Cain Velasquez Tattoo Question?

[Emjay]

"Joined Tuesday"

*GrandpaSimpsonnope.gif*

 

[LiLoMMA]

I thought maybe this was a weird bump. But, no no... just history repeating itself as people become ignorant to it

 

[Coconut Joe]

"Can't we all just get along"? - Kenny Florian

 

[The Big Bang]

It's been done to death. The tattoo is by definition racist but the term "Brown" has been adopted by Mexicans as just another name for a Mexican. I don't think Cain had any racial motives behind it. He may have had some anger issues growing up and has admitted he had no Mexican athletes or stars to look up to so for him it was probably an identity thing.

He SHOULD have gotten "Mexican Pride". "Brown Pride" is what make people see racism since you are changing it from cultural pride to racial pride.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

Minorities CANNOT be racist.

They CAN be prejudice however.

I'm going to guess you're a racist minority or white and hate yourself.

 

[KhabibTheBeagle]

there's a difference in being proud of your racial heritage when it involves your race being oppressed for most of it's history, and being proud of your heritage when it involves your race oppressing almost every other that it has encountered in it's history.

Aside from that, white people have achieved an awful lot. Besides, whites have been oppressed, and are not the only ones to oppress, throughout history.

How about people just be proud of themselves, and other respectable members of their community?

 

[MisterInsideHer]

Mexican pride would be more fitting and less controversial. Btw, brown pride is a Mexican gang.

 

[Jin Akutsu]

I'm going to guess you're a racist minority or white and hate yourself.

I should check my white male privilege right now.

 

[Magooglie]

He's 1/3rd of the AKA super friends.

 

[KhabibTheBeagle]

Minorities CANNOT be racist.

They CAN be prejudice however.

Anyway, people that have a problem with his tattoo are the issue.

Cain is a SUPER friendly guy; he does not have a NEGATIVE agenda with that tattoo.

End of story.

Ethnic minorities absolutely CAN be racist.

 

[Zanmato]

Minorities CANNOT be racist..

what an utterly ridiculous thing to say you can't really believe that

 

[KhabibTheBeagle]

I should check my white male privilege right now.

Check your ableist privilege, too. Not everyone is able to post on forums, so you should be mindful of that as well.

Just a friendly reminder.

 

[Strange Shadows]

i've oppressed, i'm big enough to admit

 

[The Big Bang]

I'm going to guess you're a racist minority or white and hate yourself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reverse-racism-isnt-a-thing_us_55d60a91e4b07addcb45da97

At its core, racism is a system in which a dominant race benefits off the oppression of others — whether they want to or not. We don’t live in a society where every racial group has equal power, status, and opportunity. Yes, white people all over the world and throughout history have experienced atrocities like slavery and persecution. But in the very specific context of American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the scale that black people have. They do not face housing or job discrimination, police brutality, poverty, or incarceration at the level that black people do. This is not to say that they do not experience things like poverty and police brutality at all. But again, not on the same scale — not even close. That is the reality of racism.

 

[Coconut Joe]

Cain getting a "Brown Pride" tattoo on his chest is the equivalent of a mick jetting a Jameson tattoo on his chest..Only cunts get offended by someone else's tattoos anyway.

 

[kashmir]

 

[Jin Akutsu]

Check your ableist privilege, too. Not everyone is able to post on forums, so you should be mindful of that as well.

Just a friendly reminder.

Thanks friend, I'll add that to my list of things to waste time on like feeling sorry for yourself with good reason to do so.

 

[The Big Bang]

Ethnic minorities absolutely CAN be racist.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reverse-racism-isnt-a-thing_us_55d60a91e4b07addcb45da97

At its core, racism is a system in which a dominant race benefits off the oppression of others — whether they want to or not. We don’t live in a society where every racial group has equal power, status, and opportunity. Yes, white people all over the world and throughout history have experienced atrocities like slavery and persecution. But in the very specific context of American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the scale that black people have. They do not face housing or job discrimination, police brutality, poverty, or incarceration at the level that black people do. This is not to say that they do not experience things like poverty and police brutality at all. But again, not on the same scale — not even close. That is the reality of racism.

 

[The Big Bang]

what an utterly ridiculous thing to say you can't really believe that

Minorities can be PREJUDICED, but by definition, NOT racist.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reverse-racism-isnt-a-thing_us_55d60a91e4b07addcb45da97

At its core, racism is a system in which a dominant race benefits off the oppression of others — whether they want to or not. We don’t live in a society where every racial group has equal power, status, and opportunity. Yes, white people all over the world and throughout history have experienced atrocities like slavery and persecution. But in the very specific context of American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the scale that black people have. They do not face housing or job discrimination, police brutality, poverty, or incarceration at the level that black people do. This is not to say that they do not experience things like poverty and police brutality at all. But again, not on the same scale — not even close. That is the reality of racism.

 

[Strange Shadows]

Ethnic minorities absolutely CAN be racist.

At its core, racism is a system in which a dominant race benefits off the oppression of others — whether they want to or not. We don’t live in a society where every racial group has equal power, status, and opportunity. Yes, white people all over the world and throughout history have experienced atrocities like slavery and persecution. But in the very specific context of American history, white people have not been enslaved, colonized, or forced to segregate on the scale that black people have. They do not face housing or job discrimination, police brutality, poverty, or incarceration at the level that black people do. This is not to say that they do not experience things like poverty and police brutality at all. But again, not on the same scale — not even close. That is the reality of racism.