General Chat

Lisa.... i read it the same as Elaine too babe.... sorry but it did come across that way!! But glad it's sorted now!!

Im afraid that is normal in most cultures including my own lisa. all races tend to place blame on another race for a few peoples wrong doings. Its the same the world over sad but true. E x

my son and daughter in law have converted to islam,but it doesnt mean they are terrorists,although some narrow minded people seem to think they are we are all equals and should be treated the same,regardless of our colour(my daughter in law is black)! susie

susie that what i am sayin.not all muslims are the same .they have said they are not part of that and that's what i am sayin about the whites we're not all racist either that is what i meantx

susie my stepdaughter is mixed race E x

i have many black friends aswellxxx(:

I think we all agree that just because you are a certain colour or religion we are not all the same....

i do!xxxxx(:

My sisters boyfriend (of approx 15 years) is asian and muslim. He and his family are some of the most racist people I have ever met. He's been welcomed by my family, even at Christmas, he's even been bought Christmas presents. And yet my sister is not welcome as far as his family is concerned - because she's white. My niece (half english half italian) recently had to move back to Milton keynes from Bedford, because she lived in a predominantly asian area and was made to feel that she shouldn't be there - terrible abuse at times, and she did not feel safe walking the streets with her children. I'm not excusing racism of any kind, and I do agree that there is good and bad wherever you go, but it does come to something when someone does not feel safe in her own country due to the racism of a "minority".

true paul but like i was saying it's a minority not allxxxxx(:

There's good and bad in all races. Fortunately, the good out weigh the bigots and fanatics. My Nan Et married my Grandad Bob who was from Jamaica, in 1922. They had to endure lots of hostility in the early years. Her family apart from her sister, disowned her. They came round in the end when they realised apart from the colour he was no different from them. Maxine

I love this poem When I am born I am black. When I am old I am black. When I am sick I am black. When I am cold I am black. When I am in the sun I am black. When I die I am black. When you are born You are pink. When you are old You are white. When you are sick You are green. When you are cold You are blue. When you are in the sun You are red. When you die You are purple. And YOU have the cheek to call ME coloured????

Elaine I love that.... i am so copying that and sending it on!! :O)

good one elaine.like it.

Elaine, Love that poem. Who wrote it? Maxine

we used to have that poem up on the wall in my history class when i was at school!!

On the site i got it from it said aborigional poem

Amazed with the response. As for the poem, tee hee, rather witty. I hate it the way that in today's world most people see Islam as a violent and aggressive religion, when in fact it is the complete opposite. Any extremists that live behind a religion, and use that religion as an excuse to terrorise others, can hardly call themselves religious. I don't see why any god would want you to kill another person for his sake!?! Where's the love in that? The Bible, the Torah, and the Qur'an, all teach you to 'love thy brother Jew' etc, and it's just compelte ignored by those individuals. Which leads the ignorant of this world to despise that religion, eg, Islam. Gawd, it drives me insane! As for the race issue, I hate all of this politically correctness that is about today. I say the word 'black' and I feel as if I'm being racist. It's so stupid. I had friends who were of a different ethnicity that I am at uni..... I had friends from a different ethnic group at primary school, it never occurred to me then that we were supposedly 'different'. I noticed that the colour of their skin was different to my own, or that they had different religious traditions, but that was by the by. I was walking along the high street in Fishponds, Bristol about a year ago with my friend Juliet, who is black. We were walking outside this pub that is know to be BNP. A little boy of no more than 5, shouted out "eugh look at that nigger". He was 5 for crying out loud!! What are people teaching their kids? Dothey know nothing about respect? Chloe

elaine i bet she is really pretty:) my grandchildren are..but them im bias lmao susie

Chloe Yes true If we all held respect for each other regardless of colour & creed, the world would be a happier place. I dont feel guilty referring to a black person as black. Most black people prefer that to Coloured. we all talk on here. on here we arnt a colour. we are anonymous, we dont judge by colour cos we cant see eachother. would be lovely to bypass colour outside these boards too E x