First off, lets agree that rascism means that you believe one race of people is superior to another or that you are prejudiced towards someone based on their race.
If I say to someone, "I don't like your hair" does that mean I don't like that person entirely? Am I being prejudice? Not necessarily. I don't like my sister's hair, and I love her. So my real question is this:
If I don't like a certain stereotype about a race of people, does that make me rascist?
I don't like people from Ecuador because they all ride turtles. That doesn't mean I hate all Ecuadorians does it? Because the truth is I love them. So how can I be rascist towards someone I love? Explain that.
I think some people are afraid of what they really think of other races because they are afraid of being labeled rascist.
2006-12-10 11:05:57 · 14 answers · asked by Ben B 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
You are not racist. You see individuals for who they are, not based on the color of their skin or racial background. While there may be certain stereotypes about a race that turn you off, it does not keep you from appreciating individuals from that race.
Racists are usually ignorant people who don't really know anything or have any contact with too many people.
Racists hate people they have never met, based on the BS fed to them about racial stereotypes. Racists think all people from a certain race are a certain way, so they hate them for it. Racists hate groups of people. You hate stereotypes. That's totally different.
It's probably hard for you to understand the racist mindset because they are so ignorant and stupid. I have never met a smart racist. Every racist I have encountered are people who don't know a damned thing about anything. I don't think it's a coincidence.
2006-12-10 22:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Sax M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your argument doesn't make sense to me, but I understand the main point enough to say that I agree with that.
Racism is overused, and sometimes people accuse others of being racist just to silence them. You're absolutely right.
The turtles stereotype doesn't help your argument here. Instead, why not say "Even if all Ecuadorians rode turtles" or "Even if all black people were bred to be athletically superior" or whatever?
That way, you're acknowledging it's a stereotype and saying you don't care, rather than saying you actually think the stereotype is true.
Good luck.
2006-12-10 11:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem is the news media, and th egovernment.
Any tim eyou don't agree with a black man you are assumed to be racist.
A school comes to a ball game with an all black team they are acceptable in the eyes of the federal government, A scool comes ot a ball game with 60% white and they are a bunch of racist under federal guidelines.
Not agreeing with his makes me a racist.
I don't care for black culture, music or history . This doesn't make me a racist.
I don't care for islamic men and their religion has a lot ot do with it. The treat women like animals, and the world seems to ignore it.. If the religious establishment spent 1/3 of the time and effort to bring the plight of muslim women to the public and demand change as they do trying to prove me a racist than the world would be a much better place to live. Also millions of muslim women would be free. yet religion is afrain to tread where minorities trample on the rights of others or their own.
2006-12-10 11:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stereotypes are merciless and advise, yet i do not imagine maximum persons comprehend how a lot they use them, no matter if or not they say they're hostile to and hate them, they nonetheless use them each day. i exploit stereotypes a lot. I my perfect try now to not, yet you truly can not help it. social gathering: i comprehend that a lot of human beings imagine that folk who like twilight are throughout obsessed followers who ought to provide some thing to marry Edward or Jacob and then become a vampire. yet i am going to call ten human beings off the properly of my head who've study(and loved) twilight and are compared to that. those are some quite unhappy stereotpyes i recent in a poem the day previously right now: i'm skinny, so i might want to be anorexic. i'm EMO, so i must reduce my wrists. i'm compared to each and each and anybody ELSE, so i might want to be a loser. i'm overweight, so i must have a situation with self administration. i'm non secular, so i must shove my beliefs down your throat. i'm an ATHEIST, so i must hate the international. i'm PREPPY, so i must shun those who do not positioned on Abercrombie & Hollister. i'm confident, so i might want to be finished of myself. i'm an adolescent, so i must drink and do drugs. I positioned on BLACK, so i might want to be goth. I were given A vehicle FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so i might want to be a spoiled brat. I have straight away A'S, so i might want to haven't any social existence. i love J-POP, so i might want to be an Asian wannabe. I’m WHITE superstar, so i must connect Disney. .....See what I advise? even although some human beings ought to assert those are literally not actual, you could not deny that they are different first profiles you get on your head once you look at someone. And racism? properly, this is only unhappy. i'm not racist, i am going to't be because I have kinfolk from somewhat a lot all aspects of the international. As for the persons who're, all i'm gonna say is this; you're lacking out on pals, relationships, opportunities, jobs, money, and a hell of a lotta love in case you imagine shunning one or more advantageous races is gonna make your existence any more advantageous suited than that is now. ~Sorry for the size. i wish I were given my element for the period of ^^ Animes: Code Geass Ouran Host club Tsubasa Kayate the strive against Butler TMoHS Hetalia: Axis Powers Soul Eater +Anima right here and There, Then and Now Azumanga Daioh AA Luna Kingdom Hearts Negima Naruto ...and the record is going on and on =_="
2016-11-30 10:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had said "I don't like people riding turtles", then that wouldn't be racist because that would mean that you don't like the act of people riding turtles, whoever those people happen to be. However, you said "I don't like people from Ecuador because they all ride turtles", where you single out people from Ecuador specifically AND make a broad statement that they all ride turtles. That makes your remark racist. At least as far as Ecuadorians are concerned.
You went from making a non-racists remark about hair to making a racist remark about Ecuadorians, because you didn't apply the same guidelines to the second remark that you applied to the first.
2006-12-10 11:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Being racist and hating someone based on their race. Or believing a certain stereotype about a group of individuals are both signs of ignorance. However, are two totally different things entirely. God bless****
2006-12-10 11:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm, I see where you are coming from. I, for one, dislike the fact that many Mexicans are coming over here illegally and living off the advantages of the United States..that angers me, but that doesn't mean I hate all Mexicans.
Also, how you said people are afraid to say what they really think of other races, even if it's not a racist thought: I agree..but most of that is because ANYTHING you say these days against a race means you are "racist" to them. Like all the stupid bleeding heart liberals calling us anti-illegal immigrants "racist"...purely pathetic.
2006-12-10 11:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is racist and prejudicial to make any kind of blanket statement like all Ecuadorians ride turtles.
All means 100% never was one that did or didn't.
2006-12-10 11:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by timjim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Carl Jung's explanation of the shadow side of the personality. We all fear what we dislike in ourselves.
Nothing good comes of pigeon-holing or stereotyping any person or people. We're all individuals even if some look a little similar.
2006-12-10 11:14:32 · answer #9 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism is only a problem if you treat these people differently because of that "thing" you dont like. Something can bother you about someone but unless you discriminate against them because of it, you are fine.
2006-12-11 01:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by jenniferaboston 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