This is a question for people that are racist or prejudice in anyway?

Question

I'm doing a report and I just wanted to know the reasons some people choose to be racists. Is it because thats how you were brought up or what?

Answer 1

I took a course in school for culturally diverse counseling. We had as presenters at different times: a gay woman, a Native American (called himself an "Indian"), an Asian-American woman, and a Black-American male. They spoke to the class about their individual life experiences, including prejudice.

The class was taught by a Black-American Christian woman who was married to a Black-African Muslim man. She stated quite definitely that everyone is racist and prejudiced to one degree or another. She said that everyone is either a Racist-Racist (out-and-out racist) or an Anti-Racist-Racist (attempts to not be racist).

I'm not sure whether that's right or not. I do know, though, that most all of us are more comfortable around people who are like us and less comfortable around people who are not like us. So, I think of that as people being prejudiced toward their own group...not so much against people of another group.

As for myself, I have always wanted to know people from as many cultures as possible because I find being surrounded by the same old people I was brought up with a limiting and boring experience; and I hate being bored or limited. I am fascinated to learn about the customs and experiences of people from other cultures.

Answer 2

Yes, a lot depends on where a person grew up. A (non white) person from the inner city probably will not understand and become racist about a white person from a rural area or small town and vice versa. Statistics, news reports, etc. that show that a given race has things like: Greater crime rate, Greater unemployment rate, Food stamp rate, Education (or lack of) rate, Job rate, Welfare rate, Family situation, Parenting, Use or miss-use of funds.Out word speech and actions, all stem to create racist and prejudice feelings.

Answer 3

the way the human brain works is by creating categories through experiences. That's called learning. Then when a person encounters something new it tries to fit it into an existing category. In that way, we are all prejudiced. People who are rigid in their categorization do not allow new sensory input to alter the original categorization, and thus instead of having an initial idea that can then be changed they stereotype and leave it there. A responsible person should attempt to be conscientious of the categories they place people in and then be a careful to be fair. I once went to an Indian restaurant and hated the spicey, oily food I ordered. Now if someone suggests Indian food I have an initial negative reaction, but I will try something different and build more information into my category. It can work the same way for meeting people.

Answer 4

I think the label "racist" is applied erroneoulsy to far too many people much too often. These days if someone expresses an opinion about (usually) coloured people they are immediately regarded as having made a racist comment. For my part, I was brought up in an era when you rarely saw a coloured person and the view of those days is that there was far less crime. This equates to: more coloured people = more crime, and I believe most white people fear and resent this. Proof can be found in our prisons where the majority of prisoners are coloured.

Answer 5

I am answering because I haven't succeeded in stamping out all my prejudices yet. I don't think I choose to be racist and I try not to be. My parents tried their best to raise me to not be racist, as did my grandparents. Unfortunately, I have been around many people who told racist jokes or made judgments of people based on their race or ethnicity. I try to be better than that but sometimes the little voices of my memory tell me that I'm better than others. I am working on replacing them with the truth but it is a lifelong process.

Answer 6

You can hardly meet anyone without prejudice or biases. Every body even their siblings are brought up differently due to their birth position, society, belief, traditions, etc. Though sometimes people might have similar beliefs, they still differ a lot. Some people a compelled to stick to their beliefs because they are formed that way. However, it is up to the person whether he/she chooses to be a racist or not.

Answer 7

i think everybody has a little bit of racism in them....i am not racist i am more presjudice because mostly the "stereotypes" are usually right..but most people are raised with this hate in them i believe

Answer 8

i'm not a racist but i do agree that everyone has a little racism in them.
different people, different race, different cultures, different looks...etc... we all have different beliefs.

the problem is that those racists doesn't know how to respect others.

Answer 9

The way people are brought up.

It's more you have to chose not to be raciest in some familes.

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Answer 10

no every one is about someone the rich about the poor poor about the rich so on