Is it racist if I say Some Blacks Peddle Drugs, Some Whites are religious hypocrites,Some Japanese are(or wer

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e) cruel during War, Some Irish are too short-tempered, Some Reservation Indians drink too much, Some Muslims are murderers, etc., etc.
I admit that some racists will use this information to criticize all members of the groups mentioned, but they are already racists and will find always find some reason to criticize.
When a non-racist wants to help one of these groups, say the blacks or the indians, how can he help if he is going to be called a racist? How can you help anyone if you don't first admit that there is a problem, and name the problem? You can't help by hiding the problem. The group with the problem can't help themselves by pretending that the problem does not exist.
Shouldn't the people who answer on this Yahoo Answers service stop shouting racist everytime someone mentions a problem that some members of a particular group have? Couldn't most of the country's racial problems have been solved years ago, if we weren't afraid to discuss them honestly and openly?

Answer 1

The truth is never racist. Where people get in trouble is when they make generalizations and say most or all instead of some.

The fact of the matter is whites and hispanics are the drug lords, blacks are the drug peddlers.

Some of every race are religious hypocrites. Religion is actually both really simple and really complicated. Many people don't understand that the point isn't to read the Bible and go to church, it is to learn the religion and live it everyday.

The Asians were particularly harsh during war. So were the Somalis, Arabs, and pretty much everyone but the US, Britain and Canada.

I am very willing to discuss all of my race's issues. In fact, I have been somewhat disliked by my own people because I speak the truth about our problems. When 60% of black males want to grow up to be a rapper or a basketball player, but only 100 of these positions open up nationwide a year, you have a problem. Bill Cosby did the same thing, stop complaining about injustice when you had a baby at 15 and never finished high school. Don't complain about the system if you are using the system and aren't reaping any long term benefits from it.

I'm gonna say this and people might not like it, but the gentleman above me is my reason for giving long answers to questions like this. One of my complaints about race issues is that certain people think it is already a done deal and that there is no more injustice. I would suggest he just do a search for the n-word on this site alone. I've been called so many names on here, that anyone that thinks that these problems are solved is in denial.

Answer 2

ok. definite, your fact is racist. purely because of the fact why is it you should show out certian communities? Is it purely some BLACK those that peddle drugs, are not there drug sellers of ALL races? What approximately hypocrites, non secular or no longer? Are all of them white? No. this is an identical with each thing which you reported. all the those that are short tempered are no longer Irish and actually there are human beings of all races that drink too lots. you're saying " the team with the situation" , it quite is racist and stereotypical. And the international locations racial issues are led to by using those that make statements like this one. i'm no longer accusing you of being racist, you purely could desire to reevaluate your questioning in this one. IMHO........

Answer 3

Facts are not racist. Citing facts that obsure the truth is racist. Citing facts that omit relevant details to put facts into a clear and relevant picture can be racist.

A fact is certainly that some drug peddlers are in fact black. To use that fact to suggest that drug peddling is the prime responsibility of black people and we need to do something about the black population - that is racist. The fact is that claiming that drugs peddling is an issue of race is inaccurate and unfair. It is like observing that air pollution is coming from people driving cars and then blaming people for the pollution. The fact is that the government and industry are responsible not the people driving the cars.

Answer 4

Focusing on the race of someone when describing their actions is, by definition, racist.

Doesn't mean you are necessarily evil or even wrong in your analysis but you may be missing a bigger truth by focusing only on race. Race is so readily identifiable it is too easy to categorized people based on it. But you miss underlying problems.

Is it a characteristic of race? Or is it really a characteristic of poverty. Then you move on to a real question - are members of some races more likely to be in poverty? Why? What is causing that.

That can be a much more productive way to approach societal problems.

Answer 5

I have to admit that I am one of the people that shouts racism on here a lot, but only because I see racism a lot. What you just described, however, is different. There is nothing wrong with saying that some people in a group live up to the stereotypes that are placed on that group as a whole. But you are missing an important point. SOME blacks peddle drugs, but so do some people from the other groups. So why specifically pick out blacks? SOME whites are religious hypocrites, but so are some people from other groups. So why specifically pick out whites? Same holds true for the other situations you mention. This is one of the reasons that people are so quick to call someone a racist. Even if you have good intentions, so many other people do not, and this causes suspicion.

