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Re: OBAMA for president [message #308333 is a reply to message #308322] Sun, 06 January 2008 18:55 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
R315r4z0r is currently offline  R315r4z0r
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Everyone is racist. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. (I mean maybe not 'everyone' but it is very, VERY hard not to be. I'm talking blow up a car with a staple gun hard.)

You see being racist is thinking one race is superior to another, or discriminated against.

However, nowhere does it say the racist themselves has to be the one CAUSING the racism.

Racism can all be in the head.

For example:
There are 3 people. One person is Mexican, one is White, and the other is Black. With me so far?

Now, the White guy goes to the Mexican and discriminates him with whatever you see fit for being "discriminatory" (I'm not going into details.)

The Black guy is sitting on the sidelines watching this, not involved with the other 2 in the least. This person watches what is happening and in his mind disagrees with what the White guy is saying. He refuses to believe that what the White guy is saying to the Mexican is worth even listening too.

Since the Black guy does not know either one of the other 2 people, he simply references them as White man and Mexican man in his mind. He thinks of himself as he watches what is happening in front of him. And he realizes how much better he is than the White guy because he isn't the one being racist. (Or so he thinks)

All 3 people in my opinion (with maybe the exception of the Mexican, depending on your own interpretation of the story) are racist.
-The White guy is racist because he is discriminating the Mexican because of Race.
-The Mexican is because he (might) be thinking that the White guy is superior to him.
-The Black guy is because he thinks he is superior to the White guy and the Mexican. Superior to the White guy for not going out of his way to discriminate, and to the Mexican for feeling sorry he isn't standing up for himself)


Anyway, if you aren't getting my stretch of an example, I will do my best to explain it in another way:

You can be a racist and be a person who is prejudice against a specific race (or multiple races) or believe your race is superior. OR you can be a racist who disagrees that any one race is superior to another OR that other races are superior to your own.

Because as it turns out, you are still segregating race in your mind. You may be doing it subconsciously but you are doing it. The only way, IMO, to not be racist is to disregard race completely.


OH, and BTW, I did say that I wanted you to say why you thought you weren't racist and I would say why you where, however I did not say that I had to respond within the next post. I still haven't told you yet.

Me, a few lines up

Because as it turns out, you are still segregating race in your mind. You may be doing it subconsciously but you are doing it. The only way, IMO, to not be racist is to disregard race completely.

There is your answer.


EDIT:
MWright967 wrote on Sun, 06 January 2008 19:45

And thank my good sir, you just admitted to being one by saying ''Not being racist is like not having R in my name''.


I just caught this. No I did not say that. You can scroll up and read it again if you like, but that is not what I said.

What I said was more along the lines of this: "A PERSON saying that they themselves are NOT a racist, is just like me saying that my name does not start with an R"

What you wrote, put quotes around, and said was mine was nothing but a failed attempt to say I said something I did not.


However, I will not disagree that I think I am racist, along with every other person who posted, read, or even viewed the topic name of this thread.

I am the kind of racist who believes no one race is superior to another. Much like yourself, from what I can gather.


(I want to say one thing that is off topic a tad bit... from one debate opponent to another, and not saying anything bad about you personally, just you need to work on your quoting skills, because it will one day get you into trouble. What you did is called plagiarism and it is a very heavily weighed law in writing, and you can be sent to jail because of it. I counted two times that you did it.

But if you don't know what I'm talking, I'd be happy to help: When you quote someone, let it be from whatever source, if you are quoting it, it needs to be word for word. Even if the overall theme of what was written is there, the words need to be there too!)

[Updated on: Sun, 06 January 2008 19:33]

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