Why are people still racist?

Question

I think Racism is VERY stupid and racist people will NEVER have their way. Most racist people are white and the racist ones always make bad points about black people, hispanics and asians. Its a shame that people are like this. I have friends of every race and culture. I dont mind where they came from at all. But i get most upset when I hear white people talk about blacks. About how they should go back to Africa. Are you kidding me? Most black people don't even have direct desendant to people in Africa, some blacks are people from latin america or the carribean. Also it bothers me that whites don't accept mixed children/people. Why not? Dont you always hear whites say that they are mixed with irish,german etc. So what's the problem with a black and spanish or black and white baby? They make fun of asians also. I always hear that they hate their chinky eyes. But I think it's beautiful. Mexicans should be able to come to this country too!

Its not just whites who are racist though, anyone can be. But it wont stop if people make comments about others. Some people dont even know that they are racist or have said a racial comment on a person. If I had my way, i'd make everyone change their minds about others. I wish it was that easy...well have a good NON-RACIST day !!!!

I AM NOT PREJUDICE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! I HAVE A LOT OF WHITE FRIENDS!! IF YOU READ MY FIRST DETAIL YOU WOULD SEE THAT I SAID ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT RACIST AND ANYONE CAN BE. BUT; MOST PREJUDICE PEOPLE HAPPEN TO BE WHITE. ITS NOT MY FAULT THEY HAPPEN TO BE WHITE. I KNOW ALOT OF BLACK PPL, HISPANIC PPL AND ASIANS WHO MADE COMMENTS ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE THAT WASNT RIGHT. AND I DO POINT IT OUT TO THEM AND TRY TO CHANGE THEIR OPINION SO NO I AM NOT RACIST I LOVE EVERY RACE AND CULTURE. THE WAY MY QUESTION IS; IS HOW I EXPERIENCED IT IN LIFE !!! SO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!!!!!! RACIST PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND IF YOUR COMMENTING THIS IN A RACIST WAY THEN YOUR STUPID. NO -- IGNORANT IS WHAT YOU ARE. BUT I AM NOT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE AND IF I DONT LIKE THAT PERSON I DONT BLAME IT ON RACE I BLAME IT ON THEIR PERSONALITY AND HOW THEIR PARENTS RAISED THEM.

Answer 1

Did something prompt this rant?
Although I do agree.

Answer 2

Well i don't know about the last part. The Mexicans should be aloud if they come legally. Meaning that i have no problem if they come, but they shouldn't come sneaking under a fence it should be a government related thing. But back to your question. People are still racist because that was how they were raised. I had this friend, but he would never stop talking about black people and how much he hated them. One time he used the N-word in front of the black kid and the guy almost jumped him, but that is what he wanted. He wanted to send the other guy to jail. He was raised to hate them and his dad would make the same remarks every time a black person was around. I almost got in a fight with him once when he called another friend of mine a monkey. (My other friend was black) I wasn't a friend of that racist guy long. And racist people are people who also hang with people who are that way so it has to do with the parents telling their kids that those people ain't people that in fact they are animals. Which is very wrong.

Answer 3

This has been a hard question for me too, for at age 56 I find friends who think like this. I have decided that people are either narrow minded or open minded to degrees. I think it might be inherited, a way of thinking and narrow minded tend to stick only with "birds of a feather flock together" or extended families where they all believe the same thing. Non-open minded people have confused me all my life, but now that I have studied the Myers Briggs personality types a lot, I can see that narrow mindedness causes so much problem. It is as "stupid" as me saying "Red is the best color in everything" How dumb, but I believe narrow minded people think this way and hang around only those who agree with them.

Answer 4

People are still racist because they are ignorant, judgemental, stereotypical and intolerant of other people. I agree, being racist is a waste of time and energy, although i too am not being preujiced towards white people, of course anyone of any race can be racist to another. The best thing to do with racists is to either ignore them or stand up to them in defence of others.

As Pocahontas sung:
You think the only people who are people. are the people that look and think like you....

:)

quit stressing about it! theres not much you can do about it, mate!

Answer 5

Hun Im let me tell you it gos both ways Black people discriminate to i get it every day from black wemon it really hurt my feelings too I am a Hair Dresser and thats that we all get it not just black white hispanic asian the world is changeing people shouldnt be so judge mental and need to for get about what happend so many years ago im sorry for that but what did I do to you?

Answer 6

Lots of white Americans conveniently forget what is located in their OWN family trees. The racist people seem to need someone to hate so they can feel stronger in unity with others against something. It's disgusting and it is STUPID, like you said. I don't understand why people have to hate each other for something that is not important. If they were going to hate, why not hate bad actions, not whole groups of people who've done nothing to deserve it?

Answer 7

Its because of poor education and media bias. According to current statistics, the U.S. and Germany are near the bottom of the list in education worldwide. South Korea and Finland are No. 1 and Japan is No. 2. Even the best American students perform poorly against Asian and European students.

The media also promotes white interest mostly. There are many successful blacks but they don't promote them: CEO of American Express is black, etc. They choose to portray blacks as mostly rappers and criminals. Also, in the school system, slavery and genocide (Indians) are not condemned, so kids are not taught that they are wrong.

Answer 8

People are still racist, because the were raised a certain way. It's not their fault really. They just need to meet some people who can show them that not everyone fits into one category of human. They were all have our own special quirks. It'll never happen in our lifetime, but we can all dream.

Answer 9

Let me tell you something hunny.
I know it sucks, but unfortunately a LOT of people is like that, and in my opinion, that's terrible.
Racism is a derivation of Discrimination, well, they go together. And unfortunately it's hard to change that. It's possible, but it's up to each of us to change that.
If we don't want a world with racism or discrimination anymore, then we have to change starting with us.
And unfortunately there is something stupid named Border, and this also causes racism and stuff like that.
In my opinion, we just need to respect each other no matter what (unless that a guy tries to steal u, rape u or kill u, then u can say **** of him and kick his *** hehe). We need to slove this big problem which is named "DISCRIMINATION" once and for all.

Answer 10

Simply, yet sadly because people of today's society are just so damn ignorant. Most, if not all of them have NO idea at all what they are talking about. It could easily be stopped if people just grew up and looked past skin color and ethnicity, the world would be such a better place. Sad thing is that's only one of the problems with today's screwed up society.

Answer 11

Cause, they were brought up that way.
or lived in a community with only there race.
Sometimes its by choice, And most of the time there parents tell them these horrible things about different races that stick in there head for the rest of there lives.