If you read the article there are the two quotes: "Many of the students, all of whom participated willingly, said they played without knowing the name of the game; others didn't think about its insensitive nature." and "They just played a game that had an ugly, insensitive, stupid name."
That pretty much sums it up for me.
Lots of people do stupid things because they don't think about the meaning/consequence of them. I get a lot more offended by people who are acting maliciously.
you do know that the part of california (where i'm from and where i lived) is a hotbed of racism and white supremacy, right?
maybe it's because i know what's going on there and the racial climate in this country that i take it more seriously than you and don't just think of it as "fun and games"
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andrewducker) wrote2010-06-05 12:01 pm
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If you read the article there are the two quotes:
"Many of the students, all of whom participated willingly, said they played without knowing the name of the game; others didn't think about its insensitive nature."
and
"They just played a game that had an ugly, insensitive, stupid name."
That pretty much sums it up for me.
Lots of people do stupid things because they don't think about the meaning/consequence of them. I get a lot more offended by people who are acting maliciously.
no subject
maybe it's because i know what's going on there and the racial climate in this country that i take it more seriously than you and don't just think of it as "fun and games"