Quote Originally Posted by seanchai View Post
Oh jeezus, your living in a fantasy with this post and if you want to talk about demonizing a race !?!
Asian's "whitened" their faces long before European media reached their shores, the reason being that peasants would be working in the fields while the upper-classes didn't have to go out into the sun. This also took part in Elizabethan and Georgian England (continuing into the USA) for the men and women, to powder their faces. It was (and remains in Asia today) a class issue and not a race issue.


What a ridiculous and out of context comment to make. A "common practice"? Every race on earth has participated in these sorts of things throughout history, it's common knowledge that the Roman's and Greeks did, there is no "white wash" (sic). Thankfully, the Catholic's are being called out now on their pedophilia.
This isn't unique to Europe ... look what is going on in Africa NOW with children?

You've a lot of good points to make and your obviously passionate about your subject but you need to remain objective and quit with trying to make reactionary statements which are irrelevant to the argument or topic at hand. Otherwise, you sound like a Preacher, Politicianor a conspiracy theorist and your great and valid comments will be thrown into the loony bin with the rubbish.

Respectfully, seanchai
(response to most of your posts, Seanchai)
This is exactly the problem. The reason of the mentality of the black man in America is so basic and simple. What happens is that people, in an attempt to dodge the truth, try to complicate the simple issues. It's not that complex Seanchai. I am only speaking about the black race (my race). The reason that the black race feels the need to claim other races and not be proud of the fact that they are BLACK is because of the brainwashing techniques stemming from the slavery period. Again, I'm only speaking of Black people. Now, you can make it a complex issue all you want Seanchai, I'm not buying it. What you sound like is some college professor attempting to dilute the real truth by highlighting issues that most people have no knowledge of. The thing about it Seanchai is that your knowledge of history = dilutions, are completely irrelevant. I will humor you by touching on your "so called" lecture session of Asian distortions. True, European MEDIA had not yet arrived at that point, but the Europeans were conducting business with the Asians. This only means that the European influence was still prevelant. So, your argument about "the media hadn't reached their shores" is fiddle-faddle, a non-issue. I mean damn Seanchai, way back in those days, there was no media anywhere. LOL! Let's keep it real Seanchai. Let's not distort the real facts with your proclaimed knowledge of world history. It's really simpler than all of that nonsense.

Now, allow me to help you clarify the difference between a class issue and a race issue. One good example is the country of India. In India, all of those people in that country are considered INDIAN. So, regardless of whether they are dark complexioned or light complexioned, they are still Indian. They don't call themselves "black" or "white" Indians, therefore, the Indian population is defined by CLASS. Race is a non-topic in that counry. However, in this country, we separate ourselves into "black" and "white" Americans. We only refer to class as it relates to financial levels. Those who have money are considered upper class. Those without it are considered lower class. In India, Northern Indians tend to look down upon Southern Indians. Why? Because northern Indians tend to be light-skinned people and Southern Indians tend to be dark-skinned people ONLY due to Southern India being closer to the Equator than Northern India. So, their difference in skin tone has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with race mixing, such as African-Indian vs European-Indian. It's simply location and there is still discrimination towards the darker skinned Indian. That's terrible!! Now Seanchai, tell me why dark is always perceived negative and light is always perceived good? This same trend happens all over the world. Asians do it today! There was a story on CNN 3 or 4 weeks ago about a little black Japanese girl who is an entertainer in Japan, and the Japanese heckle her and say terrible things to her such as, "Get out of my country!" "You're not Japanese!" "We don't want your dark skin here!" Why is that Seanchai? Please, spare me on all of that historical garbage that you pulled out of left field in your previous post. Let's just keep it simple because it's a simple answer. Europeans have poisoned the entire world into believing that "white is good" and "black is bad". SIMPLE! Believe it or not. Take it or leave it. Call it what you want, but the truth is the truth. Leave your useless historical nonsense out of the discussion. What you sound like is a Professor who attempts to distort his students, which in most cases, are not as knowledgeable as the Professor anyway. This is exactly what's wrong with our country. We turn on the TV and listen to the politicians (experts) while they tell us lies. They know that most of us have no clue and will believe what they say. So they tell us anything. You can't just tell me anything Seanchai. Sorry.

With all due respect, Vid