open minded racism question?

Question

are you open to the possibility that a lot of people are just apathetic toward your race, or do you feel that they are are racist? if another person just doesn't care about the promotion your heritage or ethnicity, do you label them a racist? are you really worried that people hate you because you are of different ethnicity, or are you just upset that they don't care about you? i know there is true racism in the world, but i am tired of people throwing around such a harmful and ugly label at anyone (or group for that matter) who doesn't necessarily care to help promote another's race. i'd just like some honest feedback on your thoughts.

Answer 1

Personally, I feel that word is thrown out a lot unjustly as well, and i'm Afican-American. I think some people use the word racist as a crutch to lay out whenever they feel wronged and the person who wronged them just happens to be of another race. But I fail to believe that everyone is a racist. There are other personality traits that can be called out...maybe ignorant, rude, inconsiderate, uncaring, and many other negative traits. But just because the Asian man in the store has an attitude, doesnt label him as an automatic card-carrying racist. Ont he other side, Racism is alive and well all over the place and it should be acknowledged when it is blatant and obvious. I am not hung up on whether or not groups of people from other races want or feel the need to help me out. Im doing just fine myself!! That's what alot of minorities don't understand. By pulling the race card eveytime, you present yourself as sumone who cant get ahead on your own, without needing help because of the color of your skin. My family and I have gotten ahead in life by using our intelligence and the strength we were blessed with. But trust and believe, if I encounter a TRUE racist, he or she will be labeled one quickly and it's not a very pretty thing to be.

Answer 2

I can understand why you would ask a question like that and I think that the word racist dose get thrown around a lot. And is placed on a group instead of on the individual. Some times it may be hard to tell if some one is being racist or is just being rude so its up to the person who is being one of the two to let the other know that it has nothing to do with racism.

Answer 3

Even though racism is a world wide issue, in my example I chose to use the big boys, the true gladiators of the racial melee.

Cultural etiquette; it’s my way of describing what’s left of this racial tension in America.

Each race has a Superculture that governs all the basic attitudes of the subcultures within it, and no matter what country you come form, once you assimilate you are subconsciously and socially conditioned to follow that Supercultures etiquette. i.e. Jamaican, African, Trinidadian etc follow the Afro American Superculture, while German, Swedish, British etc follow Anglo American (white) Superculture. One of the main etiquettes of the Anglo American Superculture is superiority, followed closely by arrogance and fear of displacement. The main etiquette of the Afro American Superculture is individualism, followed closely by an aggressive manner and anger of displacement. {Time to fit the pieces together}. Due to the Anglo American supremacy like outlook on the world, be it conscious or subconscious, it inhibits him from individualizing and taking note when a racial issue occurs, and in arrogance, dismiss the fault from being related to his individual actions. i.e. “yeah racism exists but what do you want me to do about it?” The most common response when there is a fear of going against the Superculture and admitting to a terrible collective wrongdoing.

While on the other hand, the Afro Americans individualism allows him to be more susceptible to collective racial projections, forcing him to act in a more socially aggressive manner in order to express the anger of his Superculture. By which in turns, fuels the fear- which impacts the arrogance- to exercise the superiority. *ahem* or should I say the ideals of the majority.
Kill the cycle!!


The last thing I want to do is go through life blaming someone for something their not doing. (young “N” BLACK!)

Answer 4

I am Asian, or Chinese-Thai in the United States. I don't have time to worry about such things. I go about my day and live my life. If someone dislikes me because of my heritage, I cannot help that.
To label someone a racist, simply because they do not approve of me or agree with my views is futile, weak, and an excuse for failure. I would rather succeed.

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Answer 5

Good point. What angers me is that when someone is being rude to someone from a minority they are always told not to discriminate, even if they were rude because of something that had nothing at all to do with the person's race, but had something to do with a character trait or something.

If you are indifferent to someone's race they will still say you are a racist if you criticise something they do or say.

I am not saying this happens all the time..but it happens quite frequently.

Answer 6

IMO, it would be nice if people stopped looking at someone's skin color and got to know them based on their personality and intelligence. There are great people of all races, etc.

I do think sometimes that some people look at me differently because I am African-American. For example, I am a diehard Nascar fan and when people find that out their like..."You watch Nascar?" They act as if a African-American can't watch Nascar or something.

IMO, it's 2006 and it's time to stop basing everything on color.

Answer 7

Interesting question..I'm not out there rallying for minorities or anything but I also don't discriminate against them..I wonder if they consider me being racist now. But I do see their point they probably think they should have the support of others in order to achieve equality

Answer 8

Boy, I couldn't agree more! I feel that the word "racism" like "sexism," "feminism," "fascism," "tolerance," are being constantly, but subtly, altered in meaning by the "politically correct" those who I would rather label, "militant atheist-materialist social-fascists!"

The social fascist elements try to divide and control our society by separating off various minorities and elements within it from the others and then breeding hatred and intolerance between these elements, which allows the social fascist of the atheist hard-left to step in and take control "for the good of all."

So we see "marriage" redefined from "a union between a male and a female for the purpose of procreation" over to "any form of sexual union agreed to by both parties."

We see the word "tolerance" changed from, "putting up with something with which one does nor personally agree" changed to "allowing everyone to be right."

A "racist" is being changed from "a person who shows antipathy to another soley based on his racial origin or skin color," now becomes "a white person (who is not a liberal)."

A "fascist" is no longer "a person who supports a totalitarian system of government, using force, violence and coercion to impose the will of the fascist leadership upon the State," but instead you see it changing to mean "anyone who votes for the Republican Party."

This form of political restructuring by mutilating our very language is not new. It has been in vogue with social fascists of both the "left" and the "right" since the Russian Revolution and has been used by the Communists and Marxists in every country they have infected, the National Socialists of Germany, Syria and Iraq and the Fascists in Italy, Spain, Serbia, Chile and others.

While the majority of Americans watch the mindless garbage on their TVs like Springer, Reality Shows and Paris Hilton seducing hillbillies, this is what is going on in your society, in your schools, behind your backs. You are right to object and right to complain. You, and in fact any person bright enough to understand the problem, needs to be constanly vigilant and constantly ready to resist and if necessary fight back!

Answer 9

If a nations people participate and celebrate.in the arts and other intellectual achievements regarded collectively ie nations culture..then and by choice who dose not participate in cultural traditions of members of a ethnic minority's.or person not of the same faith .is racist..

Answer 10

Being a vet of the military, I would say that we use one another, why after 9/11 we were ALL AMERICANS, even now in Iraq they are ALL AMERICANS, so to me I think we should all have questions about one another, but if you don't who cares.