How many of your friends and or family are racist?

homerjay2005 · 05-05-2013 11:18PM

ive seen a bit of casual racism, but never seen proper/actual racism where a foreign person was directly discriminated or abused due to their race.

Irish people in my opinion are familiar respectful when it comes to other races, but i dont think the same can be said for some other nationalities who come here.

you will get idiots in every place of course, but these people are not only racist, but just downright ignorent, they abuse anybody and dont care about race.

Hande hoche! · 05-05-2013 11:21PM

TheUsual wrote: »

All of them, but then again I am president of the N.R.A.

How's the road business?

woodoo · 05-05-2013 11:22PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I see a lot of anti-immigration and anti-multiculturialism, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as racism. Still comes acrossas ignorant, though - especially when, half an hour later, they're ordering a chinese or indian takeaway...

I don't think anyone would complain about new people coming into a country but its the rate that concerns people. Europe especially is letting far to many people in.

Seans_Username · 05-05-2013 11:26PM

Remmy wrote: »

I have an aunt that is an unreal racist.

I read that very wrong and thought that you were saying your aunt was a brilliant racist

woodoo · 05-05-2013 11:29PM

whatdoicare wrote: »

I've encountered more racism from foreign workers towards other races of foreign workers if I'm being honest. I've often heard my colleague from Nepal making racist remarks about my other colleague from China and visa versa.

I've often heard Polish people pass remarks on Latvian people and Roma people too.

So, I guess racism is everywhere - not just a thing white people have a monopoly on.

What if its just human nature and we are really just tribal a heart? The melting pot idea may never really work. How many countries have rejoined each other. Germany is the only one i can think of and they are ethnically and racially the same. Yugoslavia split on ethnic grounds, we in Ireland have split on ethnic grounds. Czechoslovakia split on ethnic grounds, Russia, Why is Belgium looking at splitting and Spain.

Remmy · 05-05-2013 11:30PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

I read that very wrong and thought that you were saying your aunt was a brilliant racist

Silly choice of words there alright

Senna · 05-05-2013 11:31PM

I'm an equal opportunities racist. I hate everyone equally, regardless of race, religion, sex, colour of their skin.

aman23 · 05-05-2013 11:32PM

Alter-Ego wrote: »

Oh the kids were being racist sh1ts?

only if they weren't black!:P

DaithiMa · 05-05-2013 11:40PM

HazDanz wrote: »

Your name makes me think of pythagoras theorem. Is that racist?

That is one angle you could look at it from I suppose.. Is it the right angle though?

Itwasntme. · 05-05-2013 11:49PM

My dad threatened to disown my brother when he introduced his Iranian girlfriend (now ex) to us. The strange thing is that my other brother is married to a white american and he didn't give him as much grief. I guess my dad had hoped that this son would be the one to carry on the family name.

I know he wouldn't be happy if I got with someone foreign either but it doesn't really matter because culturally, the burden of carrying on the family name falls on the boys and really, I couldn't give a toss who they think I should end up with. I will get with whomever I want! Form an orderly queue boys

. One should never miss an opportunity.

So in answer to your question, yeah, some of my family members are racist as are a lot of my friends back home actually

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zef · 05-05-2013 11:56PM

Called into a friend to see if he needed anything from the shop, as he is getting on a bit and not able to walk very well due to an accident at work.
The guy from the next apartment was there , on a rant about how "fags get all the bleedin' conlcil 'ousin' where Oi come from' (UK). This guy is trying to say the least.
My friend was just getting his money ready and the other guy starts telling me a story - 'So this n*****, yea, he come up to me an..." .
"Sorry , what did you say? This what?"
"C**n' he replied. "I was shocked -- "WHAT???" I repeated.
"This fackin' black guy came up to me..."
I just walked out of the room. Funny thing is , he goes on about how "they" get all the houses here and in his native UK, you'd think he was working 60 hours a week and paying 95% tax the way he goes on. He's on RA and the JSA.

An unpleasant person if I ever met one. I never go in now if he's in my mates house. The worst thing about it is my mate dates a woman from Ghana and his best friend is a Romanian guy. The thick **** next door can't see how offensive he is, it'd be politer to take a sh*t in the corner.

Sparklygirl · 06-05-2013 12:13AM

I have a friend who would claim to be rascist but at the same time she seems to judge each individual on their own merits, she would say she is rascist but is happy to be friends with someone who is black. I think that what she really means is that she has negative associations with black people. But here is the thing, we all do, even black people who take the harvard test (you can access it on line) have these negative associations. The test is where you have to link words together very very quickly without thinking about them, basically on impulse- a basic example is would you associate drugs/guns with white or black. Malcolm Gladwell- author of many books including Blink discusses this. He noted that a black colleague of his, took the test every day as a matter of course and always made negative associations, however one day he didn't- he made positive associations and he thought a lot about why that had happened, it turned out he had watched the olympics for the weekend prior to taking the test and thus made positive associations with his race. Malcolm Gladwell is an excellent writer who I would hold in high esteem, he is black. He would hypothesize that as long as black people are associated with negatives in society such as drugs, guns, being a fatherless race for example in films then we will continue to make these associations.

Tigger · 06-05-2013 01:05AM

Sparklygirl wrote: »

Malcolm Gladwell- author of many books including Blink discusses this. He noted that a black colleague of his, took the test every day as a matter of course and always made negative associations, however one day he didn't- he made positive associations and he thought a lot about why that had happened, it turned out he had watched the olympics for the weekend prior to taking the test and thus made positive associations with his race. Malcolm Gladwell is an excellent writer who I would hold in high esteem, he is black. He would hypothesize that as long as black people are associated with negatives in society such as drugs, guns, being a fatherless race for example in films then we will continue to make these associations.

he isn't black he's of mixed descent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILelPNRWsvE

Chuck Stone · 06-05-2013 01:08AM

Racism is gay.

mikemac1 · 06-05-2013 01:12AM

Any Clare regs in front of me will be getting blown off the road :mad:

Brinimartini · 06-05-2013 01:26AM

Triangular wrote: »

I can't be the only one that hears regular racist comments dropped into every day chit chat.

