You Americans are so sad

The sheer audacity.

Here's a fun drinking game, go to Sydney and take a shot for every black person you see.

If you get a chance to even open the bottle cap, you win.

Sadly, wherever you go in the world there is going to be racism to some extent, some countries more than others. But I really have no idea why racism is such a huge issue in America compared to other Western countries.

I live in Canada and we have a rich history of racism here against minority groups, such as the First Nations, Chinese, Japanese-Canadians etc. There is still racism in Canada of course, but you rarely ever see it or hear about it these days, which is actually quite surprising given the last decade of media hype regarding terrorism and Islamic extremists in the mainstream media.

Sometimes it almost feels like we've completely moved beyond racial stereotyping and discrimination in many parts of the country, so it's puzzling to look down south and see the continuously mounting racial tensions, and the generations of discrimination and prejudice that only seems to grow deeper every year.

I don't think everybody in the U.S. is a racist of course, but sometimes I just think racism and race issues are just so deeply entrenched in American society that it is nearly impossible for many people to move beyond them. It's almost a normal part of American culture in many parts of the country (particularly the south), the same way guns, violence, and war are as synonymous with the American identity as hot dogs and baseball games.

As for the movie, I'm with you in the sense the "racial issue" of the interracial leading couple was not something I even took notice of until reading this thread. I find it genuinely shocking, and then just plain sad, to think some people are so hung up on race that they immediately pick up on this trivial detail and take issue with it.

You do realize you just categorized all Americans as being obsessed with race but being racists yourself. I'm an American and yes there is a problem with people having skin color or nationality as a focus, but its everywhere not just in America, we just don't hide it as much as other cultures might.

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First off, who said all of those posters were American, and second, why are you stereotyping Americans based off of a few posts on the internet?

it's not just america. australia has a very nasty history involving racism. even today they treat the aboriginals like crap.





i've got feelings too, ya know - inbetweeners

Tell me, Stakka, how many Australian Prime Ministers have been non-white?

You sure told us "Sepo's" Ay mate?
Sepo
American. (Australian cockney rhyming slang.) From: Yank --> Tank --> Septic Tank.