When you say, "when a non-racist wants to help one of these groups," what do you mean? Help who? How? If you are a white person, how do you help someone who is not? In some cases, racism is what ultimately caused the situation that a group is perceived to be having a problem with. Take blacks and hispanics and crime, for example. Racism is how the majority of blacks and hispanics ended up living in poverty in the inner city in the first place. Whites in the past (and arguable still in some cases), who were in power, did not want to hire blacks or hispanics. Whites did not want to let them go to their schools. When blacks moved into their neighborhoods, whites moved out and the value of these neighborhoods dropped. Jobs disappeared, and these people were stuck. A cycle of poverty was born, brought on by white people. This is a historical fact. Now, it is true that this is ancient history now, but the fact is that the problem caused by this is in a perpetual cycle, and many minorities cannot break out of it, because they do not get any help. And the same thing that happened to blacks in the past is now happening to hispanics today.

Once a group of people end up in an environment of poverty, it is very difficult to get out of it. The vast majority of crime is caused by poverty, not race. That a lot of blacks or hispanics commit crimes has nothing to do with race, but it has everything to do with the environment in which they have been placed, and the poverty in which many of them live. It is easy for a middle-class white person (or even a well off black person, for that matter) to get on here and say, well they should go to school or get a job. Meanwhile, we refuse to pay for those schools, and the parents in those neighborhoods can't afford to, and the kids who do go do not always get a good education. Meanwhile, there are no good jobs in an area like that. Bills pile up. Maybe dad, who grew up in the same situation and has given up hope, is an alcoholic and beats them. A kid can't concentrate in those circumstances, and the problem perpetuates. Then a young man, be he black or white, becomes desperate. THAT is how criminals are born. Interview white criminals, and you will find that many of them became criminals the same way. It has nothing to do with race.

So you want to help that person? Fine. That does not make you a racist. But if you come in here and start saying that this happens to them because they are black, or you want to help black people, you miss the point, and this creates confusion. Considering that many of the people in this situation are there because white people forced their parents or grandparents into that situation by refusing to hire them, devaluing their property, and segregating them... how can you blame them for being touchy about race? When WE, the white people, keep talking about how many blacks commit crimes, ignoring the fact that it is not their race, but rather their economic status, that causes them to commit crimes, we further inflame the problem. THAT is why it is so difficult for someone like you or me to get on here and talk about race.

The truth is that you are right. The country's racial problems could have been solved years ago if we were more open. But the problem is that it is generally WHITES who are not open about it. Then, when someone well-intentioned and bright like yourself comes on here and wants to talk about it, they find it hard not to be called a racist. The problem is not you. You are not a racist. But the problem is not really the races, either. Racism in our country begins with white people. Blacks and hispanics and others are acting in reaction to racism. There is a difference. When more white people like you and I start, white people who attempt to understand the underlying causes of racism, start getting into the picture, then things will improve indeed. But whites, being in a position of power and majority, need to stop blaming the races for their problems. When we do, maybe you can get on here and not have to worry about being called a racist.

Answer 6

Like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, racism is in the heart of the person who acts and/or speaks. First, recognize that we are all racist to some degree. Just try to follow the golden rule, Do unto others as you would have done unto you, as much as you can.

Answer 7

No you would no be racist. That the truth,but remind you that their people of all races that do the things that you listed above. The issue of race is that people feel that they can not be open with their feelings. We can not acknowledge the problem until we know what the problem is.

Answer 8

I AGREE....................................... BRAVO
In order to help, do not even pay attention to what others say about you (him/her). There is going to be someone somewhere w/ a different opinion; that's what makes the world go around.... Remind ppl that you said the word "SOME", not all..... Ask "why, do you have a bad conscience"? Tell others to get over it! For GOD's sake!

Answer 9

no,as long as you don't judge all by the acts of a few or stereotype based on the few. it's not what you say,it's the way that you say it.

i would be interested in more about the oprah comment

Answer 10

the truth is, most of this country's racial problems HAVE been solved...some people just do not like that however...and make quite a nice living perpetuating the notion that race relations in this country are the same as they were in the fifties...nice work if you can get ...right al?..jesse?...oprah?...