Is it okay to be racist in the United States today?

Question

If we know it is not okay to be racist,then why cant the connection be made that it is not okay to hate gay people?A school kid says he's not racist but he hates gays.And lesbians are hot...What are the youths of today learning from these oppressive religious radicals?If the boy goes through life loving lesbians,he wont ever get layed,so this is a new breed of nonosexual...Ha!Ha!Anyway,what is the difference between hate of black people and hate of gay people?We got over one.Why cant we get over the other in spite of the religious rhetoric?Are we THAT oppressed to be told it is against the "will of God" and we HAVE TO believe it and continue to suffer hatred because of it?

Excuse me but I chose to be straight for 14 years and I have 3 children.I do choose.And it is a shame that in todays maturing society,people still express hate in the name of what God supposedly does not like...
God is love.It doesnt hate or dislike.And it didnt resurrect any dead criminals to be God...I dont hate anyone.But I have to live with it in my face every day and I like to hold those accountable for the ignorance or at the very least have the guts to TRY.....

Answer 1

"Is it okay to be racist in the U.S. today?"
It is not "okay" to discriminate against people because of race. If a person has "racism" in their head and in their heart, there isn't much that we can do to change that person. Civil Rights Laws regulate how people treat one another. They do not regulate what people think and feel.

"If we know it is not okay to be racist, then why can't the connection be made that it is not okay to hate gay people?"
Many people do make that connection, but the connection has not been made by everyone. That connection was not made by the people who drafted, proposed, and ratified any part of the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution. That connection was not made by the members of Congress who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It has not been made by most of the U.S. Sup. Ct. Justices. (Indeed, I don't know for sure whether ANY of them have made the connection.) The connection might be made in the near future in Congress. I hope so.

"What is the difference between hate of black people and hate of gay people?"
The first is based on a presumption of White Supremacy. We can attribute the second to a presumption of Heterosexual Supremacy. It has obviously been hard to convince most of the heterosexuals that they are wrong to presume their superiority. We have to keep trying to persuade most of them.

And, fyi, I hope that you look at this question I asked here a few weeks ago and think about it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArFo7R7g2QRLhNiNnh7b6Ujsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071004110312AAUgKL1
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Answer 2

Agreed completely.

My dad is bisexual (you would never guess by looking at him)
but he is a genuinely great guy and he cares about people and their freedom to be themselves.

I guess the difference here is the same difference between racism and prejudice.

Hating blacks is racist, however, hating fat people, gay people, or atheist. now thats prejudice. I think people are still okay with accepting prejudice in America, it might even fall into the category of "freedom of speech" or choice.

but it does stem from the same ignorance, and it effects gay people the same way hate affected the black communities in the past. It holds them back as a whole.

Answer 3

I think the difference is that the racist does have a kind of perverse "forgiveness" of his victim because people can't decide their race. Many, if not most, folks in the US still believe that homosexuality or being transgendered is a free choice. Combine that with the fact that it is prohibited in the Bible and Koran and you have an excuse for hatred. Strangely, the same Bible that condemns homosexuality is very clear in its condemnation of hatred itself. Paraphrasing ...hating someone is the same as committing murder in your heart, thus subjecting the offender to eternal damnation.

People tend to pick and choose which rules they are going to follow in regards to the Bible.

Answer 4

People who are ignorant think that racism in the United States is lessoning. When in reality I feel more racially predjudiced against today more than ever. It is ridiculous how many ignorant proud people there are on the planet.

Answer 5

There are so many flaws in what you just said, where do i begin? Black people don't have a choice as to the colour of their skin, but people tend to think gay people could choose to be straight - which is BS, but we dont really HAVE to be in a relationship with a man, we could just be miserably single.

Answer 6

You are absolutely blaming the wrong people.

Young people aren't parroting Jerry Fallwell, or Pat Robertson when they espouse anti-gay views. Young people make fun of those old people as much as they make fun of gay people.

They learn these attitudes from each other, and from their parents.

And yes. Its okay to believe anything that one wants to believe. You can't punish people for whats in their heads. You can only punish people if they use those beliefs to hurt otrhers.

Answer 7

i don't live in the us, but it seems it's okay to be racist as long as it's against the right people; racism against african people or jewish people is strictly forbidden, but racism against muslims or poles is often seen as close to acceptable. it's sad really, and one of my ex-friends once said

"i hate lesbians, unless they're naked and on tv"

which pretty much sums up a lot of people's attitudes, i think. racism still exists, and just as there are some people who will never get over it, there are many who will never get over homophobia. it's just up to people who care to teach the people who are homophobic because they don't know any better, that there is better, and hope they learn to accept all people equally.

take care

Answer 8

Hate the sin, not the sinner.

Answer 9

i think u already know the answer