The free thinking mentality brought to us by the 1960s is gradually eroding. From youth upwards, the polarization seems sharper than it used to be. Society is hardening overall.
As a non-western foreigner its harder to get a job, there are more homophobic incidents and what the USA has with the neoconservatives we have with the Nieuw Rechts (New Rightwing) movement.
People used to on pot, but nowadays the police is coming down hard on pot-growers, even smalltime ops.
Holland used to be 50/50 leftwing/rightwing. Now literally 2/3 voted rightwing and on the whole people have become more extreme about it. Extreme nationalism is rearing its ugly head among the young.
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It's decreasing like the value of a house when a black family moves in next door.
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Re: Racism, sexism & homophobia in society [Re: d33p]
#7796366 - 12/24/07 06:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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yea but its always gonna be there
im racist, sexist and homophobic it just took me up until now to realize it but at the same time so are the people who accuse others of it
it sucks but its ingrained in society
thats why you gotta hate everybody equally
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Re: Racism, sexism & homophobia in society [Re: Konyap]
#7796420 - 12/24/07 07:03 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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so a jew, a hot blond, and a fag walk into a bar....... 
id say its about the same. i havent noticed it slowing down at all.
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