Gyðingahatur var (er? Ég veit ekkert um núverandi ástand þar í þessum málum) landlægt í Þýskalandi, og Sígaunar eru hér um bil hvergi vel séðir.

Í Bandaríkjunum jaðrar við að um þjóðrembing sé að ræða.

Annars hefur þetta málefni verið rætt til dauðs hér, á Deiglunni og jafnvel inni á Heimspeki.

Eigum við að skilja orð þín sem svo að þú viljir einstaklingum af sama þjóðerni og þú meiri hag og réttindi en einstaklingum af öðru þjóðerni og menningarbakgrunni?
Viltu þá meina að ef erlent fyrirtæki kaupir landsímann skiptir ekki máli hvort þeir reka það betur eða ver eða borga betri laun, sú staðreynd að þeir eru útlendingar er það sem máli skiptir?
Er þá skoðun þín sú að Íslendingar standi skör hærra öðrum þjóðum með tilliti til mannréttinda og réttar til lífs frá þínum bæjardyrum?

Kynþáttahyggja (Racism) er úrelt fyrirbæri, félagsfræðilega séð Það eru ekki lengur nein vísindaleg rök fyrir því að munur sé á fólki eftir kynþætti. Þess vegna hefur inntak orðsins Racism (kynþáttahyggju) breyst og þýðir nú ethnicism, eða þjóðernishyggja, þar sem þjóð viðkomandi á betri hluti skilið en annað mannfólk.

Það er mikill munur á því að virða og fagna eigin menningu, og vera tortrygginn og óttast menningu annarra. Góður og þjóðrækinn maður virðir eigin menningu, stundar hana og fagnar henni, og skammast sín ekki fyrir hana. Hins vegar óttast góður og þjóðrækinn maður ekkert frá hendi öðrum menningarheimum, það eina sem góður og þjóðrækinn maður óttast er það að fáfróðir menn geri lítið úr þjóðerni hans og menningu með því að kalla sig þjóðernissinna og hallmæla síðan öðrum þjóðum.

Spekulerum aðeins í þessu.
Bestu Kveðjur,
Gé-Töfri

Sæll,

Góð grein um þær hörmungar sem átök milli ólíkra menningarheima getur skapað. Fjölmenningarsinnar ættu fyrst að finna finna brú yfir þessi gríðarlegu vandamál áður en þeir ætla bara að vaða ábyrgðarlaust út í fljótið. Á þessu sést að vandamálin eru svo sannarlega ekkert minna minnihlutahópum að kenna en meirihlutahópum.

“Ethnic Conflict, disputes between groups of people defined by a common heritage, language, and/or culture. The members of particular competing groups may not necessarily live within the same territorial borders. Ethnic conflict overlaps with national conflict, as both are based on claims for special recognition, through secession (the attempt of a region within a state, usually inhabited by a minority, to separate and become an independent state, or less frequently, to unify or federate with another state); irredentism (the historical claim made by one sovereign state to land and/or people outside that state's internationally recognized boundaries); special autonomous status within a state; or even for some form of non-territorial recognition of that group's rights (to teach its language in schools, for example). The independent countries in the world have been estimated to include over 8,000 distinct ethnic cultures (defined linguistically), which explains why these conflicts are so pervasive, particularly because self-determination is a cornerstone of the founding charter of the UN.

A variety of factors can cause ethnic conflict. Relevant economic differences may range from a surplus of wealth controlled by a group, as in Catalonia (Spain) or Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo), to a dearth of wealth, as with the Karen (Myanmar) or the Bengalis (Bangladesh). A belief in past wrongs or genocide committed, whether real or imagined, may be significant: Rwanda's Hutus or Serbs in the former Yugoslavia both claim they were “victims”. Political exclusion or non-recognition of special status, as for Chechens in Russia or Eritreans in Ethiopia, may also feature. Alternatively, ethnic conflict may be launched to protect a culture from extinction, as with the Native Americans in the United States and Canada. Ethnic conflicts can be aggravated by ambitious political leaders, as Slobodan Miloševic did by exploiting historic Serb grievances that eventually led to the disintegration of the state itself. Once these passions are unleashed, it is difficult to stop their spread.

