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Lots of people contribute nothing to racial harmony over their lives and yet they'd be sufficiently politically correct that you couldn't call them racist or ex
by kranner 16y ago
Lots of people contribute nothing to racial harmony over their lives and yet they'd be sufficiently politically correct that you couldn't call them racist or ex-racist.
Gandhi ended up having undone the damage to an incredible, extraordinary extent. I'm no Gandhi fanboy, but I don't see how the hint of blame that 'ex-racist' implies can be applied to his life.
- chegra 16y agoMaybe you are right. I was using Gandhi as an example of how evaluating ones fault is not necessary the way to judge people for a job. Sure he made these mistake, but it didn't take away from his ability to unite people. That is the point I was trying to make, whether he was a racist or not, his genius still stands.
- switch 16y agothis is the stupidest comment I've ever read anywhere. Mahatma Gandhi did a lot for people in both South Africa and India. By glibly calling him a racist you're insulting an entire country and a great man.
- chegra 16y agohttp://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html You insult the whole community with your glib response. But it still stand Gandhi was racist in his early days. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.india http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/oct/17/southafrica.indi...