Multiculturalism and Diversity: The New Racism

[Bret Walker]

Multiculturalism and Diversity: The New Racism
From the Ayn Rand Institute

Multiculturalism is racism in a politically-correct guise. It holds that an individual’s identity and personal worth are determined by ethnic/racial membership and that all cultures are of equal worth, regardless of their moral views or how they treat people. Multiculturalism holds that ethnic identity should be a central factor in educational and social policy decisions. Multiculturalism would turn this country into a collection of separatist groups competing with each other for power.
Multiculturalism is a grave threat to this country. Multiculturalism is a threat to education: instead of encouraging students to question their assumptions and the assumptions of their parents and society, multiculturalism demands that students accept blindly what they’re given. Instead of encouraging reason and independent judgment, multiculturalism demands obedience to authority: the authority of the ethnic group.

For editorials on this thought, visit multiculturalism.aynrand.org

[Kexpakki]

Well then the White man is fuckt. How are we going to compete with the Thugs! One time yo

[Bret Walker]

You need to read it a little more carefully What the ARI is saying here is that, by emphasizing cultural differences, we're actually widening the gulf between the so-called races. By giving preferential treatment to those who belong to an oppressed race, we're swinging the pendulum of discrimination in the other direction. The point is that we as a race (the human race) should judge people, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said, not by the color of their skin, but by the merit of their character. Which is why I went on my Gray power rant. If everyone had the same color skin, we couldn't hate anyone just because of their skin; we'd have to start hating people just because they're assholes.

[Kexpakki]

Thats why i hate the Nigros and Gooks in my country the are assholes. They are just a bunch of thugs that smack the biches and smoke pot and they think they are better then the rest of us hard working Icelanders that pay them money just for sitting on there stoned asses.

[Bret Walker]

You know, you say gooks. Are you aware that my father is Korean?

Good for you with your troubles in your own country. Maybe someday you'll understand that it all begins and ends with one person.

[Bret Walker]

By the way, I don't normally disapprove of the use of the word "Gook" but I don't think I've ever seen it used with such disdain.

[Kexpakki]

Im not talking about Koreans im talking about Tailanders.
Tonight about 50 Tai's got together outside a shop just to beat up some white people. They had knifes and clubs and beat up 2 guys and a chick. They guy's ended up i a hospital and then me and some guys (about 30) came but then thay had ran away.There were about 5 pig cars but they didn do anything to the Tai's but they arrested about 10 of us for nothin.

[Lost]

Bloody fuckin pigs...we should kill them all

[Kexpakki]

Yebb we wanted to but they had big shiny clubs and flashlights and all we had was a can of tuna fish

[irishlace]

Somehow I think the original message was lost here...

The point is... about 50 assholes got together and beat the crap out of 3 people.... the point is not seperating by race here "gook" Thailanders "Nigros" African-Americans or otherwise... hate crimes happen all over this country and others... not just about color of the skin... but about religion, political reasons, and ideals as well.... It takes a few people to change the ideals of a nation... I'm not preaching love, but color-blindness.... if you are normally an asshole to people be an asshole to everyone regardless... if you are normally sweet and amenable I don't care if the person next to you is green with purple polka-dots be sweet and amenable.....

That's just my opinion and everyone's entitled to agree or think it's bullshit.... your call

[Bret Walker]

Thanks for bringing the original intent of the message back into light ;D

A couple weeks ago, I was listening to the radio and they had an author named Randall Kennedy on who had written a book called nincompoop: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word. Despite the fact that the book was written by an African-American author, I cringed at the mere mention of that unmentionable word. However, as the author pointed out, by bristling at the word "nincompoop" and by making it such taboo, especially when spoken by white people, we as a society are giving too much power to a word. He cited the example of the word "queer" and its negative connotation toward gay people. But the gay community took the word, embraced it, and used it to their advantage, so that the word "queer" has no power over them. To some extent, the black community has done the same, especially in the hip-hop community, by referring to each other as "nincompoop." Some would point out that the difference between "nincompoop" and "nincompoop" is in the intent, but Kennedy argues that both words are one and the same. But because young urban blacks refer to each other as "nincompoop," the fact that a white person could NOT do the same, even in the same affection and without malice, is what gives the word as much power as it does.

It sounds like an interesting book and I will be getting it soon. He also wrote a book on inter-racial relationships called Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption.

But all this plays into the original quote by ARI. By pointing out the differences between "races," we only serve to drive a deeper wedge between us as a people. The use of such slang as a derrogatory comment, and those that would perpetuate its use and give it more power by banning it or making it taboo, serves to achieve the same end as the would-be embracing of ones cultural heritage as a point of difference. It's not so important to remember where you came from, but rather, to remember where you are today.

[irishlace]

Now that's definitely a book I'll be wanting to borrow.. ie: nincompoop: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word; That is one word that truely makes me uncomfortable.... especially when someone I like uses it. I've never been able to understand how african-american people could fling it around towards each other the way they do.... I always felt that it was a thorn in an already festering wound.... a promoter of racism by caucasians against african-americans... and likewise what they term "reverse-racism" (isn't it the same shit?) african-americans against caucasians....

I'd love to read someone else's views on the word... It definitely sounds like it'd be worth the read!

[Lost]

I think that the entire point was made with kex's post ...Poeple are going to be racist fucks , nothing we can do about it ... you can boycott racism till your blue.... and then poeple will hate you for being blue

And about the word nincompoop ... i said something on the other racism thread about is ... there are black poeple , and nincompoops .... to totaly different types of poeple ...

[irishlace]

Lost said:

I think that the entire point was made with kex's post ...Poeple are going to be racist fucks , nothing we can do about it ... you can boycott racism till your blue.... and then poeple will hate you for being blue

There is something you can do about it... not be one of those fucks yourself... I've heard the argument that for every tolerant person there are 3 racists... that may be so, but the more people that become tolerant the less true that statement becomes... It still makes me sad ... that people just don't get it...

Lost said:

And about the word nincompoop ... i said something on the other racism thread about is ... there are black poeple , and nincompoops .... to totaly different types of poeple ...

Mmmm... I've heard that argument before as well... people who hide behind the exact definition of the word... instead of looking at the cultural background. The only thing I have to say to that is... by the exact definition of the word nincompoop.... I know a hell of alot more white nincompoops than black.

[EloraLaesira]

Around where I live, the white people cause just as much trouble as the other races do. Most people around here won't admit it, but being blind is their own folly. I do agree with how bret said the pendelum is swinging. Some people have been blaming their race instead of others, we should not be ashamed of our race, nor should we be proud of it. We should treat it like it is not even there. Culture we should be proud of, becuase culture includes beliefs and morals. I am proud of my morals, but treat the fact that i am white with little or no awareness.