racism

Racism is the belief that genetic variations among human beings, especially those pertaining to skin color, serve as the basis for the superiority of one race over the other. It is grounded in the prejudice and belief of racial hierarchy and justified with pseudoscientific claims.

The greatest crimes against humanity, including genocide and the Holocaust were motivated by racist ideologies. Racism, then, typically results in violence, intolerance, and in its most extreme forms, death and mass extermination.

Bloggers fiercely debate the concept of racism as controversial issues such as reverse racism and its role in affirmative action programs speak to the heart of our interactions within the workplace and the economy’s influence in our lives. For bloggers, racism is a very sensitive topic as we all identify with a race or combination thereof. Thus, to discuss race is to potentially include one’s own biases into the discussion.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “racism”

• Your Asian? You Go To South Philadelphia High School? You Might Be Getting Your Ass Kicked Because Apparently No One Really Cares About You

  
  Slant Eye For The Round Eye — Authority: 145
  Definitely not a shot in any way to the Asian high schoolers who are getting singled out and beaten down - because thats just bullshit - but if one of your brethren gets jumped by fourteen people - its time to start using the buddy system. Grab a baby, steal a mannequin, hijack a meth addict on their way to the ...
  4 hours ago

• STOP TASER TORTURE, BLOGGING FOR JUSTICE DAY – 12.4.09

  
  Character Corner — Authority: 431
  Activist blogger Wayne Hicks aka Villager, creator of Electronicvillage.blogspot.com , has documented 50 taser-related deaths in the United States since the beginning of the year: 1. Jan 9, 2009: Derrick Jones, 17, Black, Martinsville, Virginia 2. Jan 11, 2009: Rodolfo Lepe, 31, Hispanic, Bakersfield, California 3. ...
  4 hours ago

• We don’t dislike you, we just don’t like you.

  
  Jem's Lair — Authority: 413
  Islamophobia is becoming more and more accepted and ingrained into life here in Europe. In Denmark we have the usual right wingers crying wolf every time someone with slightly darker than standard Nordic skin does something they disapprove of. In Switzerland they took it to a new level . They actually voted and the ...
  5 hours ago

• The Boys of Summer (Paperback)

  
  Art Journals — Authority: 146
  The Boys of Summer (Paperback)…
  7 hours ago

• Book Review – The Myth of Individualism

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 137
  In my never-ending pursuit of sociology books that I could use in my introduction classes that would show sociologists “in action”, I stumbled upon Peter Callero ’s The Myth of Individualism – How Social Forces Shape Our Lives . Anything titled “The Myth of…” is attractive to me as one of main ...
  8 hours ago

• “We will not bend over for aid,” Uganda tells Europeans

  
  WHITE WATCH — Authority: 129
  Why are whites so obsessed with promoting homosexuality amongst non-whites? The government yesterday reiterated its opposition to  homosexuality and said donors were free to withdraw their funding if they wish. Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo was responding to a Daily Monitor story ...
  9 hours ago

• i thank you mr clark

  
  ravings of a semi-sane madwoman — Authority: 491
  for your service and your bravery and your heroism. weve come a very long way since the 40s but we STILL have a very very very long way to go. people of all colors and all backgrounds have served the united states of america. people of all colors and backgrounds have protected us and kept us safe. for that we ALL ...
  9 hours ago

• The Black Hiker with Blair Underwood

  
  Memoirs of a Jewminicana: Aliza Hausman — Authority: 477
  Black Hiker with Blair Underwood from Blair Underwood Hilarious and kind of sad all at the same time.
  9 hours ago

• “I Hate Hate Hate Americans”

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  I never really witnessed true hate until I moved away from Canada. Growing up in one of the most immigrant-heavy areas in Canada meant hearing a lot of rumblings, dislike, whinging, and rude comments going on all the time, of course. Us white folk sure had it hard dealing with all these people that were ...
  9 hours ago

• When it comes to education, liberals continue to be invested in affirmative action

