I’ve been hearing the term “playing the race card” more and more lately and it’s starting to piss me off.
Sure, when it comes to racism, you could probably say that there are winners and losers.
But the last time I checked it wasn’t a competition or some kind of game, so lay off already.
Also, there’s no such thing as “reverse racism”. Whether or not it’s coming from the racial majority of the minority it’s still just racism. Seriously, think about it: when a woman is discriminating against a man because of his sex, we don’t accuse her of “reverse sexism” – she’s just being sexist. —Time To Enter the 21st Century
This article appears in Feb 21-27, 2013.
people get stuck for words, it’s easier for them to regurgitate what they’ve heard over and over again. i enjoy card games
“Seriously, think about it: when a woman is discriminating against a man because of his sex, we don’t accuse her of “reverse sexism” “
Of course we don’t, that would be silly. We accuse her of feminism; others applaud her for being empowered. >; )
And the phrase “playing the race card” is usually applied to a situation where years or decades or centuries of ill treatment, committed by people long dead against other people long dead, is somehow used to justify, rationalize or overlook appalling conduct by people now living against other people, now living. It’s a pretty stupid rationale, downright paternalistic and *shocked intake of breath* even racist.
Reverse discrimination is the term your looking for, its real, its FUCKING EVERYWHERE!!! Welome to the 21st century!!!!
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Y’know, if those t-shirt adds on Urban Dictionary are only aimed at the lesbonim, I’d call that a pretty shocking example of reverse sexism.
alls i know is that i’m an ugly atheist bag of mostly water, and i like words. i would never use any of those terms, unless i was being sarcastic, which i never am
Ivan exactly I agree. then there is you, siding with the rapist thread a few days ago. Talk about prejudice. Wow, can’t top that one.
I always lose that game, but it is a game with cards.
the race card is like any other ploy to get someone to bend to their way of thinking. if you were black say, and gotten some sort of rotten deal, and bitched about it to someone, then that would be playing the race card. but just for the sake of getting pity or some other reaction, let’s say you were german, and someone barred you from a pub, then you could also play the race card. it really has no color persee, but just a handy tool to use to get some sucker on your side, and start up a whole bunch of needless shit, for just about everyone.
There was a Bitch recently about a new neighbour getting peed on, and also egged. I mentioned the race card in that situation not because of what had happened, but because the OB had to say her mother was black. The story could have been told without the mention of race, it was mentioned because the OB expected more sympathy and more of a response by playing the “race card”. If we’re all people, and we’re all equal, then why the need to focus on what race a person is when telling the story? That to me, is the Race Card.
PS- My friend didn’t get a job at a service station. See thats a normal comment. But what happens when I phrase it, My black friend didn’t get a job at the service station?
wogdog. I believe it’s pronounced therapist not the rapist.
LMFAO, Senor
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When have you ever heard of a woman being called sexist? Liberated yes, sexist not really.
now lets see the COAST COWARDS delete this
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I long for the day where one can play the race car.
I dunno where I stand on this. What if you accuse someone of ‘playing the race card’ when they were actually just stating the fact that they were treated unfairly based on their race.
Case in point, I recently had jury duty. Me and about 200 other people had to listen to the basic facts of two different cases before they selected the jurors.
The first case was a white man accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The judge had him stand and sit while reading his name but that’s all I saw of him, the back of his head.
The next trial we were getting selected for was a young black man who had been charged with possession of Cocain with the intention to distribute. The judge had him stand and face the crowd while his name was read, then said if anyone had bias based on his age or race to come forward and be excused. About 30 people went to talk to the judge to get excused. (some may have been for other reasons, ie. knowing the judge/lawyer/witness/accused personally. But some definitely were not.)
SO, there is certainly still some divide that exists in our society between races (of various ethnic background). I think there are appropriate and inappropriate times to mention your race or claim that you received bias because of it.
Also interesting to note, there were a number of people in the crowd of various race and age. Probably the majority was white but there was certainly a good variety of individuals, yet the judge never asked about potential bias on his race and age.
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