Comments on: Racial Tensions Explode in CA

By: Michael O. Powell

Michael O. Powell — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:35:31 +0000

It’s up to you, Azn. You can create a happy world in your own mind. Hahaha =)

By: AznManye

AznManye — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:29:11 +0000

Haha. I’m down for a happy world myself.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:20:53 +0000

Stopping racism would literally be like stopping anger.

By: AznManye

AznManye — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:13:38 +0000

Using the race label is just a possible reasoning for the crimes. However, more importantly, no one wants to look for a solution and then act on it. Too much talk and no action these days.

I am not denying that racism exists in society, but the easy part has always been finding the possible reasoning (racism), but then there is no progress to “end” it. If that even is possible… I can dream though…

By: Michael O. Powell

Michael O. Powell — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:18:12 +0000

That’s a really interesting point, Azn. Random acts of violence unfortunately occur quite often in the Bay Area (I once heard a bunch of rumors in SF of a shooting between two parents in the parking lot of a private Christian high school). Putting the race label might just be a way of making sense of them?

By: AznManye

AznManye — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:34:33 +0000

I feel you Michael. To be honest, these latest incidents weren’t completely race driven. In the case of Tian Sheng Yu, the two suspects of the murder committed crimes against elderly African Americans as well. And something very important that hardly gets brought up is that the victims themselves never claim the incidents to be race driven, but rather they just want the violence to end. The local media and “protesters” love to bring race into everything though…

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:00:26 +0000

Az. That is certainly not what I was saying. I brought up my story because they both occurred in the bay area.

By: Controlphreak

Controlphreak — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:37:56 +0000

I agree that racism is a natural aspect of human nature, but is also exacerbated by socioeconomic and conditions and by racial political practices. I’m not talking about old segregation policies of the 1950s which were blatantly racist, but also by modern political practices that are still obsessed with race only using an avenue that is not blatantly segregation-based.

By: AznManye

AznManye — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:34:09 +0000

And why do you think your Asian roommates and landlord treated you like that? Racism is formed by experiences in our lives. If we don’t attempt to make a change, even with just one person of another race, racist stereotypes will continue. Your unfortunate story only sounds like you are making an excuse for the recent attacks.