Father Heathen
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How did you infer that?Do you think that not tolerating racism is itself racist?
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How did you infer that?Do you think that not tolerating racism is itself racist?
I'm a terrible person. At work, I'll chat up customers about all sortsGot it. I think I understand the argument now. When they say that blacks cannot be racist, what they really mean is that they cannot engage in institutional racism defined by Merriam-Webster where it states of racism:
" A political or social system founded on racism."
This political and social system renders black people the inability to oppress white people in the way that they are oppressed; therefore, from this definition, some conclude that blacks cannot be racist. I can't agree with this because they are only taking a section of the definition and ignoring the rest.
I didn't infer anything. But there are people who assert that any overt expression of anti-racism is itself an expression of racism.How did you infer that?
But there are people who assert that any overt expression of anti-racism is itself an expression of racism.
Reversing the damage caused by institutional racism (affirmative action) is not racism. And here is why: the term "racism" is a shorthand term referring to "racially based bigotry". And bigotry is by definition both elitist and exclusive, and intolerant of anything that is not elitist and exclusive to itself. Such that by it's own definition, then, anything that is not itself, is itself. And that's clearly an incoherent proposition.Do you mean like reverse racism?
Def: Reverse racism or reverse discrimination is the concept that affirmative action and similar color-conscious programs for redressing racial inequality are a form of anti-white racism. The concept is often associated with conservative social movements and the belief that social and economic gains by black people in...
The term "racist" is shorthand for "racially based prejudice" (or bigotry). We can be prejudiced against other things besides race, and therefor not be "racist". But if we are prejudiced against people based on their race, we are "racist".Also, being prejudice is not the same as being racist. A person can be prejudice even if he is not a racist but a person can’t be referred to as racist if he is not prejudice. There are many people here in the USA who are prejudice against blacks but are not racist and many blacks who are prejudice against others but are not racist.
Ive known black people who are racist, including some who were open about it.We all know that white people can be racist but can some black people also be racist. I remember reading somewhere that back people cannot be racist. Is this true? Is this only one-sided?
Racism is defined as prejudice that is based on race. Every racist is prejudice, but not every person with a prejudice is racist. Such as, prejudice against women is called misogyny. Or misamdry when it's men. Prejudice against race is racism. To be racist it to hold prejudices against the ethnicity of an individual or group.Also, being prejudice is not the same as being racist.
I don't think this exists.Do you mean like reverse racism?
If a "race" refer to a specific group of people from a given area, like Africa, Asia, European etc. then everyone can be racist towards each other. It obviously just happens to be that the white people of Europe that managed to enslave those around them first, that being people from Africa or Native Americans etc.. And given the time they lived in they felt that they could treated others as sub humans.
Obviously it seems that racism when used in the media tends to mean one thing. Which is that whenever the word is used and no context is used, 99.9% of all people will probably assume that the racist is white and the person being violated is black.
Also I think given the history of slavery etc. that it is somewhat a tabu to speak of black people as being racists against white people.
Some Asian people for instant is also, as far as I know, fairly racist towards black people as well.
This is the star wars poster from China.... why is one specific character missing? (Right side)
At least in my opinion that is pretty crazy, so racism goes in all directions.
Yeah! I hate everybody who's boyfriend is better looking than mine!There's a little `racist` in all of us, about someone, somewhere !
We all know that white people can be racist but can some black people also be racist. I remember reading somewhere that back people cannot be racist. Is this true? Is this only one-sided?
If someone believes a racial group has a specific characteristic and is prejudiced against that racial group as a result, how could that be anything other than seeing them as inferior in some way? If they didn't think the characteristic made members of the racial group inferior in some way, why would they be prejudiced against people of that race because of it?I think a person can be prejudice against another person or group of people due to ignorance and not be racist. In other words, they may have preconceived beliefs of a group but not believe that the people are inferior.
Well that wouldn't be racism by definition - culture is race. If he assumed anyone of the same race shared that culture and thought less of them as a result that, would be racism.For example, I had a friend who was prejudice of a group because he didn't like their culture.
That's not way they're being killed. It's mostly due to robberies and some probably have to do with angry farm workers getting back at their boss.white farmers are being killed here in South Africa because some black people say that they took their land.
It's mostly white women who benefit from it. White men benefit from it, as well. But many of you love to whine about how it's unfair, when it doesn't disadvantage white people at all. There's still huge racial disparities across job fields and academia. But poor oppressed white people.Racist policies, like Affirmative Action, have been used to combat the generations old effects of racist policies. But it's still racism.
We all know that white people can be racist but can some black people also be racist. I remember reading somewhere that back people cannot be racist. Is this true? Is this only one-sided?
That depends on what you mean by "racism" and "black people".We all know that white people can be racist but can some black people also be racist. I remember reading somewhere that back people cannot be racist. Is this true? Is this only one-sided?