Comments on: Racist or not, Mr Security had to go http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/03/12/racist_or_not_mr_security_had_to_go Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HijabMan http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/03/12/racist_or_not_mr_security_had_to_go#comment-1155 HijabMan Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/03/12/racist_or_not_mr_security_had_to_go#comment-1155 Starting in grade school classes, we are taught that racism and injustices among in history, well, is simply that-- history. Time and again, we have lectures covering the Crusades, the Holocaust, the Civil War etc etc, all of which end with the same message... Wars/events that have made “history” are based on various prejudices. A sad truth that has become almost innate is that we as a species are prejudice. Calling a red head a ginger, referring to the cab driver as a fob... While may seem like a funny joke, can in essence it grows into a larger hate that we would never admit to having. Starting in grade school classes, we are taught that racism and injustices among in history, well, is simply that— history. Time and again, we have lectures covering the Crusades, the Holocaust, the Civil War etc etc, all of which end with the same message… Wars/events that have made “history” are based on various prejudices.

A sad truth that has become almost innate is that we as a species are prejudice. Calling a red head a ginger, referring to the cab driver as a fob… While may seem like a funny joke, can in essence it grows into a larger hate that we would never admit to having.

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