2008-07-11, 11:14 AM
[COLOR="Blue"]Perhaps some already think it's racist because they call it "fried rice" and not "black rice".
However, the second someone renames it or changes the name to "black rice", I could see a larger racist fit going on because the word "black" is involved.
Personally, I don't think racism exists until the person points it out to make it a racist situation.
For the black hole topic...I mean come on, it's a black hole.
We called it that a while ago; it's the scientific name we gave it.
I think most of us know that no one person has the ability to suck up everything into itself...so why compare a human to something so destructive?
As for what a black hole is: everything is sucked in, however, nothing is left alive.
No light, no nothing; it's dark. Maybe call it a dark hole? No wait, that's racist.
I personally found the situation in Dallas to be completely hilarious.
If you're in a meeting like that, at least see what they are trying to say instead of judging/trying to correct their words...or at least know what you are saying yourself.
When he tried to correct the guy by saying it was a white hole...did he even know what a white hole was?
It's a scientific term, not a racist...wait, was he trying to use a counter racist word? <.< Omg racist fight!
What about the white hole? "...white hole, a theoretical object that ejects matter from beyond its event horizon, rather than sucking it in...".
If a black hole is considered racist, then so is a white hole.
Eventually, you can't name anything without offending someone.
Back to the end of the universe: can a millimeter large black hole destroy the earth instantly? Or would it slowly eat up the Earth?
Why are we so interested in finding out how the big bang happened (if it did)?
If we try to replicate it just to take a picture...wouldn't we basically create yet another universe?[/COLOR]
However, the second someone renames it or changes the name to "black rice", I could see a larger racist fit going on because the word "black" is involved.
Personally, I don't think racism exists until the person points it out to make it a racist situation.
For the black hole topic...I mean come on, it's a black hole.
We called it that a while ago; it's the scientific name we gave it.
I think most of us know that no one person has the ability to suck up everything into itself...so why compare a human to something so destructive?
As for what a black hole is: everything is sucked in, however, nothing is left alive.
No light, no nothing; it's dark. Maybe call it a dark hole? No wait, that's racist.
I personally found the situation in Dallas to be completely hilarious.
If you're in a meeting like that, at least see what they are trying to say instead of judging/trying to correct their words...or at least know what you are saying yourself.
When he tried to correct the guy by saying it was a white hole...did he even know what a white hole was?
It's a scientific term, not a racist...wait, was he trying to use a counter racist word? <.< Omg racist fight!
What about the white hole? "...white hole, a theoretical object that ejects matter from beyond its event horizon, rather than sucking it in...".
If a black hole is considered racist, then so is a white hole.
Eventually, you can't name anything without offending someone.
Back to the end of the universe: can a millimeter large black hole destroy the earth instantly? Or would it slowly eat up the Earth?
Why are we so interested in finding out how the big bang happened (if it did)?
If we try to replicate it just to take a picture...wouldn't we basically create yet another universe?[/COLOR]