do you THINK racism still exists? And what's your opinion of being racist?

Question

When the word RACIST is said the most common thing that comes to mind is slavery or BLACKS...the KKK...but that's not the only form of racism. BLACKS aren't the only ones being oppressed. Open your eyes...it's not all in the media. Middle easterns are stereo-typed and suffer the wrath of life after 9/11 and homosexuality is forbidden in the eyes of america. Racism is not only against your ethnicity, or what you believe, it's against who you are. So when someone ask if RACISM still exist, instead of just answering "yes" or "no"...try answering with what you can do to stop it!

Answer 1

The racism I see happening most often is reverse racism. This is very much the media's doing and parents teaching their children hatred. There is never mention of the white people that fought and died to end slavery in this country. There weren't just families that lost loved ones on the battle ground but people that were part of the underground railroad and people that spoke out and risked everything in doing so. Through the years I have seen black people express hatred for whites because of slavery and their own ancestry. I am not saying there isn't more to fuel the fire...I am saying slavery is the first thing mentioned. Because of the sacrifice many made to end it there should be some sort of honor for them from the black community...but there is not. The end of slavery is celebrated as if not one white man died for it or gave a limb. Some blacks hate all whites as if all were the descendants of slavers instead of liberators. Whole family lines were wiped out in a war to abolish slavery and keep a country united. Why the hatred now? Where is the balance? Where is the truth? Why does the media want to fan the flames of bitterness. Why can't there be reconciliation now?

Answer 2

Racism still exists and probably always will to some degree. For the most part we've managed to shut the mouths of what I would call 'lazy bigots' (people who just want to blame someone else for their own problems so they complain about Jews, Blacks, etc. but really don't harbor a lasting hatred for other people). The hardcore racist like neo-Nazis probably won't ever change or shut up and some people will always be attracted to that power structure. I can forgive people for racism but generally avoid associating with them if I don't have to. What I don't forgive is not giving people of any race a fair opportunity at a job, in housing, or even just learning if you will be friends. I've lived by a motto for many years now: There are far better reasons to dislike people than their racial heritage.

Answer 3

Racism exists in the world but to a large extent it has been curbed. I find tv news police brutality to blacks on the road an outrage, and the kkk stupid and worse than unkind. From where I live, I don't see any racism being practiced to the yellow race or the red race. In the area where I live There are oriental restaurants doing ok. There are very few black people in the city and I see no prejudice toward them.

Answer 4

Racism still exists on all sides. There will never be an end to racism. However, the good news is that currently, it's not "cool" to be a racist in most areas, so not too many people are racist. Also, diversity has helped "school" certain people that not all people of any race are "bad", so that far less people are racist than decades ago.

Answer 5

I like the fact you are nervy enough to ask . The race issue is a strange one. It seems if you even ask a person of color questions on this . The most common response is anger and defensiveness . I have noticed many use race as a trump card . If it cant be discussed without confrontation . And many people of race don't want it to go away . They like the trump card . Carlos Mencia has the best viewpoints on this . If a person throws a racial comment at you and you get angry . Maybe they are right . As well as ignorant .

Answer 6

Does Racism still exist? certainly
Has it always existed? Yes
Will it always exist? Only until the world ends

Notice the behavior of small children and you will discover that NO ONE is born a racist, it is a learned behavior. Wether by parental education or circumstantial experience one must choose to be racist.
I was not raised that way and I see the numbers diminishing through the course of my life. I was raised in the military and spent most of my youth overseas. I moved to the deep south as a teenager and dealt with considerable culture shock. I am not going to patronize people by saying I have lots of black friends because I don't. I don't have lots of white friends either. The people I have as friends have proven their worth to me as I have proven mine to them without regard to race, gender, politics, or religious background. If any person has six true friends they are blessed beyond measure. We all have acquaintances but friends?
I think the south gets a bum rap for racism because it is a lot worse in the north. Most of the flagrant racism we will see in our daily lives is focused against whites by black people. The cultural leaders of their group have made fortunes by keeping them uninformed and dependent. You want to see people who have something against second generation welfare recepients find a successful black person like Condi Rice. Notice that she is from Birmingham, Alabama.
I suggest people try to deal with others as if they were blind. Use your other senses to communicate with people and your world may get bigger.

Answer 7

Of course racism still exists. You're wrong, however, in thinking that racism encompasses anything more than racial intolerance. Hatred towards gays/lesbians or towards Jews and Muslims is not racism. It's bigotry to be sure, but not racism by the nature of it's definition.

And racism is bad, mkay?

Answer 8

Of course racism still exists. It will as long as everyone has differing opinions. It will never stop, and there is nothing MTV can do about it. I didn't realize that made me sound racist, which I am not. But what does MTV think? running ads to stop racism will work? It won't it runs deeper than that.

Answer 9

well racism is prejudice of race. Everyone in the world is prejudice. We all make judgements before we explore it characteristics. You look at a body of water you would think its a certain temperatue before getting in. or a group of people and assume they are related just by the way they look. When every one decides not to judge something let alone someone before they act then this would be a diff. world.

Answer 10

Education is the key, the more the ignorant learn about another's ethnicity, lifestyle etc. the less presumptuous they will be about it, and the less fear they will have, because to me that's what racism is fear, of what they don't know or understand. That seems to be the common denominator to all hate crimes. I don't believe that there is one person out there who is completely free of discriminating as well as being discriminated against. It's all fear based.