Diversity is our strength?

Also would be extremely insensitive for you to say whos got time for that shit and would unequivocally prove you are a racist.

So surprise, youre a racist and didnt even know it clearly

 

There are lot of people these days being called a lot of things that aren't accurate.

A Muslim farts in an elevator, he's a terrorist.

Sack up and show you're not a racist.

 

LOL what?

K dude

 

I cant. Ive already been judged as such and theres no getting away from that.

 

Yeah you have no idea the caliber of libtard olympics people around me are engaged in

 

Whatevs. I am down with diversity. People of color are awesome.

If that makes me wrong or a racist, so be it.

I'm happy with my life and with who I am.

 

In fact Im pretty sure its racist to be all like "i have so and so race friends and so and so race partner"

 

Well, let's see if anyone calls me a racist.

Interested in a bet?

 

What I mean is that affirmative action has a rule set in place where they have to score higher on SATs than whites to get into college. And it does not matter their socioeconomic status.

Therefore it is a policy that deliberately hurts Asians, and it assumes a person’s intellect and it makes prejudiced assumptions on others based on skin color.

So if you and anyone else still supports affirmative action after realizing all of this, then there’s a chance you might have lost your bet with machinist

 

I've never been called a racist either. it doesnt seem particularly hard to make it through life without being called a racist.

 

I never have been called one either and I'm a total dickhead. I'm just not a racist dickhead. It's really not too difficult.

But like, y'know, when you say totally racist things like black folks in America have a victim mentality because slavery was 150 years ago and if it were white people in the same boat they'd be doing better... Well guess what? You're a fucking racist, as much as you might find that distasteful to hear. Put your big boy pants on and have the courage to question your view if the world.

 

I think when many people think of racism, many view it as a very radical thing - like white supremacy or something. So, they could never picture themselves being racist, even though their comments point to that. It can be very obvious in a myriad of other ways. If you simply can't look at a person as an individual first, regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity, then you likely are a racist. If you tend to take with a grain of salt, someone's opinions because you don't like their race, then you're likely a racist. It requires being honest with one's self about that stuff.

I wonder though how this all differs from stereotyping. I think that many people stereotype without being racist. But, you can't likely be racist, without stereotyping. Maybe there's a fine line? I don't know.

 

Plot twist

Everyones racist

 

No big boy pants... Huh. Surprising.

 

The only people calling me racist are people on this board, and some who know I didn't vote for Hillary. I am VERY comfortable that all of the Black people in my life don't think I'm racist. That's really who matters to me.

And it's comforting to me that they also agree that yes we have a race problem in America. All of them have managed to do fine in this country and don't hold a grudge against a racial America as it hasn't really applied to them.

They hate that 15% of the population makes up most of the reason for most of the tension in this country. Because they have to overcome being part of that 15%. They don't like it, but don't let it stop them from applying themselves. It's just something they strive to overcome.

And have.

 

To an extent, I do believe this is true. I read somewhere that racism begins with seeing other people as, well, the others. The other tribe. I.E. someone who is not of our own group. That's why every race thinks people of every other race all look the same. It's biology. We're hardwired to only recognize what makes them different so that we can easily identify them.

But most people living in our modern day society have learned to overcome this as the definition of our tribe changes. Most people.

 

^ yeah, i don't know how anyone who works with the public can honestly say they've never been called a racist. it happened to me all the time when i worked in pizza. you won't take a delivery 3 miles outside your delivery area? you're a racist. you won't take a delivery after dark to a neighborhood where 3 of your coworkers have been robbed at gunpoint in the last month? you're a racist. you won't sell someone a $12 pizza for $5? you're a racist. eventually, you just tune it out.

just last week one of my employees was called a racist for telling someone that they couldn't break a rule that is posted in about 5 places around where he was. of course, she enforces this rule with everybody, and was particularly eager to enforce it this time because a white guy that she had just talked to about it was sitting there watching.