Are you racist?

Balanadan · 15-07-2018 4:08am #1

Go on, admit it, you're a little bit racist.

ianob7 · 15-07-2018 4:09am

B.A._Baracus · 15-07-2018 4:30am

Here's the thing about racism i've noticed...

It tends to be all bollocks as a lot of people will be more racist to members of the same gender.
Give you an example... Middle age Johnny who hates black people and going as far to use the N word on a regular basis wouldn't have an issue shagging a hot, young black woman with a great tight little ass on her.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 15-07-2018 4:52am

Only against traveller's, if that even counts?

tomofson · 15-07-2018 7:35am

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Only against traveller's, if that even counts?

Same.

jcorr · 15-07-2018 8:06am

This is a racist thread.

IrishHomer · 15-07-2018 8:16am

Same here, travellers all the way

pleas advice · 15-07-2018 8:25am

Everyones a little bit racist

15-07-2018 8:26am

OP. how come there's no option for those who believe themselves not to be racist at all. You're excluding a rather large amount of boards posters.

and I'd be with the others about Travellers.

Kevin Finnerty · 15-07-2018 8:27am

I've ran a lot of races in my life, but I've never done a three legged one.

Atoms for Peace · 15-07-2018 8:31am

More of a xenophobe myself.

mickuhaha · 15-07-2018 8:43am

Bias is caused by the barrier of decreased knowledge and awareness of the deeper depths of that difference. What we do not know we are unable to understand. What we do not understand we subconscious fear whether we are aware of it or not. This subconscious fear will manifest into different emotions, reactions, and treatment of others. Copy and pasted for all . Turns out we all hate diversity as individuals but turns out to be better for problem solving in groups. Maybe?

Foweva Awone · 15-07-2018 8:53am

Is it considered socially acceptable to be "racist against travellers" now, or am I missing some sort of joke?

I'm not some sort of social justice warrior, and I'm definitely not a fan of positive discrimination, and I do get that some travellers are absolute cnuts. But I have quite a lot of friends from the travelling community, and they're all very different, very NORMAL people like you and me, each with their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses and challenges.

One thing they do have in common is that it really hurts them to be lumped in with some negative traveller stereotype. The travellers I know are all quite proud to be from the travelling community, they are proud of their culture and history, but are hurt when people assume the antisocial behaviors of a subset of their community apply to them and their families. Many travellers I know actually have very firm and strict positive moral and ethical values.

15-07-2018 9:01am

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Is it considered socially acceptable to be "racist against travellers" now, or am I missing some sort of joke?

There's enough Traveller threads already on boards.

But many of us would discriminate against Travellers based on our own personal experiences with them. That's a degree of racism, and in this world of Black/White absolutes, then we would indeed be considered racist.

umop episdn · 15-07-2018 9:06am

I hate everyone equally, so black, white, traveller, Eskimo...hate the whole fckin lot of ye

OldMrBrennan83 · 15-07-2018 9:09am

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Achasanai · 15-07-2018 9:12am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Here's the thing about racism i've noticed...

It tends to be all bollocks as a lot of people will be more racist to members of the same gender.
Give you an example... Middle age Johnny who hates black people and going as far to use the N word on a regular basis wouldn't have an issue shagging a hot, young black woman with a great tight little ass on her.

How is that bollocks? Do you think that because Johnny finds attractive black people attractive then he isn't racist?

Timberrrrrrrr · 15-07-2018 9:14am

Patww79 wrote: »

Just against travellers and the British.

Neither of which are a race so you're not racist your just a bigot.

OldMrBrennan83 · 15-07-2018 9:19am

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corner of hells · 15-07-2018 9:37am

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Neither of which are a race so you're not racist your just a bigot.

Thread is kinda over , very few if any , will admit to being racist if travellers can't be included or maybe Orangemen too .

OldMrBrennan83 · 15-07-2018 9:46am

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MadDog76 · 15-07-2018 9:53am

I think it's natural to form an opinion (either positive or negative) of a "group" (race, nationality ect.) of people based on your own personal experiences of dealing with those people.

If you interact with 10 people from Cork and 7/8/9 of them were as nice as pie then you're naturally going to form the opinion that people from Cork are lovely.

If you interact with 10 people from Angola and 7/8/9 of them are as#holes then those experiences are going to shape your opinion of people from Angola.

Insert whatever (black people, travellers, Muslims, cyclists, disabled people, Nordies, Atheists etc) and the same holds true.

dodderangler · 15-07-2018 10:55am

I'm not a racist. I just hate everyone. I don't care if you just landed here. I hate everyone.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-07-2018 1:36pm

dodderangler wrote: »

I'm not a racist. I just hate everyone. I don't care if you just landed here. I hate everyone.

That's still racist - against the human race.

shakeitoff · 15-07-2018 1:45pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Here's the thing about racism i've noticed...

It tends to be all bollocks as a lot of people will be more racist to members of the same gender.
Give you an example... Middle age Johnny who hates black people and going as far to use the N word on a regular basis wouldn't have an issue shagging a hot, young black woman with a great tight little ass on her.

Strong understanding of racism.

hatrickpatrick · 15-07-2018 1:54pm

I'm not racist, but I sympathise with nativism and find it moronic that it is now being regarded as in any way synonymous with racism.

jaxxx · 15-07-2018 2:12pm

I'm a misanthropist so if you're human I hate you, regardless of what you look like or where you're from.

batgoat · 15-07-2018 2:15pm

That's an incredibly disturbing viewpoint. What other groups do you wish to mass sterilize? Are you aware of the groups that have attempted such ends? Sort of hope you're trolling with such a view.