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May I ask you a question? Not for the sake of argument or anything - I'm genuinely curious. Yes, racist people exist. No doubt here. As do exist many other na
by AlexTWithBeard 8y ago
May I ask you a question?
Not for the sake of argument or anything - I'm genuinely curious.
Yes, racist people exist. No doubt here. As do exist many other nasties: dishonest salesmen, stupid teachers, dumb police officers, incompetent doctors - you name it. They make the headlines, but I firmly believe there's not that many of them and most of people are fully adequate and reasonable.
From the article it sounds like there's a full faculty of racist bigots who see maintaining white supremacy as their primary goal. He's universally hated just for the color of his skin and there are few to no people who treat him as equal.
Is it really that bad?
- tptacek 8y agoThere is no place in this NYT profile where Goins makes any claim about a "full faculty of racist bigots who see maintaining white supremacy as their primary goal", so that's not a reasonable question to ask.
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoLooks like you've dismissed my question on technicality. I have to admit this is not exactly the answer I was looking for.
- tptacek 8y agoNot that it matters, but just because my nerd brain won't let this go until I type this out: refuting the core premise of your question isn't a "technicality". The correct answer to "is it really that bad", in this case, is "NaN fssst bzzrt pop!"
- archagon 8y agoMost racism is not that overt, or even conscious. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most people who behaved in a racist manner didn't view themselves as racist in the slightest.