What is a Racist?

Richie860504 · 31-10-2008 10:17am #1

What is a racist?

For example if you hate one society, you are racist. But what if you hate everyone including your own race, nationality, colour.

Are you still classed as a racist?

LeahBaby · 31-10-2008 10:18am

Richie860504 wrote: »

What is a racist?

For example if you hate one society, you are racist. But what if you hate everyone including your own race, nationality, colour.

Are you still classed as a racist?

Then your emo .

Silenceisbliss · 31-10-2008 10:20am

put the razor down......

LeahBaby · 31-10-2008 10:21am

Careful now.

L31mr0d · 31-10-2008 10:26am

Richie860504 wrote: »

What is a racist?

For example if you hate one society, you are racist. But what if you hate everyone including your own race, nationality, colour.

Are you still classed as a racist?

No, then you are a bigot

Turd Ferguson · 31-10-2008 10:27am

I hate whites

The Master · 31-10-2008 10:28am

Y'all be honkey crackers

monkeyfudge · 31-10-2008 10:31am

I think that makes you a misanthrope.

m@cc@ · 31-10-2008 10:33am

Richie860504 wrote: »

What is a racist?

For example if you hate one society, you are racist. But what if you hate everyone including your own race, nationality, colour.

Are you still classed as a racist?

It's not just 'hating' the society but then imposing that hate on your opinions and actions.

Dudess · 31-10-2008 10:33am

I think a racist is someone who has a few bad experiences with members of a particular race... and then hates that race in its entirety/blames it for the actions of a small number.

E.g. being driven by two rude black cab drivers leading to hatred of the entire black race - all several hundred million members.

Ziggurat · 31-10-2008 10:38am

Richie860504 wrote: »

What is a racist?

A miserable little pile of stereotypes!

Sorry, if I didn't someone else was sure to.

Look at the word: someone who hates a person or peoples simply because of their particular race. I suppose you could extend it to include clinging obviously false stereotypes.

LeahBaby · 31-10-2008 10:38am

When I was 12 the whole twin-tower thing happened so ever since I've had a slight fear of people in that general area of the world.

Can't help it.

Mena · 31-10-2008 10:40am

Racism is a bullsh%t term anyway. You can only be racist if you hate the entire human species. We're all the same race. Human! :pac:

Quazzie · 31-10-2008 10:40am

LeahBaby wrote: »

When I was 12 the whole twin-tower thing happened so ever since I've had a slight fear of people in that general area of the world.

Can't help it.

Americans or Middle Easterns.

Turd Ferguson · 31-10-2008 10:41am

I hate people that wear Dubes.
Am I racist?

LeahBaby · 31-10-2008 10:42am

Which ever of them that thought it'd be fun to blow up a plane. Can't fly without horse tranqs now.

Dudess · 31-10-2008 10:43am

Quinine wrote: »

A miserable little pile of stereotypes!

Sorry, if I didn't someone else was sure to.

Look at the word: someone who hates a person or peoples simply because of their particular race. I suppose you could extend it to include clinging obviously false stereotypes.

Some stereotypes are true though - the Irish, in general, drink a lot. Germans, in general, are very organised and efficient.

LeahBaby wrote: »

When I was 12 the whole twin-tower thing happened so ever since I've had a slight fear of people in that general area of the world.

Can't help it.

"Can't help it" is no excuse for such ignorance. You CAN help it - by educating yourself and opening up your mind and looking at things from a different perspective. The people who attacked the Twin Towers did so because they were fanatics, not because they were from that "general area of the world". Jeez... Views like that make it ok for anyone with brown skin to be dragged off and searched at airports.

Very reminiscent of the 70s and 80s - "The IRA have committed so many atrocities that I can't help but have a slight fear of the Irish"...

beans · 31-10-2008 10:53am

Can't fly without horse tranqs now

Don't you see? It was the pharmaceutical companies that set it all up - get everyone scared and then whack out the Anxiet-eeze ®

Ziggurat · 31-10-2008 10:53am

Dudess wrote: »

Some stereotypes are true though - the Irish, in general, drink a lot. Germans, in general, are very organised and efficient.

