579,
that's called waking up to reality.

We're all thrown curve balls in the form of difficult
people and situations. Of course there are people
who mis-use the system. We all know that. And its
often convenient to blame others on the problems
we face - no matter where we come from.

It almost looks like at times entire cultures can
become hysterical blame sessions.

The point that I was trying to make - and often
it comes out not the way I
intended it to. However, I feel that regarding the issue of
what is racist or not - I guess you'd have to look more
closely at what actually went down, the intent, the context,
et cetera to be able to judge any given situation. Not
knowing all the facts - I can't do that in this case.
I remember working with a Serbian woman who would claim
discrimination at the drop of a hat at work. She was actually
a lazy creature - who misused the system to her advantage -
do not do her work, complained constantly, took heaps of
sick-leave, and was totally abnoxious - spouting the
advantages of communism daily to the rest of us. When we saw her
coming - we'd avoid her like the plague - not because she
was Serbian - but because she was a pain to be around.

Claims of racism need to be investigated thoroughly - before
making judgements - and Banjo could be right - it could be
a whole variety of reasons for why certain people are not
hired.

Back to the point - I prefer to take people on a one to one
basis - I either find them nice decent people - or if not -
and I don't enjoy interacting with them - I prefer to avoid
them. Nothing to do with their colour, race, religion, or whatever.

Dear Belly,

Me predictable? That's new. I've been called a lot of things -
but never predictable simply because I'm still on my own
road to discovery and I certainly don't have the answers to
the big questions in life.

Claims of racism need to be investigated thoroughly
Lexi,
whilst I don't dispute that, personally I'd prefer to ignore all cries of racism & instead I'd advocate investigating discrimination. People would be utterly surprised how many anti racists would be standing in the dock.

Indy:

"The Anti-Racists are the real racists !"

"People would be utterly surprised how many anti racists would be standing in the dock."

To clarify where you are coming from, what exactly do you mean by "anti-rascist"?

Thanks

Indy, is this what you mean?

>> In general, anti-racism is intended to promote an egalitarian society in which people do not face discrimination on the basis of their race, however defined.

By its nature, anti-racism tends to promote the view that racism in a particular society is both pernicious and socially pervasive, and that particular changes in political, economic, and/or social life are required to eliminate it. <<

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-racism

It's ok indy, I think I know what you mean now.

http://www.uws.edu.au/ssap/school_of_social_sciences_and_psychology/research/challenging_racism/introduction

So, if you had your way;

Professor Kevin Dunn,
Associate Professor Jim Forrest, and
Associate Professor Ian Burnley

and all those institutions associated with the project "would be standing in the dock".

A particular 'burn them at the stake fascist approach', but there you go.