What would you do if you were in their shoes?!
Racism, how does one start writing about this world-wide dilemma? I’m only going to stick to the borders of my country though. I know that I’m not the first person to attempt writing about it, and some would probably say I’m repetitive and unoriginal, but I DON’T CARE!!! Because every person’s thought counts, and ever person’s feeling, IS ORIGINAL! It hurts; it literally hurts me when I see how people with black skin are treated
as an inferior race. Who gave the white race an upper hand? Why would color only be the judge of that person’s entire life? Allah created both the black and the white that way, why should there be any difference, but in the obvious color difference? It’s a simple why! No hidden depths in this question, not a deeper meaning embedded beneath it, just, WHY?
as an inferior race. Who gave the white race an upper hand? Why would color only be the judge of that person’s entire life? Allah created both the black and the white that way, why should there be any difference, but in the obvious color difference? It’s a simple why! No hidden depths in this question, not a deeper meaning embedded beneath it, just, WHY?
How would you like it if people ordered you around and treated you like dirt?
How frustrated would you get, and how insulted would you feel if you have
to shut up and take in, because almost in all cases your job depends on it? How would THAT feel??? I don’t even want to know how I would feel; just thinking about it makes me mad, how about living it, EVERY, DAY, OF, YOUR ,LIFE?
How frustrated would you get, and how insulted would you feel if you have
to shut up and take in, because almost in all cases your job depends on it? How would THAT feel??? I don’t even want to know how I would feel; just thinking about it makes me mad, how about living it, EVERY, DAY, OF, YOUR ,LIFE?
I know that all these words are practically gibberish, life a blank cheque, but there is not much I can do, words with no action, to me it’s a moral epidemic. I just hope this blank cheque of mine makes someone think what would they do if they were in their shoes?
I’ll leave u with an excerpt of Robert Kennedy’s speech, “On the Mindless Menace of Violence” written after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
“Some look for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul. ““For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colours. This is the slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter. “
June 27, 2007 at 10:44 a.m.
Racism is just stupid, don't racists comprehend that all people of whatever color, religion, race or shape have feelings, and that we actually "kulna wlad tes3a" as they say!
The problem is racism come into many different forms, and one can be resist without feeling and thinking that he's one! It’s just a matter of accepting each other!
June 27, 2007 at 11:29 a.m.
a_akak said...
I think people fear what they are not and fear what is different, be it color, religion or origin..... but specifically Racism "Color" is a problem with very deep roots and very complex, but as Muslims we know the "There is no difference is color of skin in the eyes of god" but still we are racist ............... i think its hard to put your finger on it and say "That is the problem...."
"Treat people the way you want people to treat you" ...... my Moto :)
Sorry i have not been able to shed much light on this issue but i dont know what to say
Fe aman allah
June 26, 2007 7:36 PM
Romana said...
Morning ahmed, its ok that u didnot know what to say... its not an easy topic..
your moto is my moto as well, because thats what i always tell my friends,"treat ppl the way u want to be treated" and "الاعمال بالنيات " those are things i live by... and u know what a_akak, it is true, we are as muslims regarded as one in the eyes of God, but we arenot one in the eyes of humans, how sickening is that?
June 27, 2007 7:44 AM
maysoon, thats excatly how i feel, it just PISSES ME OFF when i see someone hating someone just cos they're not the same color they are, or gender they are, and as u said, it comes in many many forms!!!
June 27, 2007 at 11:33 a.m.
I agree with you, racism is becoming really obvious these days, especially religious and race racism!
and it makes me feel really sad, cuz we all live in this "HI TECHNOLOGY" age, and yet we still act selfishly and in an arrogant way!
June 27, 2007 at 12:03 p.m.
while racism exists everywhere, in some socities it is controlled more than others.
it exists here in the UK but not so much in the open, in fact I see more racism between asians & blacks & arabs than with white people, as far as I remember racism is rife in Libya whether its against people of different colour or nationality.
here now us Muslims are becoming the new low class mainly terrorists good for nothing people, thats mainly because of the gutter media here and the action of some very stupid so called Muslims.
June 27, 2007 at 12:31 p.m.
Maiuna thank u so much for u words... isnot it so sad? that we are in the 21st century, and treating each other as though slavery still exsisted?? how sick is that??
Anglo-Libyan, thanks for ur insight... my brother is in england, and i always ask him whether he's treated any differently...they are, not to a great extent, but one a bus driver refused to take money from them and let them on the bus, and bro told him he could go to the police for him being such a racist...the guy got scared ofcourse and apologized.. the only thing that i cant seem to comprehend, is why? why are we doing this to ourselves, there is no reason what so ever!
and Anglo Libyan, thanks a lot for ur last line, "the action of some very stupid so called Muslims".. so-called.. but to them we're all the same..
racisim is an active thing,then they should hate all the christians for what Adolf Hitler has done to the jews and those who didnot want to convert...
imbecile, thats the word that popped to my head now...
June 27, 2007 at 1:23 p.m.
Great topic romana, and yes I have to agree it makes me sad too; and I wonder why us Libyans are so racisit, I mean regardless of the color we r racisit among each other, whether you from Tajora, or ghriyan or jbal or wherever, ppl of the same crowd would for sure discriminate aganist you....
one of my co workers calls me "ka7la"....lol only because I am not super white, I am very libyan looking with a mocca tone...lol but we joke at work and dat's my nick name, I told him, u know what, "you would never make it living abroad, cuz if u start calling ppl with da N word, u'd probably end up in jail"...lol gotlah inta 7adik trables for seya7a....yep!
June 27, 2007 at 1:31 p.m.
loooool shofti... mashnaha hal kelma "ka7la" like girls here are SUPER WHITE! God's sake..why dont they grow up!
and akida he wont be able to make it... he'll get some ass kicked!
لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله
bil 7ag ma3andi ma bingool!
June 27, 2007 at 2:32 p.m.
thank for ur post
bye
June 27, 2007 at 3:02 p.m.
I think in libya we are not very racist when it comes to color but more of "where you from" especially the old dudes, the first thing they ask you "Anta Amneen ya wilid" and if they dont like that area they start ..........
Fe Aman Allah
June 27, 2007 at 3:34 p.m.
ahmed, they ARE racist to color, why do u think IM SO FRUSTRATED! i personally witnessed a beating infront of kooshet Gorgi... the owner who is whit was slapping the black guy who works for him, INFRONT OF PPL! i mean what the heck! i was sooo met7ashma lil weld, i felt so bad for him, met3'areb, ye7'dem, and he's getting humilated...
some eyes see the difference in colours...and some just dont...
June 28, 2007 at 11:47 a.m.
We are so racist in Libya
June 28, 2007 at 12:05 p.m.
yep, we are... very much so mani
June 28, 2007 at 4:28 p.m.
Salam Romana,
Good topic and reminder to all. We seem to get so numb to our surroundings some days.
I agree with Ahmed. I think racism is ignorance which is rooted in fear. It seems easier for others to assume what they've been told by another person rather than to find out for themselves, which is sinful in my opinion. We've all been given brains and use them to ascertain our own opinions of others rather than just adopting someone else's opinion.
June 28, 2007 at 4:39 p.m.
Hey Ibee, yep, we all have our very own brains, but is that how most people use their brains? no, they adopt other peoples ideas,making thinking such a chore... but i always thought to be negative consumes all the energy in you... to hate, to be angry are all the chores..why cant they just be civil, positive towards life, why? its so much easier..and u get a bonous, u get to be happy!