Racial seperation in the United States

[SUBMAN1]

Can you believe this? You know if they had white people centered web browsers, it would be called racist. If they had white people television (They have BET or black entertainment television over here) it would be called racist.

This web browser is a racist web browser.

the Blackbird Web browser

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465808,00.html

-S

[SUBMAN1]

This belongs in this thread:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Subman, I agree with you.

[Dowly]

Subman's right.

I've seen and heard quite a few things said by an invidual of an "non-white race" that would be considered as racism if a white invidual would say it.

[Tchocky]

Um, this is racist in the same way that Vogue is sexist.

[SteamWake]

Meh no one is going to buy that anyhow.

[AVGWarhawk]

This as well as Jet magazine, BET and others like it do not bother me. In the large scheme of things, this will become a broken link before long. Sometimes I just think things like this perpetuate inequality. Sometimes I think things like this are just a place for people to go and see things that interest them.

[XabbaRus]

I don't see the big deal. It's not like the thing will take off and reading the reaction from Black people it is more offensive to them..

Personally if I was black I'd find the picture of the word thing offensive.

[Digital_Trucker]

Doesn't look like it's being very well received by its intended audience, judging by the article. Will probably fade away as fast as the rainbow colored slinky.

[Letum]

It is probably just an advertising gimic. Or perhaps some black people feel that their
interests, culture, etc are not well represented online. It wouldn't surprise me if there
is an unconscious cultural bias online. Everyone likes media they can relate to. I don't
think it would be considered racist to have a white culture browser, there just isn't
any need as there is hardly a lack of white, western media. Browsers are ten a penny
these days and the vast majority are flops.

[conus00]

It's called "reversed racism"...

[Wolfehunter]

I have one thing to say.... Who cares?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Um, this is racist in the same way that Vogue is sexist.

No, it's not done for racist reasons. But the others are right - if something like this was started by a white person, others would indeed condemn it as just that.

I used to know a prominent woman doctor who, when asked to become a member of the National Orginazation of Women, replied "No, thanks. I don't belong to sexist groups." And she was right, but you'll never get most of the people who start these things to see it that way.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

if something like this was started by a white person, others would indeed condemn it as just that. [racist]

Really?
Who are these 'others'?
Would anyone here condemn a white culture centric browser if a group of white people
felt under represented by the media online they found through a default browser?

For example, lets say you where part of the minority of white people who only
spoke a Congo-Kordofanian language. You may want a browser that turns up articles
and websites more relevant to you (you as a member of the white minority, largely ignored
by the media you can readily assess) when you search in Congo-Kordofanian, as Congo-
Kordofanian web searches are bound to have a black cultural bias.


Granted, it might be frowned upon if you wanted a browser to provide more coverage
of your ethnicity/culture when most of the media available for you is already quite
heavily biased to provide for your ethnicity/culture in the first place.

[Hylander_1314]

This is how screwy it is, in America, only whites can be racists.(the media grabs anything like this, and plasters it all over the papers, tv, and radio, and there are marches against it) If any other racial demagraphic does it, it's called resistance to white supremacy. No media coverage, or very little. And then it is so short and mild that no one notices it.

It's really sad.