Are You Racist if you do not like black people?

Lots of people don't like white people...but you can say that and not be accused of anything....appears to be a double standard at play here. Just saying...ya know whut I mean?

 

one can only be racist if they don't like a racial 'minority'. racism against a 'majority' doesn't count as racism, because there is no substantial victimization.

 

its racist to not like ALL white people

 

Well, the simple fact is that the term 'racism' is employed by some as a political tool....you see it on all of the political boards....disagree with people of a certain persuasion and almost immediatelly they call you either a waycist or a bigot....almost impossible to have any kind of civil discussion with certain groups.

On another thread...quite long running ---regarding race and racial misconceptions and genetics.....I quoted a study that pointed out the physical differences between white folk and one particular minority and received a warning for having racist thoughts....but this board still yet is more tolerant than some...and the internet as a whole is still more tolerant than a lot of places in the real world.... thus it is way too obvious that our freedoms of speech are being curtailed at an accelerating pace...a constant movement to restrict the internet even more is gaining traction....so no doubt not that far down the road there will be little difference between America and nations governed by dictators who if they even allow people to get on the internet ....restrict it severely.

What is rather surprising is that some so-called conservatives have no problem with restricting freedom of speech...even on websites dedicated to political debate....their rationale being that since the boards are privately owned they can make any kind of rule they want regarding what can and cannot be said....now of course they are correct in a legal sense....that is the way the current law runs......but others of a more liberty oriented outlook think that there should be freedom of speech on the internet because the signals go out over the public airways and as such it is unconstitutional to limit free speech in the public airways...but so far it is allowed...though there is a movement to make the internet a bastion of free speech and in the beginning it pretty much was....some will find it surprising that the most restricted message boards are conservative message boards....much worse in regards to free speech than known liberal boards. Perhaps the reason for that though is that most of the members there have been banned from liberal boards so they are out for revenge.

There is little doubt that the majority of Americans do not value free speech as they once did....a group of students at a prestigious university recently signed a petition to do away with free speech altogether....I suppose their rationale being to protect illegal immigrants and other minorities.

And so it goes...........well the majority wanted change....they voted for change....too late to whine about the kind of change they are getting.....obama just made another threat....'he was going to do his best to create the most change possible in the next year'....so in other words all he cares about is changing things just for the sake of change....or so it sounds...but is there something more sinister involved....perhaps like doing his best to destroy the America we all knew and once loved...perhaps he never loved America....perhaps those around him, those who have influence on him....really hate America....like his pastor of 20 yrs. the Rev. Wright? Just axin dats all.

One final thing...........some coinfuse licentiousness with liberty...not understanding that a free people must be self-governing...if they cannot govern themselves then someone will step in and do it for them....thus the reality of the message boards....there are some boards where you can just about anything other than overt racial remarks, making threats or certain things regarding sexuality...these boards are quite nauseating....simply because they do not understand the difference between licentiousness and real liberty. Dats all folks...i may be back...i may not be....i have too active today...will wait for the repercussons...hehheh. Like i give a damn...I waste too much time on heah anyhow.

 

yes, its racist to hate all/most black people, especially if you go around calling them "Negroes".

 

People are prone to love their own ethnicity and Cecil Rhodes believed that the British were the first race in the world destined to conquer the world. The Japanese also pretended that they were the master race in Asia, qualified to impose colonial rule on Asian countries. On the surface, people from different ethnic backgrounds are getting along well but there are racial animosities under the surface. People from poor families are more likely to express racist thoughts more freely than their better-off peers perhaps because they don't observe good manners.

 

What about when a black person hates his race or when Asians hate blacks in a white majority nation?

 

It is sad to when one disagrees with something or a political point of view and gets labeled as a racist because of it. Using that word is a copout for not having anything substancial to back up their political point of view. If all else fails, call someone a racist or bigot.

I agree with the tolerance of this forum. If we were on a college campus a lot of political views are silenced because they differ from the professors and the elites of the college. What was once fertile ground for debates and exchanges of ideas and views, now has ceased and become much more intollerant and muzzled. Then as you state, you also have the restrictions from the other side. I am old fashion and believe in the the old motto, perhaps passe and pretty much gone. But it went, "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it."

Freedom of speech has become or is fast becoming freedom from speech you do not want to hear. If what you are going to say is going to offend me, I have the right to shut you up. In other words, political correctness.

Now all presidents have their agenda. This one is no exception. But this one is trying as hard as he can to make his changes or push his agenda without congress being involved. A truely dangerous precedence that one can be sure will be picked up by future presidents.

 

There's nothing wrong with calling someone a racist if they are a racist.

