Disclaimer: I know some... edited for flame bait....will google a definition of the word "racism" and claim that my definition is wrong. I know the textbook definition, but very few other people do, and use it in that context anymore, so please don't troll my thread. I've met many racist people in my day. Blacks that hate whites, whites that hate blacks, blacks that hate blacks, Hispanics that hate whites, whites that hate Asians, Asians that hate blacks, and whites that hate everybody. Today I realized that I feel legitimately sorry for all of these people. Reason being, it must really suck to wake up everybody, full of hate and resentment. Either you are always going to be surrounding by people you resent, or you're going to build a wall and separate yourself from society all together. Both worlds suck, and you are a slave to yourself, never allowing yourself to enjoy the many wonders the world has to offer. I wish people, even non racist people really got a chance to explore the world in its entirely. To take off the blinders we have on when it comes to our culture would probably be the most refreshing and enlightening thing a human being could do. Oh well..
Some people are simply full of hate and need to create demons to hate upon. It's not restricted to racism, most forms of xeonophobia and bigotry have their roots here. Why do people hate on the gays so much? How have their lives been affected by the gays? Generally, not at all, but the bigots need to hate someone, so they chose minorities.
I don't really care to be around midgets, myself. I'm still trying to coin a phrase that accurately describes my intolerance.
I'll tell you a little story: I grew up in the all-lily WHITE land of New England some 6+ decades ago. So I wasn't privy to Hispanic, Oriental, and or black cultures. But once I was drafted into the Army in 1969-70 and was engaged in a wonderful tour of South Vietnam--I got to see, to live with, and to work side by side with those varying races/cultures of people. I didn't enter my adult life having been taught to hate anyone, or to look upon anyone with suspicion of fear. But all during bootcamp and even into my tour of Vietnam I couldn't help but be taken back by the utter racist intent of the black man. This black power thingy was going on at that time, and I do believe it was the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich where 3 black American athletes on the track team won the gold medal in the relay and they stood on the podium receiving their medals in utter defiance by raisng their fists with that symbolic black power gesture. But having lived and fought beside these black men was an experience I never want to witness or endure again. They (the blacks) not only stayed separated from we WHITES, but they often engaged in fights, called us racist names, and basically lived among us in their own little racist world filled with hatred. I've said it before that I don't hate anyone, but my experience in life makes it clear that the two races...black and WHITE were never meant to co-exist in the same society as the two cultures are totally at odds with one another, and thus the reason I push for a mutual and a reasonable solution to the uneasiness betwixt the two via peaceful segregation.
i realize it is quite popular to begin any discussion about racism with the concept of hate, but that isn't what racism is really all about. when we look at someone and make any snap decision about them based solely on the color of their skin - that is racism. we prefer to concentrate on the "hate" aspects of racism because most of us can say we don't really hate anyone and this gives us a way to avoid labeling ourselves as racist, but that simply isn't the case. the seeds of racism are in all of us. those seeds are germinated by fear, by giving in to mob mentality, by our feeble attempts to try to appear more "enlightened" than we really are and by many other minor factors. hate only comes into play once those seeds have sprouted and we give ourselves over to the racism that was there all along. i'm reminded of a conversation i had with a woman just after obama's first election. she was a middle-aged white liberal, who was so proud of the left's latest victory. i asked her why she voted for this nobody and she was quick to tell me that she felt it was time the u.s. had a strong black leader, as these old white men had been destroying the nation for so long. i just shook my head and walked away. she was practically glowing with righteousness and i just didn't have the heart to tell her what a racist she really was.
