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Lasereth · 10-25-2007, 02:18 PM

I think most people don't even know what it is to be a racist. Seriously...a racist is someone who honestly believes that a race is not as good as another race or that their race is superior.

Let's break it down:

I drive past a part of town that is known as slumville. I see a black man wearing sweat pants with a dirty wife beater on. His pants are down to his thighs and he's walking with a distinctive strut. His right hand is in his pocket. I think to myself, "look at that drug dealer."

Was that racist? No. This is my mind saying, are most drug dealers in my city black? Yes. Am I in a bad part of town? Yes. Is he dressed grungily as if his lifestyle is in shambles? Yes. So he is probably a drug dealer. Racism: thinking one race is superior to another. Was I racist or did I make a simple observation?

I'll say that 75% of boisterous, rude people in public are black in my area. I can't go to the theater because black people ruin the experience. Am I being racist? Racism: believing one race is superior to another. I go to the theater and every fucking time a group of black people yell and scream and clap throughout the movie. If anyone says anything to them they immediately act like they're being suppressed. Observation or racism?

I know someone who works at social services. They're social services for the whole county which is not comprised with a black majority. A huge majority of this person's clients are black. They don't have jobs and they do not go to college. When asked why, they reply with "why would I go to college or get a job when it would make my free money go away?" Now when I see a black person walking around my city, I think, they don't have a job because their free money would go away. Is that racist, or coming to an objective conclusion about data that has been presented?

None of these incidents have ANYTHING to do with racial superiority. They're about raw facts and experiences.

This halloween thing is absurd. If the hanging dummy had a sign on saying "stay out of my yard fucking niggers" then I could see it as racist. Otherwise it's jackassery.

People use the term racist waaay too generously now. Anytime there is a negative comment made about any race the racist term is thrown around. News flash: observing a specific race behaving in a particular manner is not racist.

10-25-2007, 02:18 PM	#84 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I think most people don't even know what it is to be a racist. Seriously...a racist is someone who honestly believes that a race is not as good as another race or that their race is superior. Let's break it down: I drive past a part of town that is known as slumville. I see a black man wearing sweat pants with a dirty wife beater on. His pants are down to his thighs and he's walking with a distinctive strut. His right hand is in his pocket. I think to myself, "look at that drug dealer." Was that racist? No. This is my mind saying, are most drug dealers in my city black? Yes. Am I in a bad part of town? Yes. Is he dressed grungily as if his lifestyle is in shambles? Yes. So he is probably a drug dealer. Racism: thinking one race is superior to another. Was I racist or did I make a simple observation? I'll say that 75% of boisterous, rude people in public are black in my area. I can't go to the theater because black people ruin the experience. Am I being racist? Racism: believing one race is superior to another. I go to the theater and every fucking time a group of black people yell and scream and clap throughout the movie. If anyone says anything to them they immediately act like they're being suppressed. Observation or racism? I know someone who works at social services. They're social services for the whole county which is not comprised with a black majority. A huge majority of this person's clients are black. They don't have jobs and they do not go to college. When asked why, they reply with "why would I go to college or get a job when it would make my free money go away?" Now when I see a black person walking around my city, I think, they don't have a job because their free money would go away. Is that racist, or coming to an objective conclusion about data that has been presented? None of these incidents have ANYTHING to do with racial superiority. They're about raw facts and experiences. This halloween thing is absurd. If the hanging dummy had a sign on saying "stay out of my yard fucking niggers" then I could see it as racist. Otherwise it's jackassery. People use the term racist waaay too generously now. Anytime there is a negative comment made about any race the racist term is thrown around. News flash: observing a specific race behaving in a particular manner is not racist.