I'm going to try this again, with help from SteveS.
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Originally Posted by SteveS
A simple racial bias test is to just substitute words and see if the statement is then (or still) racist. For example, if someone said:
"poor black people are ruining America!"
Does this statement seem racist? If the answer is yes, then how can this statement:
"rich white people are ruining America!"
not be racist? Perhaps you object to me swapping "rich" and "poor" along with "black" and "white" (I figured this would press a few more buttons). But if so, then what difference does the race make? Why not say "rich people are ruining America"? Why is it rich white people?
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http://www.happyatheistforum.com/vie...php?f=4&t=1294
I, Willravel, am a "rich white person". Am I ruining America from his perspective? Probably not, since I'm a member of the ACLU and Amnesty International, I vote in favor of equality, and I actively engage racism in order to stop it.
I support the black community in many ways, but I'm a rich white person. He believes that I am racist, or he shouldn't use "rich white people" instead opting for a more accurate label.