How big of an issue is race these days? Options

[Mommy]

I just don't see a lot of racial tension like I keep hearing about. I guess it's the area of the country we live in? I mean, other than large populations of Hispanics in Texas, we don't have a lot of racial diversity in my opinion. Yeah, I mean, there are cases of Mexicans not like whites and vice versa, but it just seems that race is still a huge issue in the eyes of the media. Do you think it's more nonsense spewing by the media or that there is some merit to these subtle claims that race is still a gigantic issue in America.

Example: The Obama black/biracial controversy

and here is something else I find ridiculous http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2...ee.eastwood.cnn

[Oasis]

MEXICANS AREN'T A RACE OF PEOPLE, GODDAMMIT

Just a trashy group of people who come from a country directly south of us

[Mommy]

MEXICANS AREN'T A RACE OF PEOPLE, GODDAMMIT

Just a trashy group of people who come from a country directly south of us

don't be ignorant. What the hell else do you call it when you discriminate against someone for not speaking your language or having the same color of skin as you? Yeah, Mexicans are considered Caucasion, but there isn't a single word to use for discriminating against an ethnicity.

[Oasis]

don't be ignorant. What the hell else do you call it when you discriminate against someone for not speaking your language or having the same color of skin as you? Yeah, Mexicans are considered Caucasion, but there isn't a single word to use for discriminating against an ethnicity.

When the hell did I ever say I disliked mexicans because of their skin color? I don't care if they're brown. If I did I'd dislike Cubans and Brazilians, which I don't. I don't like them because most are degenerate snooty disrespectful assholes who refuse to speak our language and expect us to bend over backwards and adapt to their culture, even though they're in our country.

yeah, but what do you say if a Hispanic person discriminates against a white person? or vice versa? It's easier to say they are "racist" than "discriminatory against an ethnicity."

I've never once said anything about mexicans being racist towards whites. They're being discriminatory against Americans, which is a country....just like mexico

It isn't racist. Call it something else but "racist" is an incorrect term unless you discriminate based on the color of their skin, which I don't