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Maybe it's me. I've read this and the links a few times now and everything about it screams "separate but equal" which is actually not surprising because racial separation is actually the long stated goal of Nation of Islam.

I don't know about racism in the US, but it is probably nothing compared to Russia.
Chernys (blacks) are universally despised in Russia. Especially if they are from the Caucasas (People from the Caucasas are already black in Russian eyes).
For example: I heard a story about a Caucasian man (note: despite Americans messing up the already messy term, Caucasian does not mean white) who lived in Southern Russia and who got severely beaten up by a bunch of racists.
The man limped to the Cossacks (the local law enforcement) in order to report the crime. The Cossacks acted friendly and patched him up a bit. They asked the man for his adress and told him they would look into the crime.
So the man went back home, but when he entered the street where he lived he saw a Cossack car in front of his house and the Cossacks were putting a fire to his house. The man tried to run and stop them, but he was still injured and as soon as the Cossacks had got the house burning they left. the man's family was luckily saved from the flames, but their house burned down completely.
These kind of things happen a lot in Russia, and people are almost never persecuted for it.
It is understandable when looking at Russian history, but it is still sad.
Racism is pretty much everywhere in Russia (and the Ukraine as well for that matter), so it was pretty much a culture shock for me when I got to the Netherlands and had to adjust to the political correctness surrounding 'tinted' (not black!) people here. I probably caused quite a lot of offense at first but I am happy to report that I have since seen the error of my ways and now have a much higher opinion of black people.

Seeing the history of the US, I would guess that race relations are a lot more sensitive in the US, but from the little I've heard the US does not seem racist at all when compared to Europe, altough I would also imagine that it is a larger issue in the US because the US, unlike most European states lacks a distinct ethnicity. I guess the whole melting pot/salad bowl thing makes race relations a lot more important to the US.

In general I would like to say that the internet is always worse than the 'real world'. On the internet, people are anonymous and thus dare to voice more extreme opinions than in real life.
Someone may hate black people and voice that on the internet, but he may still treat black people nicely in real life, out of fear of what the community will think about him if he becomes known as a racist.

 sebster wrote:
Imagine my surprise to see that same idea being put forward here, albeit from the exact opposite end of the political spectrum.

LOL well said. But in this case, I don't think there is any genuine desire to see the revolution.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Reminds me of the recent softening of the embargo against Iran. I asked one of my Iranian family what he thought about it, he told me the positive side was that it would ease things a lot for Iranians, the bad thing being that this will allow the current regime to stay in place for longer.
It is not the same as the joke because he did not have any power over it, but it is still a quite similar situation.

The difference being that Iran's regime actually is more stable without the sanctions. The homeless guy getting some money doesn't decrease the chance of revolution, just like US aid to Africa doesn't in any way prevent the chance that there might be some kind of vague political change.


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 Manchu wrote:
LOL well said. But in this case, I don't think there is any genuine desire to see the revolution.

Yes, very good point.