Of course. However there are some patently false stereotypes, e.g. all black people like watermelons and fried chicken, all Jewish people are miserly or otherwise very wealthy, all Asians are experts at mathematics.

There are some stereotypes that are true but people just have to accept that.

Turd Ferguson · 31-10-2008 10:55am

Racism is just something made up by all those *insert racial slur here*

LeahBaby · 31-10-2008 10:57am

Dudess wrote: »

Some stereotypes are true though - the Irish, in general, drink a lot. Germans, in general, are very organised and efficient.

"Can't help it" is no excuse for such ignorance. You CAN help it - by educating yourself and opening up your mind and looking at things from a different perspective. The people who attacked the Twin Towers did so because they were fanatics, not because they were from that "general area of the world". Jeez... Views like that make it ok for anyone with brown skin to be dragged off and searched at airports.

Very reminiscent of the 70s and 80s - "The IRA have committed so many atrocities that I can't help but have a slight fear of the Irish"...

Didn't say I hated the race dudess I said I had a fear of them that carried on from when I was a child.

I have no problem with any person in the world FYI,except for the obvious, rapists,murders,close-minded people,people who think global warming is a myth.

So please don't pick me out for something silly I said on an internet forum.

thelordofcheese · 31-10-2008 10:58am

Dudess wrote: »

Some stereotypes are true though - the Irish, in general, drink a lot. Germans, in general, are very organised and efficient.

And kinky.
Don't forget the kinky.

Dudess · 31-10-2008 11:00am

Quinine wrote: »

Of course. However there are some patently false stereotypes, e.g. all black people like watermelons and fried chicken, all Jewish people are miserly or otherwise very wealthy, all Asians are experts at mathematics.

The stereotypes you mentioned: there could be grounds for truth in them (I'm not saying there definitely are, but there could be). However it's when people use the word "all" that things get murky. That's why I made a point of using the phrase "in general" in my last post. Not "all" black people like fried chicken and watermelon... but these seem to be popular foods among poor black communities in the Deep South and there's nothing derogatory about that. These are no doubt popular foods among poor white communities in the Deep South also.
I'd say the Jewish miser thing has historical roots because of "Shylocks" and is not relevant any more. It's fair to say though, there seems to be a huge number of wealthy Jews in the United States, but of course there are poor ones too.

faceman · 31-10-2008 11:03am

Im not racist, I just hate foreigners

Dudess · 31-10-2008 11:06am

LeahBaby wrote: »

Didn't say I hated the race dudess I said I had a fear of them that carried on from when I was a child.

Where did I say you said you hated them? And having a fear of an entire race based on the actions of a few is nearly as bad.

I have no problem with any person in the world FYI,except for the obvious, rapists,murders,close-minded people,people who think global warming is a myth.

... and Arabs - you said you had a fear of them.

So please don't pick me out for something silly I said on an internet forum.

I didn't "pick on" you, I responded to a comment you posted.

Nodin · 31-10-2008 11:07am

LeahBaby wrote: »

Which ever of them that thought it'd be fun to blow up a plane. Can't fly without horse tranqs now.

That doesn't narrow it down that much either....

Hagar · 31-10-2008 11:08am

LeahBaby wrote: »

When I was 12 the whole twin-tower thing happened so ever since I've had a slight fear of people in that general area of the world.

Can't help it.

They weren't the first to do it. The Americans started it themselves, in New York, believe it or not. :eek:

Friendly Fire FTW.

Ziggurat · 31-10-2008 11:09am

Dudess wrote: »

The stereotypes you mentioned: there could be grounds for truth in them (I'm not saying there definitely are, but there could be). However it's when people use the word "all" that things get murky. That's why I made a point of using the phrase "in general" in my last post. Not "all" black people like fried chicken and watermelon... but these seem to be popular foods among poor black communities in the Deep South and there's nothing derogatory about that. These are no doubt popular foods among poor white communities in the Deep South also.
I'd say the Jewish miser thing has historical roots because of "Shylocks" and is not relevant any more. It's fair to say though, there seems to be a huge number of wealthy Jews in the United States, but of course there are poor ones too.

