Does the media and Hollywood profit from hatered between the races?
112416
definitely. cant u see the offences & insults for: white, black, reddish ppl, asians, arabs, jews, muslims & even jesus himself? like, all the christians, us"the americans"  are wow or ew, all the jewishes are disgusting or all the muslims are terrorists or vice versa!
860663
I guess it's only if the media wants to run with the story...how much ratings it will get them to report it over and over again. Your Political Parties are fueled off the main stream media, so if your famous, and you make a rude remark, and it is getting closer to the elections, it will be smeared everywhere. Or they "the liberals" really don't want to hear or care what Hollywood is saying unless it's for their cause and it starts getting more air time.
901611
Follow the money. If it truly disappeared, it would be re-created as an issue, because a lot of important people would have to get real, productive, jobs, like the rest of us.\n\nIn the real world, especially in business, you judge everybody on merit and honesty. You cannot afford to judge anybody by something so stupid and meaningless as skin color.\n\nEverybody should count up all the racist and non-racists they personally know, and report back.\n\nI can't think of anyone I deal with that is a racist. But then, I don't know any celebrities, either.
469143
No, not offended. But why is the focus ALWAYS on Black/White? The world is race colorful, why do you never see Red/White, or Yellow/Black, or even Brown vs.Whomever as a focus? The media kinda acts like there are only 2 races,well,okay, they acknowledge middle eastern people on the news...
778774
People love to hate.  And nothing will bring more people from different backgrounds together than hate, it makes people feel good to be able to look down on others and feel better about themselves.  It is very sad and I believe what goes around comes around for all of us.
1068888
I have wondered the same thing.  For example, Chris Rock really slams white people in his comedy show, but a white person similarly insulting a black person--he would be run out of the country as a "racist" and a "bigot."\n\nUnfortunately, though we've made great strides in equality, there are still double-standards on both sides of the race coin.
43217
Sadly there are a lot of people in the US who are influenced by anything the media, Hollywood, and their favorite actor or actress tells them. I don't understand it myself. These people are no smarter than you or I, nor do they have access to information we do not. For example, who declared that Michael Moore was more intelligent or had any more information than anyone else? \n\nPersonally, I like to look at facts and make my own conclusions and I look for signs that the supposed "facts" I'm being shown are skewed to a particular reporter's point of view. Having been a reporter at one time in my life, I know that personal agendas often find their way into "news" reporting, and let's not forget that many of the biggest names in news are folks who grew up and thrived on an anti-government attitude in the 1960's. They may want to recreate the chaos that was the '60's, but I, for one, do not.\n\nThere seems to be a certain cache in being against the establishment. A very small crowd of people have had a disproportionately loud presence in the media, skewing perception of what we Americans really think. I'm a native NY'er. After 9/11 I was SHOCKED at how quickly an entire city full of liberal democrat doves turned into hawks overnight. Ask any of my neighbors. We support the war 100%.\n\nAnyone who has a problem with it is either too stupid and brainwashed to understand that fighting the terrorists there keeps us safer over here, or worse, they simply want their own political power and don't care who they hurt - soldiers or innocent civilians who will be killed without the soldiers' intervention - to attain power for themselves. It's disgusting. \n\nWhen I watch democrats pussyfooting around supporting troops but hating Bush, it makes me sick. For once, do what's best for the country, not what's best for yourselves. The power grab is all too obvious and completely disgusting.\n\nYou're all too right about CNN. They are terrible reporters. Their political preference is ALWAYS readily seen. My family in Europe gets their news about the US from CNN and it is always skewed. To hear them you'd think we were all flag-burning atheists who hate Bush and love Hillary. Ha! Luckily, at least for my family, they can call us and get the real story. I often wonder how such negativism affects the soldiers and I hope and pray they don't take it to heart.\n\nThank God for your husband and the other men like him. Don't listen to the foolish, brainwashed youngsters who believe whatever some uneducated moron in Hollywood tells them or the elites who are only after their own agendas and their own power grabs. Real Americans love our troops and support what they are doing. We understand what is happening and though we keep quiet most of the time and let the press do what it will, we know what they say is a load of crap. Take heart. America supports you.
675973
it really is a very paradoxical question, but it happens when you're growing up in a society that is full of hate towards one race. i've seen jewish people (jewish by birth that is) hate the jewish people, even becoming neo-nazis in their hate.\n\nif you watch the movie "the believer," you'll get an amazing and vivid example just how deep hatred can run.