  
  Bookworm Room — Authority: 627
  When I was a very little girl, back in the hard drinking 1960s, an expression I frequently heard was that someone or something needed a bit of “the hair of the dog that bit you.”  I used to think that actually meant people would consume dog hair to cure their ills.  It was only later that I learned that one of ...
  10 hours ago

• SHAMARA RILEY OP-ED: Racism In The Middle East Deserves Our Attention

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 151
  My latest piece is up over at theGrio.com, which focuses on anti-black racism in the Middle East and North Africa, and how blacks are combating it : "Black Iraqis, who are an estimated 10 percent of the total Iraqi population and have been based mainly in southern Iraq for more than 1,000 years, hope that President ...
  11 hours ago

• Addendum

  
  Harlow's Monkey — Authority: 416
  Something Ive been thinking about since I wrote the post last night - I wrote: Read how the Korean American adult adoptees responded in the Evan B. survey: 78% experienced racial discrimination as a child 48% experienced racial discrimination by childhood friends 38% experienced racial discrimination by ...
  12 hours ago

• CyberBullying Tragedies and Internet Safety: eModeration Part3

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 122
  Dec. 3, 2009 Just visited the excellent Connect Safely forum to pose the industry question, is there ANYthing that digital moderators or online advocates could’ve done in the child safety realm to prevent the loss of 13-year old Hope Witsell due to the suicide/sexting case? Obviously, Hope’s ...
  12 hours ago

• Crusading Professor Challenges Dartmouth Atlas On Claims Of Wasteful Health Care Spending

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 124
  The Obama administration demands four cornerstones of healthcare reform: (1) a Medicare cost-containment Commission , (2) taxing high-cost private insurance , (3) reform of medical payment incentives, and (4) deficit reduction. Each of these cornerstones has serious potential to reduce our health coverage, while the ...
  13 hours ago

• Wingnut Web – FreeRepublic is 100% Bad Apple Racists Edition

  
  TarsTarkas.NET Blog — Authority: 133
  Remember back in the day when FreeRepublic.com went super-racist and started attacking Barack Obama’s 11 year old daughter and flinging around monkey references like a pack of KKK rejects? Then FreeRepublic’s spokesperson, Liar Liarson, got on tv and claimed it was only one or two guys who were banned and that ...
  14 hours ago

• Calling Goff to account

  
  No Right Turn — Authority: 587
  So, despite the suck-ups on Red Alert, it seems the Labour caucus isnt entirely happy with Phil Goffs descent into Brash territory , and will be asking him for an explanation at caucus on Tuesday. Good. Racism has no place on the left, and Goffs unprincipled pandering to it was contrary to the values Labour ...
  15 hours ago

• Pardon John Brown

  
  Milfuegos — Authority: 132
  Yesterday, David Reynolds, a CUNY Graduate Center professor who wrote a courageous, groundbreaking biography of John Brown published in 2005, emphasized the necessity of rehabilitating John Brown : Its important for Americans to recognize our national heroes, even those who have been despised by history. Take ...
  15 hours ago

• Natalie Nunn Says Darkskinned Girls Hate On Her (video)

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 147
  What is wrong with this little girl? What do you think about this? Watch now: Tell us what you think! Isn’t she dellusional? Forwomenonline.com
  15 hours ago

• Is this a brave black hero? Or a big mouthed, hatefilled, racist NIGGER bullying a woman?

  
  Boudica BPI Weblog — Authority: 132
  Black Man Verbally Annihilates White Jewish Girl Would that this NIGGER piece of trash confronted a Marine and got a good shot of fist in the face. Why did no one come over and stand beside this young woman? That is a fundamental question for all of us. Comments please. I say he is a racist scumbag nigger. ...
  16 hours ago

• Wait, What Century Is This Again?

  
  Dust in a Sunbeam — Authority: 123
  Max and I were jogging today when out of nowhere he cut to the left, into a yard, and started snarling and barking so loudly I could easily hear him through noise-isolation earbuds and who-knows-how-many decibels worth of "The Great Gig in the Sky." He jerked me so hard I felt my shoulder pop. So, I snatched my ...
  16 hours ago

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