Do you think books that talk about racism, that discriminate black people should be censor? Why or why not?
144716
Feedom of expression shouldnt be limited to basis of race, the way people feel about blacks wheather it be positive or negative should be freely expressed if not that would make America seem like a fake place why cover up or hide the fact that racism exist, its real, let the facts be known. In the real world racism is real but we can all pretend that its not real but we'de only be lying to ourselves.
189542
Absolutly not, just like its not right to call someone retarded or racist names. \nIts mean and hurtful to everyone involved.\nThen again you cant cure all of the idiots in the world that will still practice this behavior.
263516
Of course! Racism is not about a degree, it is about the color of your skin. Ignorant morons will always hate what they do not understand.
288037
It is reverse racism, and I do not agree with it. Some white people feel guilty over their ancestors' role in the history and let black people get away with it, and some black people fully exploit the situation. I think no one should use any derogatory terms towards another person. We should all try to let go of the past and move on towards a better tomorrow.
908286
it plainly is racist. it is the very definition. MLK would be appalled.\nquestions of race should not appear on any application for anything. affirmative action has been quite detrimental to blacks as a whole. it expects black to achieve less and they have come to expect it from themselves and comply. it is high time that MLKs dream come true and that such institutionalized racism be done away with.
241558
The first censorship is that the guy doesnt say hey nigger play the piano. He tells him sam. In the old days whites would call blacks niggers.\nThey censored that so it would not look so bad if they called him nigger.
383160
Yup, I'm very sick of it! I'm sorry people have assumed you are racist just due to your background.  What I hate is when people get away with being "counter-racist" because they are a "person of color".  That really gets to me!\n\nSomeone brought up having a white history month, Personally I'm for getting rid of Black History month.  For one I feel that all history should be studied all year long, not separated or each race should have it's own history month (which in my mind would be pointless and segregating).\n\nSomeone else mentioned, that Blacks have been taught "you are the enemy".  That's nonsense, and if it's not just as many whites have been taught "blacks are the enemy"  and why does it always come back to back and white?  Any race can and does experiance racism!
359448
wasn't it something like whether people are truly rascist in their hearts and it was dangerous to ask because you might not want to know the answer or something? its been a while since i read that book...its one of my favorites though.
690420
I think racism LIMITS a country's potential.  I wonder how many Bill Gates' types there have been who were held back because of prejudice.  Businesses that never got started.  Jobs that never were available.  \n\nI feel there are two reasons prejudice will always be with us in one form or another.\n\nFeeling superior.\nThis was said to me (by someone who never could hold down a job or make ends meet) when I asked if he could afford the rent where he was moving.\n"What do you think? I'm not like those muchachos from the other side of the tracks who doesn't even TRY to pay their bills!"\ntranslation; I may be a loser but I'm not as a big of a loser as THOSE people!\n\nShortcut\nI takes a while to know who is honest & who isn't, who is a hard worker & who isn't, etc.\nPrejudice allows people to think they can look at someone & have a short cut to knowing those important things. \n\nI suspect a lot of the prejudice blacks face today isn't racism in the strict sense. It's not prejudice against the race, as much as the culture. In other words, "it's OK to be black as long as you walk, talk & act white." It's still prejudice. \n\nExample: A black with a strong black dilect will be treated very differently from one who talks "white."\n(I'm not talking about bad grammer, just different phonetics.)\n\nI think of Jeff Foxworthy's joke "People hear this accent & automatically want to deduct 20 IQ points." How many IQ points do you think get deducted from someone with a black dialect?
364554
Words should NEVER BE BANNED.  NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER.\n\nWords are just words.  It's the racist hill-jack honky behind the words you have to worry about.
753351
I think racism is classified as any derogatory remark towards a person because of skin color, nationality, or ethnic background. If you discriminate against a person because of their background or make harsh remarks regarding their ethnic background, it is racist.
799821
All race-hate, political correctness, anti-blasphemy and similar regressive and primitive  laws should be abolished or ignored:  "I care not for what they say, but I will lay down my life in defence of their right to say it" (Dickens 'A tale of two cities') People must be free to say what they think: no one can be made to listen to or agree with them and I will not be told by a bunch of politicians, religious crackpots, 'do gooders' or any other self- interest group or cardboard 'little Hitler' what I should think!\nCensorship of any description is nothing more than an attempt by one group of biggots to forcibly foist their jaundiced views on the rest of us. Remember 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' when the publishers were hauled before the courts because 'they' claimed that it would 'deprave and corrupt' - but failed to produce a single example of one such?  But what about those who had read it in order to object to it's content - surely they must have been 'depraved and corrupted' themselves in order to recognise the symptons - isn't there a parallel here somewhere?
930167
Depends on the context of the material.\n\nFor example if i start in about football and then get heckled by a Latino, i ignore him and keep on about sports, then get heckled a bit again...........then i turn red faced and start screaming "you fking "whatever slur" over and over again, i should be labled a racist.\n\nIf my material is about the difference between blacks/whites/latinos and include quotes from them themsleves then i shouldn't.\n\nedit -  Thumbs down?  I guess nothing hurts like the truth.
535544
I hate racism.\nIt's just wrong on so many levels, people should not be judged on the way that their skin is.\nIt's the inside that counts.
461554
its retarted... i dont mean to offend anyone here... but this is my opinion.\n\nfirst of all... i think its ok to say black sheep on tv. if people interpret it differently thats they own dam luck... they shouldnt watch the dam show.\n\nsecond of all... tv censorship is getting out of control... children hear stuff on  the streets and at home (faul language). there is no need to censor certain words.\n\npeople change things because they are afraid of getting sued or something like that. racism or anything should not be the answer to everything. otherwise i could walk down the road and see a sign in a shop that says "sizzling sausages on sale here". i could interpret it as sexual.\n\nin the longrun its all bullshit. unless its something real not like a black sheap, it should be left alone. i mean come on, get real !
901502
I don't think any of it should be banned.  I think the advantage would lie in teaching everything, so that education isn't subject to some kind of cultural censorship.
263893
YES, ITS DISCRIMINATION. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE HARASSED BY WHO THEY WANNA F*U*CK, PRAISE OR WHERE THIER PARENTS CAME FROM.