who can be honest about being racists??

Question

i can i'll admit that i am sometimes a racists because i don't care to learn or communicate with different races specifically whites even though part of my family is white...i can't seem to talk to them much and i think ignorance is a terrible thing and i can admit because a bit racists i don't go around committing hate crimes or being rude to white people i keep it to myself because i want to learn more than what i know...how about anyone else can any admit to being racists??and if your going to be negative and say how racists i am go ahead at least i can admit i have no knowledge what so ever about the white race only sterotypes but sterotypes can apply to any group of people

Answer 1

I think anyone EDUCATED enough to understand what racism really is and the true meaning of some racial slurs have the right to extend their feelings at times. A True racist is an idiot, a hateful, uneducated, undeserving dumbass. Other people who are educated and have tendencies like yourself really arent racist. You're normal. There are Jackasses in every different race that can spoil it for everyone of that race which then turns into a misunderstanding when someone of a different one encounters a jackass and completely destroys your relationship wit someone of that race.....You aren't always against all whites are you? If you aren't then youre fine. I'm half asian and half white and not only am i subjected to racism, I am racist at times.....hows that?

Answer 2

Everybody is racist in some form or another. You admit to being a racist, but you're not an EXTREME racist, which is fine. You like to be with your kind of people and I have no problem with that. I grew up and am still living in the south, so I grew up hearing the N word from uncles, cousins, so, that word doesn't bother me.But if white people are called crackers to their face then I believe black people can be called ******* to their face. The only difference is, most white people don't get offended by it.

Having said that, my racist views, while they might not be extreme are there because I was never around black people growing up. In my graduating class in high school, we had 700 people... 4 were black. College was a shock to me, because of the different types of people I spent time with: black, asian, latino.. We all had our arguements and disagreements, but we got over them and always ended up having drinks together. This country is a melting pot and racism will always exist, but if we can keep the extremists to a minimum we'll be alright.

Answer 3

To me, being racist means hating someone just because they are a certain color (I also think this can apply to religion, sexual preference, political belief, etc,. even though the word is not meant to describe these groups, there is no other word strong enough to describe the discriminatory hatred). A racist person will not have any friends at all that are that color, nor will they ever. In the case of being "racist" against homosexuals, if you found out your own mother was gay, you would hate her the rest of your life. It is all about intense hatred.

I believe everything else falls under the umbrella of prejudices. Prejudices are not bad, in and of themselves. We all prejudge, as we all should. It helps us get along in life. We prejudge that we will probably get along better with people that look more like us. We prejudge that people who are dressed a certain way are more dangerous to us when walking down the street than others. When prejudices becomes bad is when they are unbalanced. For example, an old lady clutches her purse when a black man walks by... not just any black man, but a black man in a nice business suit, talking on his cell phone where his Rolex watch can clearly be seen on his wrist. Clearly this man is not going to steal this ladies purse, but her prejudices are way off, and she perceives him as a possible purse snatching thug. We should never strive to not be prejudiced, but we should strive to make sure our prejudices are not imbalanced.

Answer 4

I think Big Larry and spongebob :) hit it right on the nose. Prejudice is very different. And we all have that. I went to Atlanta (my hubby's hometown) and I was scared. Now I can't tell you that it was race that had me scared, but everyone I saw was black and gave off the "hoodlum" vibe, so by default I can admit that race was a factor. Of course, there were white people there who gave off the vibe and scared me just as much, but I was one of few white people walking around downtown. Now it's not to say that anyone there had it in them to jump me, but it's certainly been implanted into my brain that people who look like them are more likely than a white man with a suit. I couldn't help the fact that my heart skipped a beat. I hate it when I feel this way. I think, for this reason, everyone should see the movie "Crash." It paints a very real picture of this prejudice that we all, OF EVERY RACE, are guilty of. It wasn't just the whites in this movie who held certain ideas of others. This is something we all need to realize. And it's something that we can work on, being more open to one another and connecting on a new level.

Answer 5

I'm not racist. I don't think anybody's racist. I think a certain group can grow accustomed to a person, despite their race, if they live the same lifestyle. For example, somebody who's Caucasian who may enjoy the hip-hop lifestyle and has proven himself worthy of belonging to that culture can be accepted to a group of African-Americans who share the same culture.

Now, that may not always be the case, but what can you do really. Some people are just normally racist because they were raised that way. Some people can be racist for several reasons. One main reason is that some people may feel opressed by others, so they stay in their default group; their race. Some people take so much pride in their race that they think theirs is the only one that matters, and they turn to the opressors themselves, but overall, racism is complete ignorance, and I'm saying that as a neutral party.

