What is racism?

Governor Edward G Rendell has stirred yet another issue on the race row. I think we should first ask what is racism, once we answer this question we need to ask if any comments about how people will vote in the US Elections reflect racism or not.


One definition states that Racism is prejudice or discrimination based on the belief that race is the primary factor determining human traits and abilities. Racism includes the belief that genetic or inherited differences produce the inherent superiority or inferiority of one race over another. ...

Based on that alone, I believe that the Governors statement was nothing less than racial, yes it was. Will this race issue go away now? I am thinking not, as long as Senator Obama remains black (which can never change) this issue is in for the long haul.

We can be grown up about this issue and avoid it, work together and be one or we can toss the issue out there like Governor Rendell did and make it larger than life. Yes Senator Obama is black, so what, is he not an American? It is time to grow up, lets address the issue of voting with the boundary of what race the nominee is.

During a CNN report, a guy came out I believe in Ohio and said that he cannot see how Senator Obama relates to him and he cannot see him being the guy that can have a drink with him that is why he supports Hillary Clinton, what a load of sweet talk. That was truly amazing rubbish, credit to him he picked a reason, bad it was one word short not calculated.

Iraq war & the American Economy

While Senator McCain is speaking of keeping the American Forces in Iraq with no deadline, the economy is taking a big hit and nearing collapse. I fail to see how Senator McCain would even go out with his plans and campaign to be a president.

The American people are paying for this war and funding it and it seems the Senator does not care of the crisis at home as he insists that more forces should be sent into Iraq which means more tax dollars to be channeled towards those troops. Really, is the Senator that blind, what should happen before he can see that the war is draining the nation? I guess his followers are billionaires who are not feeling the tough times because a true middle class American would be against this war.

With Iraq calling for the tax dollars on one end and Afghanistan on the other hand, America is stretched and this is the time to cut losses. If the war in Iraq has been a true success as Senator McCain and President Bush say then it is time for the Iraq's to lead their nation and protect their people. It is way past time and enough is enough, the men and women in uniform must now come back home to their families and get some form of life. More than enough tax dollars have been spent on this war and it is time this stops so that the American economy can be strong as it was before all this war.

To Senator McCain I say " its time to put the economy on the front page of your campaign plans and shut down the war in Iraq, families need their parents,children and nephews back from Iraq. Senator please let your economic advisers tell you the truth and listen to what the nation is saying not what you feel will appeal to the nation which needs an economic shake up."

Accepting human differencies

That will be the day, when people accept other people as they are without painting them to be what we want them to be not what they are. I cannot wait to just see or even hear of that moment when everyone swallows the fact that we are all different and that is what makes us who we are, our various and diverse way of doing things. It does not make anyone any better being different to the next person; it is simply what makes the world interesting and lovely.

I believe that the reason why we have so many acts of terrorism and violence is because we cannot take each other as we are. If we truly respected and accepted our differences then the Muslims and Christian will be able to co-exist in the same area without any violence or noise. When everyone accepts that the other person has an opinion and they can speak their opinion and leave it to me to either take it on board or not take it.

I love meat; red, white or whatever colour meat there is (I also love my vegetables) I will eat whatever food there is and in as much as I believe that meat is the best thing going, I have to also accept that they are people who think carrots and lettuce are the best things going in terms of food. It would be wrong for me to advocate that vegetables are wrong and only meat is the best thing going.

At one point in Africa about 10 years ago a man hit another man with a brick on the head for ordering beer that he deemed not manly. Why would a man just strike another man for ordering his favourite beer? I have read stories of people who have fought because one did not pronounce the others name correctly, some of people who disagree on directions then they fight. The fact that they have different opinion to them is equivalent to a fight yet it could mean that they both don’t know or one might be confused.

For whatever reason people do not agree, it is no reason to fight. We have to learn the art of taking each other as we are, yes they are things that are not acceptable due to moral or spiritual issues but fighting will not make that person accept you. We can be different and still live together as one, at the end of the day we are all human beings no matter where we come from we are the same flesh and breathe the same air. I believe that planet earth is the only planet where men can live naturally so we might as well get along.

Yes we have different cultures, different backgrounds which bring about different passions which make us human, why fight about that. My colour should not exempt me from anything neither should my faith. Accepting that we are different does not mean that we are beneath anyone; it means we are different and that is the essence of being human.

The minute we accept that we are all different and yet can live together and build together our lives, that is the very time we will all be able to build a better world and stop all the wars. We can share our different resources and be more accepting and celebrate our differences not kill each other for those differences. What makes the world a diverse and beautiful place is the different features in different places all over the countries and continents, imagine the whole world being just the city or town you were born.