How often do you hear racist stuff being said?

My examples over the last few weeks and months;

- Bus driver (black) beeping at children to move aside on their BMX's? ..."You fcuking n1gger, fcuk off back to your own country n1gger"...kids aye?
- Random dude in a Spar when a black man in front of him paid for his stuff and left the premises...."They're like a vermon they are, once they get in they take over the place" ...??? Big man when the bigger man has gone!
- Friend in the pub..."Driving down the motorway, this stupid n1gger pulls out in front of me" ...No white person has ever been stupid?
- Elder Friend after the recent Dominique Strauss Kahn rape trial..."She was a black cleaner...maybe he didnt rape, maybe he only touched off her"...???WTF!!
- Guy in a pub in town..."I'm telling you, all those black drivers [taxi] are double-jobbing. Sure they have one fella in the picture and a few of them drive the car...I love hailing one down and when I see he's black, I tell him to fcuk off"....ok wait in the cold you fool?

I really don't know what to say or do in these situations? Every time anything racist is said I kinda know that the majority of people sitting around me, Irish people, aren't actually racist but not really arsed defending the racism stance. When these racist people have children, they will just continue the trend of racism by dropping racist comments in front of the kids or the kids of their friends.

You make it sound like it's a bad thing to be racist ! Like, I hate **** but generally love black people,......what am I?

mikemac1 · 06-05-2013 01:27AM

Chris Rock

Cody Pomeray · 06-05-2013 01:38AM

I had a Granny who I used to tease that I was going to marry a black woman wherever I went... a Summer gone inter-railing, a trip to Chicago, a year on Erasmus in Vienna. She was unconcerned with any other non-white race, her sole pre-ocuupation when we were abroad was doing the business specifically with black women.

Needless to say she was very relieved when I came out.

cup of tea · 06-05-2013 01:49AM

The Irish way....once the racism can be classed under the heading of banter then it's not racist

Cody Pomeray · 06-05-2013 01:51AM

cup of tea wrote: »

The Irish way....once the racism can be classed under the heading of banter then it's not racist

The "Irish" way...

Not to make any national stereotypes or anything, right?

cup of tea · 06-05-2013 02:00AM

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

The "Irish" way...

Not to make any national stereotypes or anything, right?

Well it's true, and I'm Irish myself.

Hank Scorpio · 06-05-2013 02:05AM

Tigger wrote: »

what do you call a black pilot?

Denzel?

corktina · 06-05-2013 02:30AM

here's my theory...everyone is naturally zenophobic for the very good reason that during our evolution there was a very real chance that a stranger would kill you or rob you. That makes us all wary of strangers, but particularly those who look markedly different from us.Thus we are most wary of persons of another colour it's a natural thing.

But here's the rub....being intelligent educated people, you rationalise this and put your natural prejudices aside, knowing it's neither right or fair. I suppose the more intelligent you are , the less likely you are to be actively racially prejudiced.

There's good people and bad people in my book, that's how I discriminate. Race doesn't come into it.

SeanW · 06-05-2013 03:15AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I see a lot of anti-immigration and anti-multiculturialism, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as racism.

According to the Left, a skepticism of multiculturalism or a desire for a conservative immigration policy (especially to protect existing unskilled/low paid workers) = racism.

Even if you have no problem with anyone based on their ethnicity nor would ever dream of discriminating against anyone based on skin colour etc. You're racist.

Carraig95 · 06-05-2013 04:28AM

The vast majority of people I know despise Roma gypsies. No problem with any other race, ethnic origin or culture. But everyone hates the Roma gypsies. And if I'm to be honest, I get it.

So, having no problem with any other nationality, does that make most people I know racist. Yes.

Do I like Roma gypsies? Absolutely not. Therefore, am I technically racist? Yes. Am I proud of it? Nope.

Festy · 06-05-2013 04:45AM

Roma gypsies a great bunch of lads I have no problem with them selling the issue magazine as for Irish gyps don't get me started at least the roma gyps don't go around causing trouble eg starting fights with innocent people,robbing etc.

Roma gyps >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Irish gyps anyday of the week.

U mad Irish gyps lol

Ruudi_Mentari · 06-05-2013 04:52AM

Nobody, far as I know..

I might play up to it;.for a laugh or as some form of natural deterrent particularly where the modern pop cultural climate is conditioning us toward blacks, or vice versa lol but I only wanna be with other races, in truth...

keeponhurling · 06-05-2013 04:58AM

Duzzer wrote: »

I've a lot of black friends who can be quite racist.

I have a lot of Chinese friends, and they can be very racist altogether (especially towards blacks).
Funny thing is they don't even see their comments as being racists, they think they're just telling it like it is. Even if they don't even know any blacks.

I think Irish on the whole aren't a very racist bunch.

keeponhurling · 06-05-2013 04:59AM

Also, racist or stereotype-based jokes can be very funny, just as long as nobody gets offended by them.
Carefully choose your audience!

Festy · 06-05-2013 05:00AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

I have a lot of Chinese friends, and they can be very racist altogether (especially towards blacks).
Funny thing is they don't even see their comments as being racists, they think they're just telling it like it is. Even if they don't even know any blacks.

I think Irish on the whole aren't a very racist bunch.

The Chinese a great bunch of lads.

How many of your friends and or family are racist?

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