why are people racist?

Answer 1

because there are races

Answer 2

Everyone has the ability to be racists in certain situations, it is how each individual looks at and defines racism. Be it watching sports with your friends out hanging out we all on the most part like to think we are not racists but at times we exhibit racist comments and thoughts without realize they are racists, but then again they are not racists until someone labels them as such. Don't get me wrong you have your extreme overt racists but society as it melds together seems more tolerable and racism is becoming more subtle. Racism as I see it is a human trait or expression and to classify that only certain people are racist just infuriates me. Hispanics, Whites, Blacks, you name it; are and can be racists. No one likes to admit they are racist but at what degree, does a negative thought at one point and time make you a racist or do you have to do or say something to make a racists. Can you not accidentally make a comment without realize the connotation behind it, would that make a racist. Can you not adjust you thought on others and evolve as a human and accept all people and you no longer be racists. Too bad in a FREE society we have to feel ashamed to express ourselfs. My big fear is that we continue down this slippery slope of word control and thought control. I think that how people speak should not be regulated even if it hurts to hear....but I also feel that we have laws on the books if some idoit thinks that mear words are not enough and hurts someone for real. Without going to far with this if you think that you do not have racist thoughts no matter what the color of your skin, you are just lieing to your self. Accept this as part of the human condition....don't let it bother you to bad...and unless it is an overt act against you or another human being...let it go!!!!

Answer 3

People are racist because of ignorance. If they were brought up to discriminate that is what they are going to do. Sometimes it has alot to do with stereo types just because a few people do something wrong people tend to label others. My daughter is part hispanic and we even get that at the doctors office, I had put down that she was white, because she is and they made me change it on her forms to hispanic. What was the difference? No one is truely one race, we all have different ancestory it should not matter what the color of ones skin is, we all are human.

Answer 4

The people who are racist, are mainly due to the reason that they feel they are inferior to others in some other aspect.

To overcome that inferiority complex they act in such a way that they try to bring down others which in turn makes them racist.

Answer 5

Although there is no difference between people according to tribe ,color , nationality or race, people have strong feeling.They have some sort of superiority complex which is imaginary . The manner and surrounding under which they are brought up play important role.

Answer 6

Racism is a form of hatred. Hatred is a learned behavior. The people who are racist have learned this behavior from the adults around them as they grew up, who learned it from the adults around them, who learned it from the adults...

Answer 7

Often it is down to religion and war. And some people giving certain races a bad name.

Answer 8

Narrow-mindedness.

Answer 9

Everyone is to a certain degree whether they admit it or not whether it be against a certain class, race, or religion. It is not something to be proud of & regardless of our feelings we still need to try to treat each other with as much respect as possible.

Answer 10

Because they fear what they dont know, it is an awful cycle of dysfunction based on fear, upbringing and ignorance. It is true that some people also feel intitled to be superior, it is learned behavior.

Answer 11

afraid of other race superior to there own in there mind, but trying t ojustify that those people are infireior , when they know they are the actual people not real