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[Comrade Kal]

I am probably the least racist person you will ever meet... hell, I'm part nearly every race in the book...

At the same time, we all are a little racist, it's just the way of things, even if it is only on a sub conscious level. It simply isn't natural to not notice the differences between people. You don't necessarily have to want to "lynch" people, it's just the way you react to them.

I'm sick of all of this, we are all a little racist BS. Racism is defined as it was for a specific meaning. You cannot be a little bit racist, no more than you can be a little bit pregnant. Either you are or you aren't. If you hate other races, then you are racist. If you don't then you are not. It is that simple.

Obviously everyone has subconsious tendences that make you uncomfortable, it is natural for us to feel uncomfortable around the unknown, but that is something entirely different, and it should NOT be defined racist, or even a little bit racist. That is just rediculous.

I disagree with you. You can be alittle racist. Because when an Indian walks into my store, I cringe because I knows it's gonna be an excerise in patience when they try to haggle non negotiable prices.

Like when I'm walking behind a black person in the supermarket and am dumb founded by how slow a human being can possibly walk when they are know for thier great athletic abilities. Have you ever walked behind a black person in a store or behind them on the sidewalk. If they moved any slower they be walking backwards.

Or like how asian people come into my store and want to open a product, find and open all these differant kinds of accessories, plug everything together, only to tell you they'll think about it.

Or maybe how Russians come RIGHT up to face within like 6 inches when they talk to you.

My point is, it's not racist really, it's differant cultures and differant people. This difference is the small part of ourselves that stereo type people. True racists hate people, not simply annoyed by indifferences.

I'm not racist, I'm just white....If a non white person can add a sterotype trait for white people I'd love it. We all have them. Cultural traits. Things that make "us" who we are.

If you totally conform to that sort of thing of course. Perhaps with certain cultures... like some nations are more liberal with personal space so get a lot closer to you than Englishmen and Americans are used to. But stuff about black people walking slowly.... is just ridiculous.

[Cossack]

I find people in general walk slow.

But I agree with Hostile. Noticing differences in races doesn't make you racist. Its no different than you noticing differences in someones personality.

Its only racist if you hate hate a race based on there differences, and attack them because of it.

So what if I've noticed that asians generally do better at school, and that blacks generally are more athletic? Does that mean I dislike them and critisize them for it? Hell no!

I just notice their differences and respect them, and just because I'm not afraid to admit that all races are not equal, that doesn't mean I think they shouldn't be treated equally.

Edited by Cossack, 25 October 2006 - 12:28 AM.

[Comrade Kal]

I find people in general walk slow.

Maybe you walk too fast.

I have an OCD where I always run up stairs.

[Paladin58]

Wow. I have the opposite of that, Kal. I run down them. Maybe its because I'm usually in a rush, but then again, who isn't?

[Drewry]

I disagree with you. You can be alittle racist. Because when an Indian walks into my store, I cringe because I knows it's gonna be an excerise in patience when they try to haggle non negotiable prices.

Like when I'm walking behind a black person in the supermarket and am dumb founded by how slow a human being can possibly walk when they are know for thier great athletic abilities. Have you ever walked behind a black person in a store or behind them on the sidewalk. If they moved any slower they be walking backwards.

Or like how asian people come into my store and want to open a product, find and open all these differant kinds of accessories, plug everything together, only to tell you they'll think about it.

Or maybe how Russians come RIGHT up to face within like 6 inches when they talk to you.

My point is, it's not racist really, it's differant cultures and differant people. This difference is the small part of ourselves that stereo type people. True racists hate people, not simply annoyed by indifferences.

I'm not racist, I'm just white....If a non white person can add a sterotype trait for white people I'd love it. We all have them. Cultural traits. Things that make "us" who we are.

You disagree with me? Umm no?

You cannot be a little bit racist. What you described is not racism. Im sick of people disensitizing the word racism to give it the meaning of being consious of cultural differences. There is a difference. Saying its okay to be a little bit racist, or everyone is a little bit racist only gives credibiltiy to the true racist assholes.

So what you are annoyed by cultural differences, who isn't? That doesn't mean you are racist, a little bit racist or anything. It means that you are ALIVE, and HUMAN. We get annoyed very easily. Some people get annoyed if someone puts the wrong sauce on their sandwich.

Edited by Drewry, 25 October 2006 - 05:59 AM.

[Hostile]

http://dictionary.re...m/browse/racist

It seems you should read the definition. I read it through and can logically understand that one can be slightly racist. If cultural differences lead one to feel an annoyance or sense of superiority, than it is kinda racist.

Stereo types don't cover all members of a culture or race. Take for example spanish speaking people who don't speak english, they ask you "you speaka spanish?" I don't speaka anything, I may speak spanish.

It's just as dumb as Americans who try to add "O'" to any word and think they may be speaking spanish. "Do you understando the words coming out of my moutho?"

People get annoyed by the differences and find thier mentality the superior one. Even if just for a fleeting second, one assumes the notion that they wish this "other" person who just do it thier way instead of the foreigners way.

Fuck political correctness anymore. I'm tired of PC, if the paint is yellow, say it's yellow, don't tell me it's "champagne gold" color. EXAMPLE

Since when did adding more syllables to a phrase make the idea more palatable? "This soldier is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder" No he's got fucking shell shock dude. Keep it simple.

