<p>@MBVLoveless: HAHAHA. That’s right!</p>
<p>@hamburger110: Copyright it, so you can sue everyone who misuses it! If that’s possible…
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<p>@MBVLoveless: Hahahaha! That stereotype is dangled in front of me every. Single. Day. All my classmates think that I am a psycho perfectionist who has meticulous, anxiety-ridden parents (no offense to anyone!) Seriously? I’m not even a straight A student, for Pete’s sake!</p>
<p>I think anyone would take offense at being called Hitler on account of… you know…</p>
<p>@PxAlaska Haha, right. Don’t think I’d like to be compared to a German dictator who hated Jews because they weren’t blonde and blue-eyed (where there??)</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio Well it’s better than people automatically assuming you’re ghetto and low-class because of your skin color. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does I get really annoyed. Also I’m in Humanities and we have history, english and a class called criticism in art after lunch, and we’ve talked about ‘african americans’ and ‘negroes’ in every class far more than we’ve talked about any other race from the past. I just feel like we focus too much on the african american race, and it gets a teensy bit annoying sometimes.</p>
<p>@bsroxmysox: Talk about it! Our school’s World War I unit was mainly going over battles the Allies won. So, apparently, the Germans retreated at every major battle? So why take four years? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>And yes, we do seem to focus a lot on the African American race. I suppose it’s because they are so inexplicably tied in with America’s history…but the reputation that has been gathered is anything but glowing.</p>
<p>On a side note: I have a classmate who is applying to various boarding schools as well. And his remarks are so insulting! Racist jabs just flow from his mouth; it’s like he doesn’t have a filter in his brain (which, believe me, he doesn’t. Not at all. Or else he wouldn’t have insulted Asians while sitting next to me.) I shudder to think of him in a prep school.</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio I remember middle school, we also went over World War 1. It wasn’t that bad. True we focused on allied victories, but in my curriculum we didn’t cover it for that long, and only focused on the MAJOR battles. And the allies won in a few of them. Which helped them win the war.</p>
<p>@BearcatPrep: Really? Oh, for me, it just seemed so skewed. We went over battles where the Allies won or the Germans retreated. It was so bland, and my curiosity is not sated. Where did the German victories go?! And then the terms in the treaty…well, let’s just say that this year’s Social Studies class is not one of my favorites (maybe this is why my social studies teacher hates me.)</p>
<p>But we are all entitled to our own opinions. 
I suppose from another standpoint it may seem logical to go over Allied victories. It just irked me.</p>
<p>I really loved my social studies teacher, she tried to be as fair to all viewpoints as possible. That helped.</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio Ahh, we have passed the World War I unit and moved to World War 2, where we, thankfully, discuss the battles we won and lost! Oh, and slight intermission to watch the American Girl: Molly movie because it is set during World War 2.</p>
<p>Side note: I really don’t understand how people like that come to be. It’s obvious he’s gained this racial knowledge from his parents (50 bucks he’s white) but his skin color really doesn’t give him the right to be racial of any race. It just makes him seem like a buffoon, and I’m pretty sure if he does go to BS he’ll be a leper, because everyone will think of him as a degenerate for believing (and then spewing) his racist views to them. But that’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>@BearcatPrep: Hmm, good point. Maybe the problem was not the actual content, but the delivery and presentation of it.</p>
<p>@bsroxmysox: The key phrase is “and lost.” 
And I remember playing with my Molly doll in third grade! Those were the good old days, where everything was black and white and when all that mattered to me was that the letter from Hogwarts that should invite me to join the school.</p>
<p>Side note: Ehh…I don’t really want to bring in race into this; it sounds sort of hypocritical to do so. I mean, here we are, lamenting about the woes of stereotyping, and then making bets on the race of the classmate? <em>sheepish grin</em></p>
<p>Yeah, I know, I do so despise his vulgar remarks-the thing is, he has the charisma to make everyone forget about his pitfalls. It’s quite irritating, because you can never fully blow up at him! There’ll be one outrageous remark, and then he’ll smooth it over later. X_X Very annoying.</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio: i thought Hitler decimated Jews because this race is the smartest race according to him. he was also a Jews(Im striving to use nice words, see it?) and I think we shouldn’t bring race into this thread, since who.s right and who’s wrong is too clear! I’m not a Black, but I’m jealous with them for their athetic abilities and also for their fit bodies. They’re the strongest IMO. As for the Asians, they are too popular for their intelectual abilities( im not comparing any race so dont say that I imply a race is more stupid than others) !</p>
<p>For someone who doesn’t want to bring race in, you are using quite a few stereotypes.</p>
<p>and I think racism now is often regarded as a Joke, not in a serious manner. you see many black actors like Will Smith or (the actor in Big Mama- Martin Lawrence) always say ‘‘Do you think I (insert action) because I’m black?’’ and that makes everyone laugh a lot!</p>
<p>“Asians are too popular”? I think you need to stop complaining about other’s generalizations.</p>
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<p>Personally, I believe that these jokes happen because racism will never go away; the joker has accepted that, and is taking an optimistic standpoint. Our minds want a swift perception, they want to immediately categorize a person so they know how to act around them (“first impression” etc.) Differences will be noted; appearance will matter in a situation where all you know about the person is the superficial.</p>
<p>@BearcatPrep: sorry! i should use another word in replace of ‘‘too’’. I’m Asian so what I mean is …more like a compliment haha.</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio: I second your opinion. And I believe if you’re optimistic (but not too) life’s better</p>
<p>I don’t know how we got to racism, but I’ll share a funny tidbit. Many people think I’m black because of the way I talk. When I’m on the phone with someone, and then I meet them in person, they often looked shocked. Some who are less inclined to keep their mouths shut will actually say ‘Wait. You’re asian?’. It’s quite possibly one of the funniest things in the worst and in a way, one of the larger misfortunes.</p>
<p>@GoldenRatio While you were playing with your American Girl dolls I was stereotyping it up by playing with countless Bratz and Barbie dolls! And I completely agree with you about our minds wanting to categorize someone as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>@hamburger110 I hate when they use that ‘is it because I’m black’ expression! Or when there’s that line that black people say, "okay, i get it, I’m the token black kid.’ or ‘I’m not that black kid that (inserts TV stereotype here)’. Kind of annoys me sometimes. Yes, racism is regarded as a joke, not just with african americans.</p>
<p>@PxAlaska I actually thought you were white. I thought GoldenRatio was white too! Well that goes to show how good my post-analyzing skills are.</p>