Racist?

I started another thread so we can stay on topic. Taz, and a few others round here like to throw around the word racist. Especially with me. Yet, no one has ever provided any evidence of this, it's just what they feel(mere name calling is not a basis to be considered racist). Well, I started this thread to tell you, you are wrong. You are wrong on three accounts.#1. I am not a racist (and laugh when you call me one).
#2. Calling people racist, is wrong, unless they actually are.
#3. Your own prejudice blinds you.From another thread: If I was a racists, would I date a black woman? Would I marry a Puerto Rican woman?You know, because I married a PR woman, I am one of them now, according to my racists ex-boss, and a few select others, who I would like to punch in the face.Taz, I may mention color when insulting, or putting people down, including white people, but that does not make me a racists. You have never once come up with one single shred of evidence that I am a racists. If I call someone a honky, white trash bitch, am I a racists towards white people?I am also not racists if I point out certain things that Obama does, and mention he is black. I am not saying he does certain things, just because he is black (even if he does) I would in a heart beat do the same thing if he was white. First off, I think he is part racist. he calls himself a black man, yet he is half white. I understand his skin color is black, and he has had to go through what a lot of black people go through, which IS racism. I see it all the time. But, I think it is still wrong to call yourself something your not. Makes me wonder if it stems from a hatred of white people, maybe from the way he was treated. Still, that should be no reason to hate, or be prejudice, or racist. He is also picking a lot of "minorities" to be judges, and what not. Seems like a little racial favoritism to me. But I don't have a problem with that, Lord knows it went on long enough with white people in office, it's about time the table turned a bit.A long time ago, and still today, I get treated bad by people of different ethnic back round, just because I am white. Not for any other reason. When I was a very small child, I made up my mind not to let that deter me from trying to get along with people of different ethnic back rounds. I love the difference in cultures, and embrace it open heartedly. I see no reason to be mad at all black people just because I was mugged by black people, in fights with black people, and called names by black people. I've seen the same behavior from white people as well, towards their own race, and towards other races. The color of your skin does not determine your heart. I would even say I get along with people of different ethnic back rounds more than white people.There is a comedian out there, that all he does is make racists comments, but he's not a racist. I will admit that probably both he and I should not make those comments, for two reasons. One, people don't understand because of their ignorance (you) and two, it is a bad influence on people that don't understand and are gullible. So I half apologize for any comments that could have been construed as racist. But on the other hand I don't, because where I'm from, and some of the people I hang with, we don't have a problem calling each other names. It's just names. What counts is how we treat each other.So I in no way have ever thought that white people are superior than any other race. In fact, I have seen too much of the opposite. (yet I won't classify based on just what I've seen)Do I believe that individual ethnic groups possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race? That's a pretty tough question. The short answer is no I do not. But white people, do mostly have white skin, and black people mostly do have black skin. But it's not 100%, and neither are any of the respectful races abilities, just because they are a certain race. But if I said on this forum, that the majority of NBA players are black, you would not hesitate to call that a racist remark, which BTW is not. For that you are wrong. Now if I said "all black people love basketball" that would be racist, and prejudice.However, there is no denying that certain things are more predominant in certain cultures/races. It has nothing to do with superiority or the lack there-of. And I do not hold that against, or for them. It's just life, that's all. I don't categorize people based on it. It's great that people have their own cultures, that do not stem from the color of their skin, just how they were raised.We all came from black mother Eve. We are all star bellies.

Well, I don't see how it is racist, would you please explain it to me, since I look to better myself, and understand why that would be considered racist. I really don't think I was being ignorant at all. Racism continues in this country today, and is still a problem. It shapes people when they are subjected to it. That's just a fact.Your link describes the "one drop rule" which I find to be racist.While researching your link, I came across this word which I haven't heard in a long time:
Mulatto - Wikipedia
I find it funny that in the definition it says:
"Some reject the term because of its association with slavery and colonial and racial oppression, preferring terms such as "mixed", "biracial", "mixed-race", and "multiracial".
Yet black people run around calling each other nigger all the time. They even make songs about it. Shit, they call me nigger too. But God forbid if I use the term.

Well if it's any consolation, I've experienced my own one-drop rule by marrying a Puerto Rican. It would seem certain people no longer consider me white.But really, why would Obama call himself black when he has a white mother? Wasn't his mother the one who really took care of him? It's almost like denying it in a way.I am of mixed heritage, so when people ask what I am, I say ...American.

That does not make you a racist, that makes you prejudice. There are many who think like you in this forum.I have a problem with that. You guys are lumping people together by their beliefs. I may not agree with most of a raging liberals views, but that does not automatically mean all raging liberals deserve to be hated by me.It's very narrow minded of you.Just like many in this forum. They claim to be open minded, and scientific minded, but they aren't when they speak. It's classic hypocrisy.

