Racism Rampant...

Down in the US, they're still quite vocal about their racism with visible class divisions based on skin color.

Here in Canada we say "there's no racism here"... but all we do is squash it with "equal opportunity" employment, which is really just a QUOTA of minority / female employees that the company is required to meet to be called "equal opportunity".

The natives here are treated like the Afro-Americans down in the US, and though there are few crimes the can be called "hate crimes" televised and made a big deal about on the news... they happen daily, and they range from "fuck you N***er!!!" to the dragging of a human with colored skin behind a jeep by a tow rope. The majority of them are kept HUSH HUSH unless someone blows their stack about it. Down in the US the Blacks have their Ghettos such as Bankhead (the largest ghetto in GA), and up here, the Natives have their Reserves. It's pretty sad because people living there, may actually live their whole lives in the ghetto, or on the reserve without ever leaving simply because they don't have enough money to. In places like Bankhead, hate is fueled with liquor stores and gun shops on nearly every corner, and people murder others simply because they live on a different street, or wear a different color.

So, in order to stop racism, we have to stop ALL of it, even the most basic.

Let's quit using the stereotypes, because even if it's a positive one... "She must not have to study! She's asian, school comes natural for her!"...it's a racial stereotype, therefor, it's racism, no matter how you slice it, even if you didn't mean it in a bad way...

Don't be racist.