Ethnic conflicts can be found in all types of states: from entrenched democracies (for example, Canada or Spain), or emerging democracies (for example, Turkey, Russia, or South Africa), to non-democratic states (in Nigeria, China, or Iraq). These conflicts can be successfully managed through granting greater autonomy to particular groups, as Finland has with its Swedish-speaking minority living in Ahvenanmaa (Åland Islands), or through peaceful negotiations for independence between ethnic regions, although this rarely occurs, as when Norway separated from Sweden in 1905, Iceland separated from Denmark in 1944, and Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Conversely, the formation of new states can actually cause ethnic conflict; for instance, when a colonial power withdraws from a region leaving powerful ethnic rivalries unaddressed, as happened when the British Empire withdrew from the Indian subcontinent.

Ethnic conflicts are dangerous because they cause massive humanitarian suffering (for instance, in Rwanda) and civil wars (for example, the Biafra War), create large numbers of refugees (for instance, in the former Yugoslavia), and have the potential to destabilize neighbouring states (as in the Balkans, the Caucasus, East and Central Africa, and West Africa). They can also be far harder to manage than conventional conflicts between states, because the forces driving them are social or cultural rather than political, and hence far less amenable to political solutions. In addition, they interfere with international trade.”

Contributed by:
Karin von Hippel, Ph.D.


Tekið af Encarta Encyclopedia: http://encarta.msn.co.uk/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=781538825<br><br>Með kveðju,

Hjörtur J.

www.isbjorninn.cjb.net

“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” -Mark Twain

Sæll,

Encarta Encyclopedia skilgreinir þjóðernishyggju (nationalism), Nasisma (nazism) og kynþáttahyggju (racism) þannig:

Nationalism:
“Nationalism, in modern history, movement in which the nation-state is regarded as paramount for the realization of social, economic, and cultural aspirations of a people. Nationalism is characterized principally by a feeling of community among a people, based on common descent, language, and religion.”

(Hmmm… hvar er rasisminn í þessu??? Ég spyr nú bara!)

Nazism:
“National Socialism was similar in many respects to Italian fascism (see Fascism). The roots of National Socialism, however, were peculiarly German, grounded, for example, in the Prussian tradition of military authoritarianism and expansion; in the German romantic tradition of hostility to rationalism, liberalism, and democracy; in various racist doctrines according to which the Nordic peoples, as so-called pure Aryans, were not only physically superior to other races, but were the carriers of a superior morality and culture; and in certain philosophical traditions that idealized the state or exalted the superior individual and exempted such a person from conventional restraints.”

(Ath. ekkert minnst á þjóðernishyggju og það hvergi í heildarumfjöllun ritsins um nasisma)

Racism:
“Racism, making the race of other people a factor in attitudes or actions concerning them. Racism implies a belief in the superiority of one's own race.”

(Þetta segir sig sennilega nokkuð vel sjálft. Til að eitthvað sé rasismi þarf það að beinast gegn fólki á grundvelli kynþáttar þess en ekki trúarbragða, menningar eða einhvers annars.)

Annars var Jón Sigurðsson þjóðernissinni, svokallaður frjálslyndur þjóðernissinni. Var hann þar með “nýrasisti” að mati t.d. GeeWiz?? Hlýtur að vera…
<br><br>Með kveðju,

Hjörtur J.

www.isbjorninn.cjb.net

“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” -Mark Twain

Mér finnst persónulega að þú að fá að tjá skoðanir þínar án þess að þér verði sýndir fordómar fyrir skoðanir þínar. Fordómar gagnvart þjóðernissinnum eru ótrúlegt vandamál í dag. Menn mega varla segja innflytjandi án þess að verða stimplaður rasisti. Mér finndist líka allt í lagi ef þú vildir verja kynstofn þinn þar sem ég er hlynntur málfrelsi.