I'm not a racist, but I have to try, it doesn't come naturally to me, my parents taught me to be afraid...

Question

their parents taught them, what did your parents teach you? Some things are true if you say them enough. What are you teaching your kids?, are things going to be the same for another hundred years?

Answer 1

I'm very fortunate... my parents were in a similar situation, one more than the other, where they were raised in loving families, but those families still clung to antiquated notions of white superiority. My parents dealt with this, and I grew up knowing how my grandparents felt, and about racism in general, but it largely was not instilled in me. My parents filtered that kind of fear-based thinking out of the way I was raised.
I'd say that people will always have different opinions, and we all draw on our own experience and upbringing, but recognizing that values instilled in you are not completely correct is noble, and difficult.
I applaud you in trying to overcome that negative bias and would encourage you not to be too hard on yourself. If you were told something over and over, you may never overcome a negative first impression of other races.
When you feel negatively about someone, take a step back and question, "Am I being fair? Do I have any good reason not to trust this person, or am I merely reacting based on prejudice."
You might still have some thoughts that are based on racism, but if you think carefully, and only act on thoughts based on reason and righteous thinking, you will have made a big step in overcoming a vicious cycle of hate. Just be sure not to pass on anything to your children that you wish was not passed on to you.
As for 100 years for now, I don't know. Racism is far from over, but much progress has been made throughout society. I would be comfortable in saying that racism is a dying way of thinking, but there is one major event coming up that could bring racism back in a big way.
I am talking about the eventual loss of majority status by the caucasian race to other races, especially hispanics (which are truly an ethnicity not a race) and blacks. Many of us are sophisticated enough to accept this eventuality, but there are quite a few whites out there who will feel threatened as more of society and government inevitably is populated by people of color.
Similarly, some people of the myriad other races that make up the human race may react aggressively to becoming the majority.
These things have a way of taking off in a downward spiral. If enough bad deeds by the outgoing majority whites and the incoming majority hispanics or blacks occur within a short enough period of time, we could be right back to the '60s race riots or worse. I pray that whites will be gracious and other races will not repeat whites' mistakes.

Answer 2

Well you have to remember that what we call racism isn't always truly discrimination and visa versa.

For instance, if we say that in general black people are criminals there are some grounds to say this. In America, blacks make up to more than half of the crimes committed and they are a minority. So this is not a 100% racist thing to say because their is some truth to it.

Some things which we don't consider to be discriminatory might actually be. For instance here in Montana a law was just passed that said that a tax refund will be given to all Montana residents. However if you live out of state then you don't get the tax refund. This, in my opinion, is completely discriminatory.

Remember question everything.

Answer 3

It's generational. My parents are the same. But even though they say some racist things I have to remember that my Dad didn't go to an unsegregated school. My mother grew up in a part of europe where there were few minorities if at all. My bro, sis and I are much more acclamated to today's society and have many Hispanic, Asian, Black, etc.; friends. Each subsequent generation will likely be more accepting than the last.

Answer 4

i latterly had an enlightening second that made issues a lot clearer for me. in spite of the undeniable fact that I nevertheless discover unnecessary racism to be a substantial venture in this us of a, I now no longer question the position the hatred comes from. a chum those days defined to me in an exceedingly uncomplicated way why hatred is ingrained interior the lives of human beings. the reason shows that hatred is as organic as love. in reality, the argument is that there might want to be no love without hatred. the bigger and deeper the detest that exists in this international, the more effective the a threat love that could want to exist. because in nature each action has an equivalent and opposite reaction. it is a regulation of physics. it really is so properly understood that the conception has been round for most centuries. no longer basically in technology yet besides with the Yin and Yang. i'm no longer declaring basically upload to the hatred, yet do not forget that it really is as human to hate because it really is to love.

Answer 5

props for trying, my town as a whole is a little racist. thank god my parents were not though, because I and my brother aren't either. my parents never really discussed the subject at all, which led me to not see it as a big deal. which isn't the case i found out when i got older. just remember, genetically, there is no difference in humans of different skin colors, they are just a product of their environment. (physical and upbringing.)

Answer 6

I dont know where you are living, but my kids DONT have it the way we had it. They really don't have racist ideas because we don't have racist ideas and the school they go to is committed to social justice. Its important that we make sure our kids have a new perspective, and if we have racist ideas planted by our parents, then its up to us to make sure they dont filter into our kids lives.

Answer 7

Down the road racism will diminish but it is in the human nature to judge, so there will be other things for ignorance to discriminate.

Answer 8

you should be afraid

Answer 9

no it will not be the same ...........oh_hell