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| Racism | 67% | 384 votes | Total: 571 votes | |
| Sexism | 33% | 187 votes |
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by Kevin Davis
To have been a victim of either prejudice is equally painful and degrading. To be denied equal rights of any form is unfortunate, but an everyday reality. How many times h...read more
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Both racism and sexism have been around for ages and both continue to appear in our society, although as some may argue, not nearly as often and widespread as in times past. Bot...read more
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Without a doubt, racism is much more damaging. Am I saying this because I am an African-American male, am I saying this because I like "gotcha" games, or am I saying this becaus...read more
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by Lee Eng Neo
Even as the world progresses, racism still exists. Albeit, there are protests and movements to bar people from discriminating someone of a different race, the truth is there are...read more
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Of the two negative factors, racism is more damaging, more pernicious than sexism. Perhaps the only condition worse is to combine the two as a minority female. Sexism is gene...read more
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First I will say that neither is a viable method of judging a persons worth! A woman is as equal to the task in all manners but physical strength. And that is the way it has bee...read more
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Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, they are all the same hateful manifestation of someone's insecurities. To find oneself threatened by the mere existence of another, of a different...read more
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As bad as sexism is you have to look at how people of racism have suffered to get a true feel for the depths of their suffering and how it has shaped and molded cultures of diff...read more
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by Suchawriter
It is true that sexism exists. Women have been demeaned for an incredibly long time and it continues today. Men continue to earn more money and there is still the mentality that...read more
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by Joseph Malek
In terms of the the number of people who are victims of racism and/or sexism, I believe that victims of racism suffer more than those women or men who were victims of sexual abu...read more
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by robertsloan2
I voted racism, but I might as well have flipped a coin. My real answer is not available in an either-or question, this is not a yes or no issue. Discrimination is wrong. When y...read more
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To argue for racism, and therefore against sexism, for the title of "most suffering victims", you have to define suffering. Before I start, I would like to point out that the p...read more
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by Val Hansen
Actually who suffers more is dependent on the perception of the person and dependent on their life experiences. However, if someone is indigenous to their country yet colonized ...read more
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Racism is a far worse problem than sexism, with much more severe consequences for everyone involved. Sexism only arises in certain aspects of everyday life, such as employment o...read more
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by Sean H. Moss
Racism, sexism, tomayto, tomahto, childhood leukemia, AIDS, potayto, potahto, unemployed, unrequited love, creamayto, creamahto, baldness, obesity, too layto, too lahto. The v...read more
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by Ted Sherman
The premise of this debate is downright silly. It's an exercise in ... my pain is worse than your pain. I guess the worst possible victim here is a blind and deaf Jewish African...read more
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We are now in the year 2007. We are living in a new era but, history is fixing to repeat itself. Racsim should not be an issue slavery and segragation is over.We are a nation...read more
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by TheTruth
While both of these are still large issues in modern day America, one definitely outweighs the other, and that is racism. Sure, sexism is still a problem, but this is only the c...read more
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by Syllvermyst
I admit this one made me debate for abit before I was able to decide upon on how to proceed with not just my opinion, but, a reply that made sense to how my mind thinks. I mea...read more
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by Jack Ross
Victims of racism suffer more than sexism victims. I don't think anyone actually hates the opposite sex as them, but some people can have an actual deep hatred for someone's rac...read more
Sexism
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This is a question that did not require a lot of thought to come to a conclusion. That may seem strange and unsettling, considering the fact that I am an African American woman...read more
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by Michele Frey
It's a good thing this website is dedicated to writer's personal opinions! To be blatantly honest, I couldn't decide between the two choices! Neither one is any better than the ...read more
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Who suffers more? As someone who feels that they are aware of racist and sexist people as well as actions in their community and the world, I was initially shocked when I read t...read more
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Racism and sexism are forms of discrimination, even torture. Neither makes the victim feel good. I voted for sexism but I believe both are equally evil. Your race and sex, i...read more
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I must have looked at this question for over 5 minutes deliberating which side to argue for but I still have not decided. I guess as a black woman I have two strikes against me ...read more
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One of the most poignant moments in the Civil Rights movement was when women's organizations banded together and decided that their own desire to seek equal rights would wait as...read more
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by titus james
Imagine for a moment that you were a woman. Imagine that each day when you entered the world from within the confines of home, osmosis made you more object than human. Ponder ...read more
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by Marcus Holme
While both racism and sexism cause a great amount of harm to many people within society, sexism ultimately occurs more and causes more damage. First one must only look at some o...read more
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The argument of the worst of two evils could easily divide two oppressed groups of people. It is important to remember that BOTH groups are oppressed. Both racism and sexism can...read more
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Women are battered, beaten and killed throughout the world every day, Here, in the Western hemisphere women have suffered discrimination of one sort or other, however it is...read more
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Who suffers more? Sexism is almost another form of racism. It happens to both women and men. Suffering isn't a contest,and having suffered does not automatically imbue one with...read more
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by Julie Hick
Most people think of sexism as discrimination against one specific gender. This type of sexism does cause suffering, however, there is another form of sexism that does not g...read more
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This is a very interesting and agonizing topic. Firstly, I felt that racism is worse than gender discrimination because for some reason I felt the roots were deeper and human r...read more
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by Rolando Cruz
From the glass ceiling of corporate America to the barbaric female circumcisions practiced in various African nations, you would be hard press to find a society or culture tha...read more
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by Amber Autumn
I believe as a woman I suffer, whether it is more I would not know. Being a working mother is another challenge to overcome. I am expected to be a perfect mother and home make...read more
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by Phil Dotree
I've always believed in the banality of evil-that the biggest problems with discrimination aren't the violent outbursts, lynchings, and outward racism and sexism, but rather the...read more
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Any form of discrimination is a terrible thing. Sadly, as long as more then one human being inhabits the Earth, we will always be subjected to this narrow way of thinking. Wha...read more
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by Sandeep Rai
Racism is simply a concept of discrimination on the grounds of race which usually involves the idea of one race being superior to the other in some kind. The race could be super...read more
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Are we talking about quantity or quality? Victims of racism can suffer catastrophies based on discrimination. However, practically every person who ever lived has been a ...read more
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by Sandra Haney
Since the dawn of time men and women have been going through the dividing of the sexes. We as a whole suffer as more women war against themselves. Sexism does not take...read more
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