Are you racist and don't even know it?

Question

Ok, how far do you go before you are a racist? It seems that it depends on the sensitivities of the race you are judging/ talking about, but do you agree?

Answer 1

" To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether it's by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life breathed easier because you have lived...is to have succeeded''

Answer 2

The trick is knowing what racism is. Sometimes people say mundane, trivial facts about a certain group and get called a racist. It's a term we throw around too much. The difference is an assumed superiority to that race. If you don't have that, then you are not a racist.

Answer 3

Everyone's a little bit racist. Just look at Avenue Q.

Racism is just over-generalising based on an ethnic group. We do it all the time with other groups (non-ethnic type groups) all the time. I mean, look at all the blonde jokes. Then it's not only okay, it's also darned funny.

Go figure.

I don't think it depends on the sensitivities of the ethnic group we're talking about, so much as the sensitivities of the person you're talking to.

Answer 4

It seems to me that you're just asking for a definition of racism. According to dictionary.com -

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

So, if you believe IN ANY WAY that race account for human differences to the point that it makes one race better than another race "naturally", then you are a filthy, pathetic, racist.

I don't like racists much.

Answer 5

No i do not.No matter what race it is,if your judging or belittling telling racist jokes,a racist is still a racist no matter how you look at it.Yes i was and the key word is was.Times have changed a lot sense the old days.Although racism still exists,it makes more sense to me to work together so that we can make better progress.Rather than fight each other,hate each other,kill each other.

Answer 6

Oh I KNOW I'm a racist. Over the past number of years and at every oppertunity arabs and their culture continue to prove to the world what throw back barbarians they are. They scream about everything done to "them" but then do worse to other people. They raise their kids to die for ther "cause" and be a martyr. Makes them a cancer of the planet as far as I'm concerned. I want you to know that I didn't start that way, truely. They have certainly earned the way I feel about them.

Answer 7

Generally, I believe people think of racism as one or two particular behaviors or statements instead of a mindset. This is why it's difficult for people to identify when they are holding biases against a particular group of people. There also seems to be a belief that certain groups can't be racist simply because they are the oppressed population. Again, this is false.

http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/

Answer 8

I know I'm not a racist.
I believe if you line up one of every race in a row, strip the skin off of each & every one of them, you will find we are all the same.
We all have the same bone structure, muscel system & blood lines.
The only differences between us is the differences in skin color & that should not be enough to cause hate or see another as lesser than one's self.

Answer 9

No- I think we're all ethnocentric and don't realize the extent of which this is true, nor can we ever hope to fully escape from it.