You know, I never thought of that. Thanks for the insight.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 31-10-2008 11:11am

a racist is someone who doesn't support Barack Obama. End of discussion.

pickarooney · 31-10-2008 11:13am

Dudess wrote: »

I'd say the Jewish miser thing has historical roots because of "Shylocks" and is not relevant any more. It's fair to say though, there seems to be a huge number of wealthy Jews in the United States, but of course there are poor ones too.

Ah, in fairness, there is as much an ethos of penny-pinching among Jews as there is of binge-drinknig among Paddies (the ones that aren't pioneers). Thrift (the positive vesion of stinginess) is seen as a positive trait in Israeli (and Dutch, and to a large extent German for that matter) society as is a good mind for business.

... and Arabs - you said you had a fear of them.

She didn't. She used a vague 'that part of the world' which could have referred to New Yorkers, Afghans or people from a particular village 75km North-West of Kandahar. You interpreted it as 'Arabs'. You big racist.

curry-muff · 31-10-2008 11:18am

I hate racists and blacks

Richie860504 · 31-10-2008 11:29am

I think the question I should have asked is "Would people consider someone who hated everyone a racist and if not why not? At the end of the day they still hate people not like themselves."
Or what about someone that hates their own race only, can they be classed as a racist?

Didn't want this to turn into a debate about racism being wrong or any other moral principles.

faceman · 31-10-2008 11:32am

Richie860504 wrote: »

I think the question I should have asked is "Would people consider someone who hated everyone a racist and if not why not? At the end of the day they still hate people not like themselves."
Or what about someone that hates their own race only, can they be classed as a racist?

Didn't want this to turn into a debate about racism being wrong or any other moral principles.

If your hate for someone is down to the colour of their skin or the country they come from, then that is racism.

If you hate them for being a tool, then thats ok.

m@cc@ · 31-10-2008 11:36am

Richie860504 wrote: »

What is a racist?

This.

Ebonyellie · 31-10-2008 12:16pm

faceman wrote: »

If your hate for someone is down to the colour of their skin or the country they come from, then that is racism.

If you hate them for being a tool, then thats ok.

well said

Pride Fighter · 31-10-2008 12:22pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q520Zmy1xNs&feature=related

Is that racist? I think its hillarious:D:D

Silenceisbliss · 31-10-2008 12:27pm

m@cc@ wrote: »

This.

WHY THE FÜCK DO I KEEP OPENING THESE BLOODY IMAGES IN MY OFFICE IN GERMANY JUST WHEN SOMEONE WALKS BEHIND ME!!

christ auld mighty like!

m@cc@ · 31-10-2008 12:38pm

Ishmael wrote: »

Its ok, except for the text, a little too white for my liking.

This is racist.

TheDoc · 31-10-2008 12:49pm

I'm always interested to know am i racist, or jsut expressing my feelings.

I've had horrible experiences with alot of turkish and spanish nationals...generally with them messing with my girlfriend, or hoping me late at night on my way home.

Geenerally happens on holidays,and im a quiet holidayer, i just go out for drinks and make my way home, im not a lunatic tourist.

But I generally despise people from turkey, spain

Hardly makes me racist though does it, since they have ****ed me over a ridic amount of time

Nodin · 31-10-2008 1:12pm

thelordofcheese wrote: »

And kinky.
Don't forget the kinky.

Indeed. Certain areas of the German flim industry are responsible for my phobia regarding persons of severly reduced stature (be they either clenching their fists or snapping on rubber gloves.)

31-10-2008 1:29pm

Hardly makes me racist though does it, since they have ****ed me over a ridic amount of time

Yes, it does actually. There are scumbags everywhere. People who come here get harrassed and attacked by scumbags and junkies (I work in a language school and a shocking amount of students have trouble) - would you like it if people thought all Irish were like that?

Saint_Mel · 31-10-2008 1:41pm

Cant remember where I read it (probably AH somewhere!) but someone once said ...
I for one am not a racist ... cos racism is a crime ... and crime is for the blacks! :eek:

What is a Racist?

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