There's only one race here in this world, and that is the human race. Different people may be brought up in different ways, and they may look different or speak different, or are accustomed to things the normal person might not be, but we're all humans. Unless the world wakes up and start accepting each other both in CULTURE AND in RACE, there's only one direction where this is going, and that's downward.

Worst case scenario? everyone, and I mean everyone will be divided into countries by race, and there will be war from country against country purely because of their race and differences. People will be dying, and human kind will eventually destroy this Earth.

Deep down, I know that no one would want a world like that, and while I do know that alot of people can't change their opinions about something, it doesn't matter. It's up to every individual person to get rid of the sickness which is divison of people. One's culture is something to be proud of, but we all have to remember one thing: we're all human, and we have to respect each others' differences.


PS, I also realized that out of all the races, African-Americans seem to take it personally more than others. While there may be some power in their history, we all have to realize that in a way, we all have been discriminated upon, and discrimination is a hard thing. African-Americans discriminate against Caucasian people as well, even if that one Caucasian hasn't done anything to anyone. So overall, and despite your history, we're all in the present, and what you do in the present affects your future. I've met some African-Americans who use their history to win arguments, and quite frankly that's a detour and shortcut to always win an argument. Others have suffered too, and their suffering is real.

Don't get me wrong, I'm completely unbiased about this subject, it's just that when one side tips the power of equality is when things get a little blurry. Despite your race, you are not better than the next person, because we've all been discriminated upon. We're all people. We should learn to LEARN about and ACCEPT each other, despite our differences. I know that sounds like a lame, cheesy, and cliche excuse, but it's the truth.

Answer 6

What does it mean to be racist? I will admit that there are some personality quarks I see most noticably in the black community that I don't like. I do not act on them and I enjoy being proven wrong and finding black friends who do not meet the sterotypes I expect. But all in all I find that where I live my pre-concieved notions of black people are most often not proven wrong.
Now I am as lilly white as I can be. So I am very interested to find out what the sterotypes are on WASPS that black people don't like

Answer 7

I live in a large city in Southern California feel like there are so many different types of people that it is useless to judge them on their color and ethnicity. I have found the following to be true-the more educated you are, the less racist you are. Period. I know very educated people (and like to think I am one myself) and they are of all races; and knowing things makes you less afraid, and less apt to dislike them. I think of people for who they are on the inside, not their coloring. I am prejuduce,however, against ANYONE who is ignorant (these folks can come in every color-even white-I'm white by the way). Stupidity and small mindedness is what really makes me angry. You sound like you could use a bit more education; and a bit more contact with those you supposedly don't like. Then, perhaps you might realize that there's another reason that causes you not to like certain people; not their coloring.For example, could it be the white people you have met were mean, pretentious,etc? Those things aren't a color issue; these could be faults of anyone's-not just white people.

Answer 8

this is basically too vast spectrum a Q to get a right this moment out confident or no. I actual have many acquaintances of many distinctive hues and Nationalities, as a result with the help of that, i'm no longer racist. yet I even have faith that interior reason, people ought to surely stay interior the country they have been born in (no longer a stressful and quickly rule needless to say). people who do circulate to a distinctive us of a ought to attempt and slot in with the customs of that us of a. See, right here in Australia we've embraced rather everyone. Did they strengthen into Australians? some did, some did no longer. people who do, i'm high quality with. yet people who don't, properly, I say, circulate abode. with the aid of fact what they attempt to do is turn this us of a into an annexe of the situation they left. If that place replaced into so great with certainly one of those great attitude to life, then why are they right here? this is Australia or maybe nonetheless we adore various the foreign places techniques and customs, and are happy to enable people who prefer to maintain somewhat piece of abode energetic, it rather is our abode and our way of life and those coming in ought to objective to be a factor of that. So, if that makes me a racist, so be it. yet i could guess my life that if I went to a sort of countries that the people who've come right here have been initially from, and tried to stay like an Aussie there, i could the two be deported (if fortunate) or carried out (likely).

Answer 9

As I grow older, I am becoming more "racist". I notice more and more how certain cultures, specifically black and hispanic, tend to focus on the negative. Steroetypically, they are more likely to be uneducated, violent, and have a low class mentality. I am the first to say, never follow stereotypes, so I definitly know it's not ALL blacks and hispanics. But to keep away from the negativity, and most importantly, to keep my child away from that negativity, I stay clear of those cultures. And before you are so quick to jusdge me, my daughter is half black. I do not want her to fall within those "bad" categories, so I keep her away from "bad" people.

Answer 10

People need to understand the difference between being prejudiced and being racist. Being prejudiced is being human. It's only natural to want to hang out with people like you and think better of people in your own social, ethnic group.

Being racist is another level. Being racist mean choosing a job applicant because of skin color. Being racist mean saying you hate all people of a specific group just because they are in that group. Being Racist means denying someone the same rights another person has.