Are you a racist...
By AcousticSoul
@AcousticSoul (1309)
United States
April 3, 2007 6:24pm CST
I beleive that everyone has a little bit of Racisim with in them... more institutionalized racisim...yet remember there is a difference from being racist and prejudice... a Racist is when you discriminate on different races because you feel superior... prejudice is when you pre judge someone or your bias and deprive people of their rights and privileges
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
8 Apr 07
The word racist is so misunderstood, I almost hate to go into this, but here we go.
Back in the 1960's a famous black radical made a statement that we all were racists. He meant as in "EVERYBODY IS A RACIST".
This greatly puzzled me as I knew I wasn't a racist. In trying to figure out what the guy meant, I discovered a few things.
The different races only exist because different groups of people evolved in different parts of the world. Each group evolved so as to be adapted to the particular part of the world from which came their anscestors. This is basic "THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION" type stuff. It is indisputable.
The human race once existed in populations isolated from one another. This started to lead to a divergence that would have eventually lead to the human race becoming separate species. That did not happen. Instead, technology was developed, world wide travel became common, and isolated human populations came into contact with one another.
Where the problem comes in is that humans were quite a bit different from one another in profound ways that are still not entirely understood. These differences lead to numerous and repeated misunderstandings. Hence, the race problem.
All the above is simply true, and to deny it is to be blind. Therefore, anyone who can think and understand history is a racist.
What? Still think you are not a racist? A racist is anyone who thinks the races are different and that in different situations different races are superior to others.
Remember "THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION"? Whatever race evolved in any given location of the world naturally is the superior race human for surviving in that part of the world. Science and the "THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION" tell us this is so. Anyone who believes this is a racist, but not necessarily a bigot.
We all are racists, but only a few are bigots. Bigots are the ones most think of when they hear the word racist. A bigot thinks his race is superior to all others. These people are the problem, not racists, because everyone is a racist.
@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Thank you for understanding. I've caught a lot of grief from people unable to grasp the concept. It is nice to be understood once in awhile.
@AcousticSoul (1309)
• United States
10 Apr 07
Thank you for your knowledge... and I have to say that was very well put...
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@greenman92553 (51)
• Argentina
5 Apr 07
Ive tried to be but I cant. Ive lived in many different countries and lived with all kind sof people. All people have some racism, but its not eveil enough as to cause harm. In mypersonal experience Ive only seen virulent, evil racism coming form americans and britons. And sometimes when I see turists from those countries in my country I wish I could mistreat them the same way they mistreat what they consider "inferior races" in their countries. Ive tried but i cant get myself to do it. I guess to act like crap you have to be born crap.
@AcousticSoul (1309)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I agree... racism is conditioned... because no one is born racist... they are taught to be that way... and how the media protrays our country and its past history reflex peoples actions today... thank you for that inside thought
@AcousticSoul (1309)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Thank you for your honesty... because I can truly say that I don't hate anyone but at times I do have this feeling that a certian race is more superior to the other
@AcousticSoul (1309)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Have you ever looked at another race and said you were better then they were or thought you were better then they were... or have you ever looked at your own race and thought you were better than some... honestly i think subliminally most people do but are afraid to say it... but its possiable for a pure being like yourself to never feel that why and that is beautiful... stay up