Is it possible to be racist to your own ethnic group? what would happen?

Question

also can u be charged with racial disscrimination?

Answer 1

Yes....definately possible. I'm white, English, and although from working class background I absolutely hate the "jade goody" type, white trash scum that seems to congregate around every Wetherspoons pub or TK Maxx store....every race has an underclass, but to me the arrogance of the white "contingent", misguidedly believing the are somehow superior to everyone else, really grinds my gears....

As Oscar Wilde once said.....we may all be in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.....(or something like that!!!)

Answer 2

You can be charged if you openly discriminate against someone yes. Yes it is possible to be racist to your own ethnic group. Every person is different and just because a culture fits a particular race as a whole, it does not necessarily mean that it fits the whole race.

Answer 3

it's certainly possible to be abusive. I'm a teacher who met 2 little Asian boys having a row when 1 called the other 'a P--- B-------' !
He certainly meant to be abusive and I reckoned it counted as racist. Some things are just unacceptable in any context. I don't know if you could be charged by the police but you can sure get into trouble at school.

Answer 4

Absolutely. There are many, many racists within their own ethnic groups! Many of them are politicians, educators, and journalists (writers.)

My (white) son just finished an "Honors" English Lit class taught by a white professor...and for the entire semester, she harped on the "inherent evil-ness" of white culture and persons, how the world would be well-ridded of them, etc. It was unbelievable.

Every white person in the class of 30-some-odd received a B- (the minimum passing score) whereas those of other races all received an A. (The grades were posted.)

He's an engineering student who got A's in every class except this one. The result of her racist act was to wreak havoc on his GPA.

Answer 5

Racism is not merely a matter of skin colour it is ignorance of opposing cultures used as a weapon. We all have cultural ignorances but it is what you do with that ignorance that counts, in some it motivates learning, language skill development, travel, migration etc. In others it motivates the holding of silly and offensive viewpoints (such as exactly as what has happened to Shilpa Shetty in the UK Big Brother show). To assume all Indian people are thin because they do not cook their food properly, as one of those silly girls did in BB is racist. To assume the view from a white European perspective, that the Irish are all stupid or the French don't wash is racist too. I use these as examples only as they are popular racist myths we all know and have heard, they are not views I hold or subscribe too. We tend to assume also that only obvious racism is an issue we can respond too, such as the BNP or the terrorism based on racist views but subtle racism which disguises itself as something other than what it is is more damaging. Be in doubt that Jade Goody's views and attacks on Shilpa Shetty are racist and she has set herself up entirely for racism allegations. The view that she cannot be racist because she is of mixed race heritage holds no water whatsoever!

Answer 6

i do not understand. Websters defines bigot as - one which regards or treats the contributors of a set (as a racial or ethnic team) with hatred and intolerance. So i might want to ought to disagree. And by technique of ways - "Christians are not racists." I even ought to take exception to that fact. Now in case you stated "maximum Christians are not racists." i'd not locate that objectionable. yet actually - many are. i do not understand for confident yet i believe that the share of persons with racial prejudice is little diverse in Christians, Atheists, Agnostics, Jews, and so on.

Answer 7

I'm sure it could be racist if taken the wrong way, but in general I think it's like a blonde making blonde jokes (i.e. it's okay, as long as the teller is the butt of their own joke). I've a Jewish pal who is happy to take the mickey out of himself, and would be astonished if this was seen as racism. After all, 'English, Irish, Scottish' jokes have been around for yonks.

You can take political correctness too far - as long as noone is offended, then that should delineate the difference between racism and humour...

Answer 8

There was a strange but kind of 'ooh funny, but shouldn't laugh' comment made in Big Brother a couple series ago. Derek said to Science (both black men) that Science was the first black man that he had ever met that made him consider joining the BNP.

It was a tongue in cheek comment but if a white contestant had said that there would have been uproar.

Answer 9

Yes, it is called self-loathing or self hatred. It happens quite alot. What would happen? That can only be answered by the person experiencing the self loathing but the rest of the world will feel pity.
Hmmmm....2 "thumbs downs" I see and that alone re-affirms my notion that this site is filled with either A. Low level, ignorant "thinkers", also know as simpletons OR B. the inexperienced...Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Answer 10

I guess you should ask all those 70's Irish comedians like Frank Carson and Jimmy Cricket who made a living out of telling "Irish" jokes.