Do you believe that people who were raised to look for racism see it when it doesn't really exist?

Answer 1

That is the one thing they were taught to believe in now they will look for it even where it does not belong

Answer 2

I most definitely think people go out of their way to find racism even where there is none. The sad reality of the matter is all this does is remove credence where racism is actually an issue. Much like the little boy that cried wolf and then when there was a wolf the townspeople didn't believe him and did nothing. Now whenever somebody cries racism and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson get on the first plane to the scene they are greeted as a joke or an inconvenience rather than be seen as champions of justice(they aren't). I believe it does more harm than good.

Another thing is people today confuse a character judgment for racism. I am often called racist because I despise stereotypical black traits, i.e. poor speech, poor work ethic, always using the word n!gger, or what is commonly called "acting black", it is not the persons race I am judging it is there actions and character, I don't like those traits in white people either and have many black friends that do not display these traits. To give credence to the argument that a person acts a certain way because of skin color is the logical equivalent of saying we have no free will and can't control our actions, a very slippery slope.

Sadly with Sharpton and Jackson the mentality has been shifted to do it their way or risk being called racist and have a lawsuit filed against you. I even see this with the blacks I work with. All this has done is breed resentment and do nothing to help the problem.

Oh and racism isn't always tought at home, I would be willing to wager a lot of people were not raised in racist homes became that way after dealing with these whiney people. I mean is it racist to expect the fast food restaurant in the hood will have poorer quality food, service with a bad attitude as opposed to the one in the suburbs with white high school kids for a friendlier service and food that actually looks like it does in the picture. No it's a fact and and facts aren't racist opinions are.

Answer 3

Well an absolute fact is that racism is not genetic. It is a learned trait, and as such, must be taught from birth.

You ask if they're raised to look for racism. It seems to me that this would certainly have to be a learned trait as well ..

I do believe that if racism is very strong from the outset of a child's upbringing, that it would certainly follow that they might experience some delusional beliefs along the way.

So yes I'm pretty sure they would see racism in places that it doesn't exist.

Answer 4

I was raised by a bigoted family.As an adult now,I see them as just being ignorant.I see no color,I asses someone by their character.Not what color or what they look like.Treat all people how you would like to be treated.When you look for bad,you can always find some somewhere.Bottom line,there is Only one species of human and we are all in there together.Weather we like it or not.

Answer 5

I'm not sure what you mean by it doesn't really exist. Because it does. Any time that someone judges others based on the color of their skin, or says a joke that puts down others because of the color of their skin, shows racism.

Answer 6

yes. Sometimes people ask questions (on this site) end someone says "thats racist" but its not. accusing people of racism when there NOT being racist almost as bad as racism itself.

Answer 7

I'm black. I don't think about racism until you remind me. Here I was scrolling and trolling as usual and I see yet another question from a white person about racism.

Give it up, bro and tell your friends the same thing. It's boring

Answer 8

Yes. And I also believe that people who are raised to look for racism are generally racists themselves.

I have grown really sick of the popular notion in this country that white Christians are the only bigoted people around. In my area there is a college fair for hispanic students. I think that's racist, not only because they are identifying students as potential participants on the basis of race only (which is racially biased against whites, Asians, blacks, etc. by exclusion) but because it is also racist to assume that hispanics need some SPECIAL collge fair, like they wouldn't prosper at a more inclusive college fair.

I'm also sick of being told that hats and bandanas are prohibited at school, but religious headdress is permitted---and that other religious practices are respected at school but we can't have any mention of Christmas. It's as though they are "protecting" the rights of minorities at the peril of the rights of the majority.

Answer 9

Absolutely. A lot of people don't know the difference between racism and not liking someone just because they are a bad person. A lot of other people don't even want to know the difference, they want it to be racism because that's their excuse for failing , blame someone else.

Answer 10

Yes it does happen,a lot of black people believe from childhood we (whites) have always persecuted them because of thier skin color.I have found more racism against whites by blacks than against blacks by whites.I think most of them wont let history be history,they keep it alive.I owned 0000 slaves and owe them nothing now lets get on with life,together.

Answer 11

Your question has to do with preception and conditioning. They, being conditioned by their environment and families to a certain perception, these beliefs become the "filter" through which they view all things and measure all things against. A quantum measurement is always by reason of the past, we view all things through the eyes of the past that we identify ourselves with. So everything is seen through the filter or lenses of our beliefs and past conditioning.

When it comes to blacks, me being one, we are conditioned to see through a certain prospective of reality from our environment and years of social degrading. We view through a victimizing mindset, so when things occur we react to the situation as victims, everything is out to get us. We see ourselves as the rejects, because of the past.