As for Obama I think he's tried to hard to be bipartisan throughout his Presidency and now that's it's almost over he realizes that he can't cater to Congress. I applaud him for pushing his own agenda. He's kept the majority of his campaign promises so I approve of his Presidency overall but I wish he hadn't bothered to compromise with those damn Republicans who want nothing more than to ruin him.

 

I agree that if one is a racist, call him as such. But do not call someone a racist only because he has a differing political point of view. As for Obama, about the only time he tried to play the game of give and take was in December of 2010. Prior to that he and his Democrats had basically super majorities in congress and didn't need any Republican votes. After the November 2010 election when the Democrats lost 63 house seats, he spent a month working with congress, he got some of what he wanted and the Republicans got some of what they wanted.

That ended the give and take. Polarization set in. People have differing views as to whom is at fault, it is probably both. But one side sees things only through red colored glasses and the other through blue colored glasses and everything bad is always the other parties fault. That is the way it is in Washington these days. Those leaders who could work together are long gone. There are no more Doles and Mitchells or Daschels and Lotts who would work together to get things done in the senate. They have been replaced by the Reids and McConnells who put their political parties above the country.

 

I only call people racists who express explicitly racist views. A political view can be motivated by a racist agenda. Identifying racism is very easy. If your view discriminates against people based on race it is racist.

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I only call people racists who express explicitly racist views. A political view can be motivated by a racist agenda. Identifying racism is very easy. If your view discriminates against people based on race it is racist.

 

Please define discrimination.

 

Unfair treatment of a person. In this case racist discrimination is when you treat a person unfairly because of their race.

 

Good for you... Neither do I until they do something or say something typical like not holding the door for someone walking out of a store or opening a door for an older person that deserve respect.... Or even not saying thank you when someone is giving common courtesy...

 

Going by everything I've seen the OP poster say, I would answer "yes, you're racist". Every post they've made about African people here as a collective is saturated with negative judgments of their intellect and character, so it's screamingly obvious to me they perceive Africans in general to be subhuman and beneath contempt. When we're talking about racism as something held by individuals, negative judgments of certain races' worth as human beings appears to be the common theme. Of course some racists will insist their claims of "innate racial differences" in intellect, behavior, or attractiveness aren't necessarily about declaring one race superior over another. But given how their claims are still pseudoscientific BS and how they fixate on differences that cast certain races in a less positive light, you can't take their pretenses to objectivity seriously at all.

 

I don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*) if you think I'm racist.....

You're a perfect example of why I'm reserved when it comes to black people - because you believe people that reject you do so based on race alone - and that is the major issue I have... It's not because you're black it's because I don't like you...

I don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*) what color your skin is, it just seems being "black" is culture, hence a lot of blacks feel the need to adhere to ideas and ideologies I really don't like, and accept behavior I really don't care for...

If anyone is being racist it's generally blacks for believing they can be anti-social...

I don't believe my race makes me any better than anyone else, nor do I expect I should get preferential treatment because of my race..

 

Look, if you weren't racist we wouldn't even be having this conversation. People who are not racist do not go around declaring that they aren't and demanding that people see their perspective on race as something other than racist. You are constantly making generalizing and condescending comments about Blacks giving every indication that you are racist against Blacks. You may not like the word but it fits people with views like yours.

 

You mean if I don't bow to you I'm racist?

Basically I'm racist because I don't acknowledge race and judge those that obsess over race?

 

No, you are racist because you make generalizing and condescending comments about Black people. You obviously have a problem with Black people which is why you make the sort of comments you do.

 

I make generalizing and condescending comments to white people too..

 

Do you? I don't see you making any here.

 

How so. I think people should have the freedom to like whomever they want....has nothing to do with waycism...obviously you do not know the definition of racism. The 3 main races are caucasian, asian and Negroid....nothing wrong...absolutely nothing wrong with the word Negro aka the Negro College fund.

http://www.wnd.com/2005/11/33244/

 

It has everything to do with racism. Racism is hatred or intolerance based on race. Negro is considered offensive today. It's 2015 not 1965. The N-word was derived from Negro and you racists like saying it just to agitate Black People. And don't pretend you're being scientifically correct either. Those racial labels have been dropped from anthropological discourse.

 

You don't mention why you do not like most black people which leaves open why you like some black people. Can you elaborate?

BTW: Just not liking people isn't racism but why may be. It is normal human nature to dislike something different, not familiar. It is a survival response.

 

Try and keep up....the term negro is acceptable today............http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/negro-word-is-now-okay---whats-changed/question-820477/

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Well, let us face it this is not a good forum to talk about such matters...I have gone out on a limb to discuss it even in a very mild way.