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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2007, 02:40:16 PM »


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I hope not. I despise racists!

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2007, 02:45:46 PM »
I am prejudiced, but not racist.  There is a difference.  Do any of you actually believe one race is superior to another?

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Webster's:
1  : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race   
2  : racial prejudice or discrimination

How does being prejudiced not fit definition #2? 

I'd say prejudice is more common on a individual basis and can be seen as associating traits towards a person while racism is more of a collective notion the one race is superior to another.

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #32 on: November 06, 2007, 09:57:57 PM »
I have had friends of many races, I just thought of them as good people.

I have been annoyed when people from another country speak their language very loudly on the bus for everyone to hear. That just seems rude to me more than anything else.
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #33 on: November 06, 2007, 10:08:13 PM »
I've always took friends where ever I could find them as they were few and far between.  I have seen enough idiots of all races to last me all my life already they are the ones I don't like.
Racist no but I just don't like people in general as a race dogs are better :P
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2007, 10:12:06 PM »
I have been annoyed when people from another country speak their language very loudly on the bus for everyone to hear. That just seems rude to me more than anything else.

I find it almost as bad, when they speak my language.

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2007, 10:17:02 PM »
i don't care what race someone is really. i've had friends who were a different race.

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #36 on: November 06, 2007, 10:20:43 PM »
As have I, but I don't think that prevents one
from being a racist.

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2007, 10:22:35 PM »
probably not.
actually some of the worst people ive met when it comes to being racist/homophobic etc are the ones who have 'friends' who are a different race or sexuality or whatever

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #38 on: November 07, 2007, 12:51:18 PM »
probably not.
actually some of the worst people ive met when it comes to being racist/homophobic etc are the ones who have 'friends' who are a different race or sexuality or whatever

Perhaps it's from having them as friends that these people come to realise that the stereotypes have truth in them, and that there are good reasons to be prejudiced against certain groups.  I have Swedish friends who know from first-hand experience that the local Gypsies really do shoplift at the drop of a hat (they have some sort of pouch in those big skirts that they can drop things into), and that the Middle-Eastern, Russian and eastern European immigrants really do form violent criminal gangs (but they're friends with them, and are thus protected).
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #39 on: November 07, 2007, 01:04:00 PM »
The DVLA sorted out some arrogant Hungarian neighbours today for not paying their car tax. Lmfao.

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2007, 06:34:57 PM »
probably not.
actually some of the worst people ive met when it comes to being racist/homophobic etc are the ones who have 'friends' who are a different race or sexuality or whatever
:laugh: Pretty much the same here...

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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #41 on: November 08, 2007, 07:01:42 PM »
probably not.
actually some of the worst people ive met when it comes to being racist/homophobic etc are the ones who have 'friends' who are a different race or sexuality or whatever
:laugh: Pretty much the same here...

You know, this pisses me off more than the people who walk around with racial slurs dripping from their lips.

Collecting a few tokens  for show is very offensive to me. The last place I worked did this, officially, to prove that they were a well diversified company. It is orders of magnitude worse if you are using a pretense of friendship to collect your tokens.
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #42 on: November 08, 2007, 07:47:06 PM »
Perhaps it's from having them as friends that these people come to realise that the stereotypes have truth in them, and that there are good reasons to be prejudiced against certain groups.  I have Swedish friends who know from first-hand experience that the local Gypsies really do shoplift at the drop of a hat (they have some sort of pouch in those big skirts that they can drop things into), and that the Middle-Eastern, Russian and eastern European immigrants really do form violent criminal gangs (but they're friends with them, and are thus protected).
Well I'm Swedish and I say that my local Gypsies OWNS a shop (they always have a large sale  :)), and Middle-Eastern immigrants are known for their big hearts and hospitality (I love going home to my Middle-Eastern friends!), the russians I know have a thing for drinking and making everyone laugh by telling bad jokes (And then they get laugh attacks which is almost impossible to stop!) and Eastern Europeans usually end up as goth and emo (nothing wrong with them really, well, at least not with the goth). Altough a few of them might be in gangs, I know more inbred Swedish guys that's in gangs.
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #43 on: November 08, 2007, 07:48:50 PM »
I try to hate everyone equally, regardless of race or political/religious orientation.
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Re: Are you racist?
« Reply #44 on: November 08, 2007, 08:00:06 PM »
I hate the human race