1160334
The worst of any race are usually the ones that get the most attention. Therefore, if one only hears about black murderers, Hispanic car thieves, white hillbillies, Asian gangs, Italian Mafia, Arab terrorist, etc., one will assume falsely that these people represent their ENTIRE race. When they make this assumption, they then begin racist behavior toward a particular race.\n\nAny intelligent person would recognize that there is NO way in the world, that those people would represent their entire race even thought the media keeps this imagines going worldwide.\n\nI know that there is violence and suffering in the world, but can you imagine that it would be like Armageddon, if the majority of people from all the races actually lived like those negative stereotypes.\n\nThe bottom line is that there are bad people of all races in the world and if you have the misfortune of living near these bad people, you may begin to grow resentful and hateful toward all people who looks like the bad ones that annoy you. \n\nAn intelligent individual is able to separate the bad from the good. People who are ignorant will continue to lump the bad with the good, ignoring common sense.
698726
Depends. Not all people that others think are racist are actually racist.
614971
First, to answer your question...some people hate other people because they're taught to.  They're taught to hate by their parents, and their parents are taught to hate by their parents and so forth.... These beliefs have been handed down through generations.  \n\nThese beliefs were created in order to make people feel "better" about the institution of slavery.  If you can "demonize" someone, it's easier on your conscience to justify enslaving them and breaking up their families and killing them, etc...\n\nUnderstand, these beliefs were promulgated and reinforced from about 1619 (when slaves arrived here) until TODAY.  People of African descent were only LEGALLY allowed to participate in society fully after 1964 (voting rights act -AND, Congres STILL has to renew it every few years.  People of European descent or women don't have to endure this scrutiny).  \n\nIf you want to focus on a "color", look at Green.  Those with money have pitted those without money against people of color.  People of color have been the socio-political-economic scape goats of people with money.  Whenever people of limited education and limited means start to ask those in power why their lot in life sucks, those in power simply point to people of color and say, "well, it's because of illegal immigrants, or outsourcing, or foreign imports".  It's easier to make someone ELSE responsible for your misery than to take ownership of it yourself.\n\nSecond, there is only ONE RACE:  HUMAN.  According to the Human Genome Project, EVERY HUMAN on the planet is 99.9% IDENTICAL!  Yep!  The only thing that separates us...is US.  We draw political, social, economic, racial, gender, etc...lines.  "The only sin is separation."  Thinking, BELIEVING that we're really that different from each other.\nAnd to think, we make that stuff up!  We create that separation.  And for the sake of what?  \n\nAs Ben Franklin said, "we must all stand together, or surely we will hang separately."\n\nI wish you Peace.
1026056
Great question,\n      As an instructor on race and ethnicity at DePaul University, this question is asked all the time to me in my classes.   As you should know, American history is full of injustice, legal genocide, slavery, and many other horrid types of treatment of people.  In an attempt to make amens for such crimes against humanity, our government put many different programs into place, or insisted on an "affirmative action" to rectify these ills that have devastated entire generations of people. From this, came a societal change that fostered an environment that allowed for other cultures to express their interest's in the arts, sports, politics, music, etc.  \n    Just to let you know:\nThe NAACP is an organization created and supported by people of African decent, Jewish faith, and many other backgrounds. Though it was brought about to assist black people, white people helped make it happen.\n BET (Black Entertainment Television) is owned and operated by MTV networks. MTV is owned by AOL Time-Warner. AOL Time Warner is a white-owned corporation.\n\nWe cannot discuss this topic properly without first understanding that well over 90% of television programming is mainstream (predominantly white).   To conclude, no you are not a racist by being white. You WOULD be racist if you participated in racial bias, prejudice, or hate solely based on another individual's color or ethnicity.
378866
I think the media and the activists keep racism alive.  They spend so much time talking about the differences in groups instead of talking about the similarities and they are segregating everyone.  If they just quick talking about skin color or culture and quit pitting people against each other then everyone would get along much better.
696754
Hating is ignorance, I don't think that anyone hates you because of your ethnicity/race or religion. America is a diverse country too. Some naive Americans may hate certain people and it is around all races hating on each other, not just everybody hating on Arabs. Just because of the acts of few of your people is all it takes for some Americans to draw a conclusion about your ENTIRE RACE and start to hate. IGNORANCE.\n\nI am sure, there is racism in your countries as well against Black Arabs, or the Filipinos or other Asians working/living there. No doubt.
510583
Media meaning news?  I think they just focus on the hottest stories.  If you're talking about entertainment television, then I see what you mean.  I once counted how many African Americans there were during 2 minutes of commercials.  The number was low compared to the amount of Caucasian actors.  I do think it's getting better, though.
898308
hate does have color.
963372
NO all of that comes from people who have a need to whine about something and be treated better because they are of a different racial background.  The people who accuse whites of being racist and greedy are the actual racists and are hypocrites.