Something I heard once. Allow me to paraphrase. "I long for the day when we are all one skin color so folks can hate other folks for being (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s rather than for their race"
How does it feel? Typically.......OLD. Racists are dying off...literally. As the last generation who looks back fondly on Jim Crow, who remember "whites only" water fountains, and segregated schools shuffles off the mortal coil.....all we're left with is a bunch of middle-aged ditto-heads and a few skin-heads. Which is why the Republican Party is undergoing a paradigm shift and places like Virginia and North Carolina are no longer the "Solid South" for the GOP. - - - Updated - - - Anybody want to bet on Libhater's AGE? (see above)
This poster is a good example of how so many tend to make up their own definition of racism...hence all the confusion about it.
That doesn't work either. People will just find new things to hate. I believe Violent J. said it best: "(*)(*)(*)(*) skin color. Everybody's blue. Then what would all these bigots do? Instead of your tone, they'd hate your size. That's why I must poke out all of their eyes." You need to re-read the OP.
It is apparent that the word "Racist" and the definition has evolved. My guess is that racism will never disappear. This is not a political issue, in fact politics has only amplified it.
I think many people confuse racism with bigotry. But it's so much more satisfying calling an opponent a racist than a bigot.
No need to guess since I told you in my last response that I grew up in New England some 6+ decades ago. Perhaps you don't know the definition of a 'decade'.
Racism is a subgroup of bigotry. By definition, all racists are bigoted. If you draw conclusions about a person's behavior based only on superficial characteristics commonly associated with "race", you are racist. It is not a moral judgement, it is just a fact, like saying that the sun is hot.
Not necessarily. Two of my exes were racist (I am gay). One of them was not hateful of black people at all. He merely considered them inferior to white people. He honestly believed that white people were genetically better. But I never got the impression that he hated them or even wanted to oppress them. He did not want to restrict where they could live or work or if they could vote. I never heard him use pejoratives like "n(*)gger". He had even dated black guys before he met me. But he was definitely a racist, by definition. Like most racists, he did not like having that label attached to him (it did cause a few fights heh heh), but he was definitely a racist. It does not matter if it is a snap decision, or a long and thoughtful one. The duration is irrelevant. If you are basing your conclusions about behavior solely or mostly on "race", then by definition you would be racist. Racism should not be tolerated on a cultural level because it is an inferior ideology. A meritocracy cannot really exist in a racist medium. I can understand what she meant. Even if race was not my primary criteria, it was definitely a criteria. If two candidates were completely equal and the only difference was race, I would have voted for the black one. Unfortunately, there were no good black candidates that wanted to run against Bush. I would have voted for Condoleeza Rice in a heartbeat if she had wanted to run. I would even have written her in if Bush still won the primaries.
rac·ist [rey-sist] Show IPA noun 1. a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that a certain human race is superior to any or all others.
You know, I honestly cannot even imagine hating a person because of their skin color. That is the height of stupidity. Though I'm not going to deny that blacks have a higher percentage of fabulous athletes and great jazz musicians proportionately to their population. And a higher rate of crime and out-of-wedlock births. And I certainly don't hate blacks because they have a higher % of great jazz musicians (or crime).
big·ot [big-uht] Show IPA noun a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
I think that some people consider it racism when you recognize ANY DIFFERENCES at ALL(good or bad), which are apparently related to skin color. I think that what Liberalism teaches. And I think it is probably racist to think that.
How does it feel to be a racist? It must suck. Whether you're a supremacist or a separatist, of any race, you're never going to get your way. But I would protest, because you don't seem to get the idea of, at the very least, separatists. Separatists, for example, just want to live in a secluded area with their race (this is almost a local focus, not a national one). Most racists really don't wake up every morning "full of hate and resentment." I have actually known a lot of racists, but none that I have known were neo-Nazis or KKK types. I've met a lot of separatists, but they weren't what (I assume) you have in your mind as the typical racist. Most of the separatists I met I've met in the military. They weren't really hateful. They had to work with other races, particularly blacks, and most of them (there were some certain exceptions) had no problem working with people of other races politely, but they were separatists. Technically, racists.
Ohh please, I am not even close to being smart enough to have invented that. You can thank a British comedy team "The Goodies" who did a satire on South Africa.