It would be better to hate the actions, not the persons. we all have a belief that another person may not agree with.

Me too, but I wonder sometimes if some of his ideologies don't stem from what he thinks he is. It doesn't matter to me what color he is.

He calls himself black, and he acknowledges that society (racists included) call him black.

Agreed, those facts alone do not clear someone of being a racist. It would be pretty f'd up if I married a PR woman, AND I was a racist though. That's worse than just calling me a racist, lol. Excellent post!Of course I am part racist by definition I guess. But not to the extent that either you or I need to be called one. I am probably racist when it comes to muslims, especially after 911, and some other child hurts that happened to me. But I do my best to curb it, and do not act on those stupid feelings, or angers or hurts that I have towards the past. I give everyone a fresh chance. Everyone from a specific culture or race can't be the same, even if the majority are. So I won't act on that.If you shout out racial slurs in your car at someone who cut you off, you are not doing it because they were a specific race or nationality, you are doing it because they cut you off. They get the stereotypical racial comment, and it comes out cause you are mad at the time. Being mad makes you say things that you normally wouldn't say. It's mostly because we just grew up in a society where those kinds of words are always being used. On TV, in songs, by people. It just comes out. We tend to mimic or surroundings. It is tough to overcome that.I meet a lot of people in my line of work. I go into peoples houses, and crawl through all their stuff, and sort of get to know them. I see their stuff, smell their houses, see what's behind furniture, speak and deal with them, and get paid from them. You really see how a person is when it comes to money. There is a huge opportunity for me to let my racism shine when dealing with people. What I see is that people are not always like their stereotypes.
For instance, jews are not cheap, they are smart. I've never had a jew stiff me, and a hasidic jew gave me my first tip, $100. Best tip to date.
After 10 years of being in business, I've only been stiffed like 3 times, all Italians......and I'm mostly of Italian heritage.
Stupid guinea idiots. They all think they are Al Pacino, specially ones from Brooklyn....haha yea I guess I am a racist.

That's a racist comment right thar

Well like anyone from the middle east. I am not really racists against them, but cautious, because I know some of their beliefs don't align with mine. Still I don't hold it against them.

Yea sure, but still why hate the person?
One thing that happened to me when I developed a relationship with what I feel to be God, He showed me, that if He can love me, then He can love anyone. He totally understands why and how someone comes to a particular place in life, and having a certain belief. I believe He doesn't hold it against us, and I think neither should we. It's a sign of Love.
You are hating a person because of the life they had to go through, and the intelligence they possess. That's how wars start. hating them pushes them away, and then conversation, or exchange of information can never take place, where someone may actually learn that they are wrong, and you could learn from each other.
Of course some people will never change, but I still don't hold it against them personally. I look at them as victims, with the outside remote chance that I am actually the victim.

troll.
You are so eager to jump down my throat, you missed the part where I said I don't act on any feelings I may have developed because of past relationships and instances. I still give every human being the same fair chance to show me they are not like their stereotypes, and are just people, like you and me., well maybe just me. No you don't have to explain that to me, since you missed every point I've made. I am honest. I do have racist feelings, but like I said, I don't act on them, or treat people in a racist way. We can't help it, like oni so graciously explained, and you just admitted to. I still give people a fair chance, just like I give you a fair chance, over and over again. You keep disappointing though.You need to understand this, and stop calling people names. Your arguments lose validity, and it is just plain annoying. I believe there is a fairly smart person under all that bullshit of yours.

"Taz" writes: ​ It's not a double standard. There are certain privileges to being in a group of any kind. Your dad has the privilege to call you son, but any other person who uses that word to you would either mean they're much older than you or they're using it as a derogatory term.

No you dumb nigga, dad's don't run around saying how bad the word "son" is, and that no-one should be using it.It is absolutely a double standard. My black friends used to say to me all the time "nigga please" but God forbid I said it to them. It was like them telling me, we accept you, but you still can't use that word. The word is bad, and we use it all the time, but you still can't use it.I just take it as it being the times we live in. We are in a transition. Years of oppression and slavery caused it.But I really just feel that more of an effort should be made by black culture to drop the word entirely. Just come up with another word.Oh yea, they used to call me cracka, lol, or the great white hope, cause we played basketball all the time together.P.S. I'm still trying to figure when Chris Rock went from being anigga, to being a black person, because early in his career, he seemed very racist to me, and more likely to call himself a nigga.P.S. #2
nigga, nigger, or niggra(from blazing saddles) are all words a white person should not say to a group of black people in a dark alley in Harlem. You can thank me later.Edited by riVeRraT, : your motha

Correct, they aren't.

Any word can be derogatory, depending how you use it.
I was also told by one of the people who called me that, it was a term from the word cracker, some one who works hard and cracks the ground with his pick, like a slave. I could care less anyway, it's just a word.