Which is the least racist country in the world?

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stevem, there is a GULF of difference betweeen the meanings inherent in 'tolerance' and 'acceptance'. I prefer the latter. Ideally would like everybody to wake up one morning unperturbed by their neighbours coming from somewhere different.

yes i am well aware of the difference, and i'm sure everyone would rather there be mutual acceptance of eveybody's ethnicities, cultures, religions (i struggle with those last two way more than the first one personally) in addition to mere tolerance - apart from the people who seemingly genuinely would like everyone to think and believe the same thing (a plague on that warless world!). but seems unlikely given how deep-rooted fear and distrust of that which is different is generally.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.infonexus.com/respek-knuckles.gif

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― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm just disappointed that nobody just up and said "MY COUNTRY! MY COUNTRY!". if we all think are countries are such racist hellholes are we just letting ourselves off the hook? setting our standards low?

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I found out today that the Respek Knuckles thing is actually by one of the brothers who does Homestar Runner.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link

whole world in totally racist SHOCKAH

didn't you guys learn anything from "Crash"?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I learned a good joke about latinos

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, but not what I was supposed to.

― remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link

TOMBOT, please tell your latino joke.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link

a few months ago i was in hamilton and i met some british guy who had been living in nz for a few years. he told me that he loved new zealand but he thought he'd seen more racism here than in england. "yeah?" i asked him, and he went into this big spiel about how racist it is that new zealand "gives" Maori people "special" rights. i tried to re-educate him, but to no avail.

that totally doesn't answer the question, but i just thought it was a somewhat related anecdote.

― awesome is as awesome does (lucylurex), Monday, 24 April 2006 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link

I hate when people ignore 5 year old posts and just write whatever they want - rigid thread enforcement is the bestest.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry

― awesome is as awesome does (lucylurex), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I think it's also important here to differentiate between countries where there are the largest number of people with racist attitudes about 'others' and those where the effects of that racism are worse, more protracted or more insuperable than in others even if their global numbers might be lower.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Go to this URL http://www.billingsgazette.net/ and at the bottom click on the Renaming Squaw Creek Road hits roadblock. Read the comments about the article. Also read the comments about the article Billings woman goes to Mexico to reunite with deported husband
Remember these are postings with out giving real names. The racism is so inbreed and underhanded to make one sick. Many of those claiming to be Native Americans are white racist making fun of the issue. I live in Montana and found your thread trying to see if there is a more non-racist area in the world. I am old and tired...time for the monastery?

― Old Asain Warrior, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Old Asain Warrior just because you don't live in Montana any longer doesn't mean everyone there isn't racist. My grandmother Nancy Mulroon lives in Butte, MO and she doesn't like non-American blacks or Jordanian. Why do you claim your country is not the best? American isn't made up of internet comments for people. Maybe after looking at the information you will come to the realize it is you who is the actual racist after all.

― ath (ath), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 03:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ath otn

― estela (estela), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 03:39 (eighteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

]apparently the most racist country in the world is ... India?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/05/racism-map3.jpg

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago) link

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