"We must protect the childern, give them helmets." Kids have rubber heads, they've been banging them into things since we were climbing trees.

"Watch what you say, it may offend someone..." Fuck that, this is the way it is and this is the way I feel. I've witnessed people here scrapping PC and getting to the point. I enjoy it.

My point is, don't allow yourself to be bound by the NEW rules of words and meanings. Some of the old words obviously are wrong. Don't use the word nigger for example. If used in a negative context I'll ban them in a second.

But to tell me I have to relearn the english language to focus on the "correct new days meanings" than I can tell you go blow your horn somewhere else.

The dude is not "physically challenged" he fucking crippled.
Not hearing impaired, he's deaf.
Not mentally challenged, he's retarded.
He's not financially oppressed, he's broke.

The list goes on, I wish left wing people would stop this crap on desensitising us into the homogenized, pasterurized, deoderized, sanitized, and neutralised society. No god, no culture, no individuality, and no self.

Just wake up, go to work, and somehow get your satisfaction by knowing your hard work helped to make the HIVE a better place.

And yet all the young artists and poets are left wing. Seems like an intellectual anomaly...

[Silent_Killa]

I already posted a definition, but as most facts are around here it was blatently ignored

I'm not racist, I'm just white....If a non white person can add a sterotype trait for white people I'd love it. We all have them. Cultural traits. Things that make "us" who we are.

You're rich, bad at sports, and love mayonaise... I won't bring the more inappropriate steriotypes of your people into this

Edited by Silent_Killa, 26 October 2006 - 06:32 AM.

[Drewry]

And yet all the young artists and poets are left wing. Seems like an intellectual anomaly...

Probably because the political spectrum is just as much bullshit as political correctness. I agree with you, I hate political correctness. The ability to say what you want to say it where you want to say it is a freedom I think guranteed by the 1st Amendment. Some censorship supporters may say otherwise.

[Hostile]

I already posted a definition, but as most facts are around here it was blatently ignored

I'm not racist, I'm just white....If a non white person can add a sterotype trait for white people I'd love it. We all have them. Cultural traits. Things that make "us" who we are.

You're rich, bad at sports, and love mayonaise... I won't bring the more inappropriate steriotypes of your people into this

You can add very perverted and most likely to be a serial killer. They also tend to have more double chins than other races. I believe they might even be alot hairier than some races.

Then there is this enigma of freckles white people have. White people sometimes can be very rude when they don't get want they want in a store, like an INSTANT credit for something.

I also tend to find white people have alot more neurotic ticks than other races. But then again I've notice spanish people tend to large moles and asian people tend to be more likely to have yellow teeth.

That's just my observation... I could be wrong.

[Silent_Killa]

lol, my teeth are pretty yellow... from tobacco/coffee stains though... or at least so I thought

And as my second job is in a restaurant, I can attest that white people are by far the worst customers as they believe they own the place. You all show up in droves of 20 15 minutes before closing, order 10 pizzas, complain about half of them, demand for us to make them 10 more pizzas and then stay for another hour. Stupid whiteys

Edited by Silent_Killa, 27 October 2006 - 02:54 AM.

[Hostile]

Cracker ass crackers.

[Pastinator]

You know what i love, it's the double standards. It's amazing how double standards occur in racism. Like how if a white person calls someone nigger everyone, including me, would be shocked, but if a black person calls someone whitey, or somethinbg like that, i find myself not minding. Same with sexism, i would be appaled if tehre was a show about how to train your wife using dog training techniques, but theres one about training a husband, and i just think that's a laugh. It's amazing how minor superficial differences divide thing so much.

[Hostile]

You know what i love, it's the double standards. It's amazing how double standards occur in racism. Like how if a white person calls someone nigger everyone, including me, would be shocked, but if a black person calls someone whitey, or somethinbg like that, i find myself not minding. Same with sexism, i would be appaled if tehre was a show about how to train your wife using dog training techniques, but theres one about training a husband, and i just think that's a laugh. It's amazing how minor superficial differences divide thing so much.

Those double standards are some very funny points. We all know it's ok make fun of men and not women. We have to accept that because men are physically stronger and can tend to bully others. So we have to be flexible on that.

About racism, I guess we'll just have to accept that as we've called thenm names for centuries, we have no choice but to shut up and take some name calling back for along time. While it's hypocritical, we do deserve it as white people.

[Athena]

For whatever it's worth I do not believe either should be made fun of (unless individually speaking and both persons do not mind, but then no one else hears or is bothered by it). But the majority of society and me tend to not always agree on things.

[Pastinator]

The way i think about race is like hair colour, you might take the mick out of people because of it(blondes stupid, gingers ugly etc.) but don't really mean it, and don't go so far to actually be harsh about it.

[duke_Qa]

i think Sacha Baron Cohen makes good examples of how humor really is connected to stereotypes and our ability to think the worst about people. would you say that borat is a character that might occur in real life?

[chemical ali]

Well Borat was a character from real life, Sacha met some guy in Russia who was like Borat. The thing with hair colour, some ginger girls are hot, I guess its natures way of keeping the ginger alleles going.

[Pastinator]

Yeah, exactly, i know some people who's best freind is black, yet they still call 'em nigger in an argument, no-one really means it it seems, but eveyrthing get's out of hand when they do.