Comments by "VoidX" (@aus-li) on "Are Americans Obsessed with Race and Gender? | Middle Ground" video.

  1. It’s due to propaganda and the media; but even before that, there were many radical organizations in the 60s and 70s.
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  2. Gabriella Duncan I agree. I’m European and Puerto Rican. It’s interesting to here people’s reaction when they think I’m only white XD
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  3. R B I’m 25 and I had all those things, lol...
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  4. Sam Nielsen I’m asking why the individual feels so uninformed?
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  5. Sam Nielsen Makes sense. But then McOinkey said he couldn’t understand what was going on, so maybe some people are confused XD
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  6. Xavier still counts, lol.
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  7. Gabriella Duncan Yep. I’ve gotten a lot of hate because I can’t speak Spanish...which is pretty annoying XD but nonetheless, I love Hispanics and Europeans, I think everyone is interesting :)
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  8. I totally respect your perspective. I remember in college a group of individuals complimented an African American girl and said she was smart. Another African American girl said she talked “white”, and I agreed with her. Yet, when I told her it’s true she got offended because she probably thought I was being racist. The reality is, is that most Africans Americans where I live are not educated enough, so I feel like they’re not aware of the differences of their mannerisms. I don’t know where I’m going with this, lol, just curious on what you think about this?
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  9. Tatu Taylor Thank you for replying! I love and respect African Americans. I’m a big history buff, so I educated myself on a more in-depth look at African Americans and Africa in general over the years. It’s definitely very interesting and complex. I think more people should educate themselves since the US shoves a linear, whitewashed approach to our history and origins of this country. Oh, and I wanted to say: I think everyone is so divided, confused and full of hatred because they’re insecure and not educated enough on history. I believe our own government is responsible for all the inequality and manipulation they’ve forced on the population throughout the generations.
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  10. The major problem is that people aren’t fully aware and educated on either history or their own government.
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  11. Barely anyone is creative or “original” these days, so their only resort is desperation.
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  12. No, they definitely care about “gender”.
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  13. lauren I’m being specific, it’s important, lol.
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  14. True. Anytime of war or crisis, we often tend to rely on each for support; for instance, the Vietnam war.
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  15. Because you aren’t “American”, lol. America uses a system where you have to define your “race”, and yes, I am biracial, so I am of 2 races.
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  16. Tatu Taylor I mean, it’s true that’s there a stigma on African Americans and where they come from (poverty-stricken areas like Chicago or Detroit), that most of the time they’re born in a dysfunctional environment, where they have to fend for themselves and rely on the streets to survive. I can blame most of it from the government (segregation and racism), it’s very similar to how they treated Native Americans and forced them into reservations. Hispanics also deal with a similar ordeal where they weren’t treated as good either. You’re right. It’s just very complicated, lol, and gives me anxiety when I try to express myself, because you know, everyone gets offended XD. But yea, I think it all comes back to education and your upbringing. And np :)
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  17. “Communism” was never communism in the first place, lol.
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  18. Torulf Viking Yes, but it’s called “fascism”, not communism.
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  19. Torulf Viking Well, it’s still not “communism” since it goes against both the manifesto and Karl Marx’s ideals.
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  20. Don’t get your hopes up, lol, I wish people were “normal” like this.
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  21. Diego Duarte You’re talking about them being mestizo? Because that applies to most of Latin America. They didn’t “wipe” out all of them, there’s still a handful of Indians left (Taino) in both Puerto Rico and the US. I haven’t done an ancestry test, so I’m not sure. All I know is that I’m still Puerto Rican, since my father is Puerto Rican (being born on that Island).
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  22. No thanks. I’ll respect them as a human but I won’t force myself to be superficial and awkward.
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  23. And what was your solution to these “experiences”?
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