My opinion is that EVERYONE is a racist, and EVERYONE is prejudice. It's just to a certain degree. If this offends anyone i'm sry.
2007-07-12 12:59:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I would agree with you. Maybe not in the obvious ways, but it's still there. Some are prejudice against race some religion. Usually there is always something.
2007-07-12 13:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Stephanie, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree. Everyone is not a little bit racist. There are those of us who rarely think about race (our own or anyone else's) and naturally that means that it does not factor into how we treat people or how we lead our lives. I'm not trying to claim that I'm perfect, I'm far from it, but I was raised by very open minded people who did their best to combat the issues surrounding race relations in the southern US and I have to say that I think they did a fine job. I have no issues with anyone based simply upon his or her racial/cultural/ethnic background. (But, I'll admit that I do have a problem with idiots. Like I said, I'm not perfect. LOL) I've had enough life experience to realize that the world does not fit into a bunch of neatly labeled different colored boxes. There are others out there like me. And, while perhaps our numbers may be few, the fact that we exist at all is enough to negate a term as broad as "everyone."
The longer we excuse racism by saying things like "everyone's a little racist" the longer the problem will persist.
2007-07-12 13:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by Little Girl Blue 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are exactly right. I believe prejudice and racism is learned as well.
Example;
If you work with a lot of lazy [insert race] people who talk loud and dress like clowns then you will naturally develop a dislike for [insert race].
What makes the racist is the inability to not judge everyone by the behavior of a few.
I prefer to think of myself as someone who tries to see good in everyone while recognizing that I need to resist prejudice.
2007-07-12 13:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Lorenzo H 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Everyone is a little bit prejudice. Everyone makes snap judgments about what people will be like before they meet them. It's a matter of letting those judgments influence your behavior towards them that make you racist.
2007-07-12 13:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by Cherry Darling 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well lets see:
1) If you are a gangbanger: then yes im racist
2) If you are an illegal immigrant: then yes im racist.
3) If you steal, rob, or just to lazy to get a job: then yes im racist.
4) If you act and dress like a thug; then yes im racist
5) If you whine and cry about how society has wronged you: then yes im racist.
2007-07-12 13:41:59 · answer #5 · answered by Cardinals fan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WHY DONT WE JUST GET OVER AND FACE IT THE FACTS THAT EVERY ONE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE RACIST PEOPLE WERE RAISED DIFFERENT WAYS AND SOME PEOPLE WERE RAISED IN THE LATE 50-70'S AND ALL AND TIME N TIME AGAIN THEY HEARD THINGS OR SAW THINGS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THEM RACIST..SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.. ITS A WORLD KNOWN FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE RACIST
2007-07-13 03:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats deffo the case in the uk where I live, people aint afraid to say anything bad about a particular race. We still havent sorted out our racism problem. people are having a big problem with the Muslim minority in the UK what with all the threat of terrorism. People who live in majority white areas are very ignorant about other races and you get Indians being called Ni****** when infact they look nothing like them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401419&in_page_id=1770
2007-07-12 13:11:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right- everybody is. The difference is that some make it into a cause for hatred and others just see people of other races and beliefs as not like them, but not bad.
2007-07-12 13:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. I am, I am VERY prejudice but mildly racist. I love to pre-judge people, but I give them the chance to prove to me they aren't as I merely see them. Racism...just comes from idiots from each race that make it hard for me to like that specific race, hell even idiots in my own race piss me off. We ALL have a prejudice and racist person in us, as you said, to a certain degree, I agree completely. Your Q now gets a star! :)
-Ryko
2007-07-12 13:05:31 · answer #9 · answered by xxx 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not everyone. Race is one of the last things I think about when meeting someone. In fact i care more about what kinda of person you are" stingy, nice, jerkbag, sweetheart, etc.
2007-07-12 13:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by {:3) 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