Am I a racist & don't know it?

[archenemy]

 

 

"They didn't know that they were being racist. It's really sad," said Ranniece McDonald, a junior who is black.

 

Really?

 

cnn article

[kevbone]

Yes

[Bill Slugg]

I agree with Ranniece and kevbone. Racism is the belief that there are inherent (genetic?) differences between the races that determine their level of achievment. Usually the believer considers their own race to be superior. Sometimes the belief includes the presumption to rule over the other races.

 

In the case of the party, there was blackface, mock grillz, and stuffed butts here.

 

I suppose they could argue that they were EMULATING, not MOCKING, but that would probably be a hard sell, considering they have already apologized.

Edited February 4, 2007 by Bill Slugg

[ClimbingPanther]

Boy, you can't make fun of anybody these days. Not even fast food workers are safe!

[dmuja]

"They didn't know that they were being racist. It's really sad,"

 

So if they really knew they were racist, but didn't act racist then everything is ok?

 

I say, "Ban the N word!", then harmony and love will break out everywhere!

[astrov]

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Study?tid=-1

[pink]

Boy, you can't make fun of anybody these days. Not even fast food workers are safe!

 

you can make fun of DRU

[archenemy]

I agree with Ranniece and kevbone. Racism is the belief that there are inherent (genetic?) differences between the races that determine their level of achievment. Usually the believer considers their own race to be superior. Sometimes the belief includes the presumption to rule over the other races.

 

In the case of the party, there was blackface, mock grillz, and stuffed butts here.

 

I suppose they could argue that they were EMULATING, not MOCKING, but that would probably be a hard sell, considering they have already apologized.

I listened to a woman speaking about racism back when I was in college. She was a black lesbian, and had therefore faced a number of prejudices against her. She said something interesting that always stuck with me: that only people in power can be considered racist. Now, I don't personally subscribe to that belief, but of course, I have the luxury to choose not to. I thought is was a revealing statement into how powerless folks who suffer at the hands of racism may feel. It saddened my heart.

 

I've been fortunate and have had a humiliating, racist action taken against me when I was in another country. For a little while, I got to feel what it was like to be hated for the simple fact that I was born how I was born. It was unlike any feeling I've had before, and my heart goes out to people who have to live under those conditions on a daily basis.

[bstach]

If you're racist and you know it clap your hands

If your racist and ....

 

 

Oooops. Thought this was the "Heard it from a friend thread". Carry on.

[tvashtarkatena]

Nauw, dis fuhnny. Ebbody cryin in dey lattes n shit bout whut it mus be lack tuh be a nigga o a thespeen o sum such. Haill, EBBODY don' lahck sumbody, ain no way tuh git round it. Take da bitches, fo zample. Nauw, Ah lahcks me sum booty, butt whain dat shit's TOO damn big, Ah mean, say she gotta back lahck da ass en uva gahbitch truck o sumthin? Whain you need ta use a strap lahck doze telphone lahnmin o sumthin jis ta hol' on, man, das wheuh Ah draw dat lahn inna san', you know? Dem Goddamn gahbitch truck ass't bitches jis need ta plug up dat snack hol' fo while. Whut bout aull dem po Biafrins n shit? What dey gunna think while Miss Waste Managemint USA's gotta a buckit o Extra Crispy strap ta her face lahck a damn mule?

Edited February 5, 2007 by tvashtarkatena

[Dechristo]

Ebbody cryin in dey lattes n shit bout whut it mus be lack tuh be a nigga o a thespeen o sum such. Haill, EBBODY don' lahck sumbody, ain no way tuh git round it.

 

Johnny, quit acting like that.

 

 

What the fuck, everybody, to some degree pre-judges things based on appearance.