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Would it be shocking if the roles were reversed? There's just as many racist black people as there are racist white people. edit: Am I wrong?

by ryanlol 11y ago

rustynails 11y ago
No, but two wrongs don't make a right. Also, as a society, we should be better than that. I'll give you an example. Some of my friends made disparaging remarks about Muslims. I made it clear that was a generalisation and pointed out a (predominantly Australian) area with a lot of crime, "what about that? Is that any different?" I've slowly but surely educated good people to show more tolerance. Having said that, I'll be the first to condemn inappropriate behaviour from a Muslim, Asian, white, feminist - I don't really care who. I don't have a PC bone in my body. There are some great comments in this thread. The one I can least relate to is that we can't talk to people who listen to different music or watch different TV. Really? I was involved with an African woman, Asian, European, Australian. I have had mixed friends all my life. I never honed in on TV shows, but, I honed in on honesty, integrity, attitude (eg. I can't stomach arrogance, victim mentality and aggressive people). Is this so rare that people can converse beyond skin colour and gender?
- ryanlol 11y ago
  >No, but two wrongs don't make a right. Not in the slightest what I was trying to communicate, my point was that racism is so prevalent that it's hardly shocking at this point. Obviously that's not a good thing, but I found it a bit odd that someone would be shocked by such a remark when you hear much worse things every single day.
dcole2929 11y ago
In short yes. A) There are more white people in America in general (see really any/every census) B) There are fare more white people in positions of power. So it matters more when a white person is racist than when a person of color is. Racism sucks but the real kicker is discrimination
- ryanlol 11y ago
  >A) There are more white people in America in general (see really any/every census) Obviously not what I meant >B) There are fare more white people in positions of power. So it matters more when a white person is racist than when a person of color is. Racism sucks but the real kicker is discrimination How's that relevant? My point was that nobody would be shocked if a white person was racist.

Would it be shocking if the roles were reversed? There's just as many racist black people as there are racist white people. edit: Am I wrong?

by ryanlol 11y ago

Would it be shocking if the roles were reversed? There's just as many racist black people as there are racist white people. edit: Am I wrong?

rustynails 11y ago

No, but two wrongs don't make a right. Also, as a society, we should be better than that. I'll give you an example. Some of my friends made disparaging remarks about Muslims. I made it clear that was a generalisation and pointed out a (predominantly Australian) area with a lot of crime, "what about that? Is that any different?" I've slowly but surely educated good people to show more tolerance. Having said that, I'll be the first to condemn inappropriate behaviour from a Muslim, Asian, white, feminist - I don't really care who. I don't have a PC bone in my body. There are some great comments in this thread. The one I can least relate to is that we can't talk to people who listen to different music or watch different TV. Really? I was involved with an African woman, Asian, European, Australian. I have had mixed friends all my life. I never honed in on TV shows, but, I honed in on honesty, integrity, attitude (eg. I can't stomach arrogance, victim mentality and aggressive people). Is this so rare that people can converse beyond skin colour and gender?

ryanlol 11y ago
>No, but two wrongs don't make a right. Not in the slightest what I was trying to communicate, my point was that racism is so prevalent that it's hardly shocking at this point. Obviously that's not a good thing, but I found it a bit odd that someone would be shocked by such a remark when you hear much worse things every single day.

dcole2929 11y ago

In short yes. A) There are more white people in America in general (see really any/every census) B) There are fare more white people in positions of power. So it matters more when a white person is racist than when a person of color is. Racism sucks but the real kicker is discrimination

ryanlol 11y ago
>A) There are more white people in America in general (see really any/every census) Obviously not what I meant >B) There are fare more white people in positions of power. So it matters more when a white person is racist than when a person of color is. Racism sucks but the real kicker is discrimination How's that relevant? My point was that nobody would be shocked if a white person was racist.