Which group is more racist?

DeathMagus · Dec 27, 2007

Fear said:
Wait, is this a joke thread or not?

Aren't you getting the memos?

Snowbunny · Dec 27, 2007

i'm kind of shocked and curious that 'black people' is so popular a choice... why?

maybe i'm the only person here who feels this way, but does anybody else think the media is trying to promote hostility between blacks and hispanics that really isn't there? all of a sudden there are all of these 'studies' and news 'reports' from actual respected media about black and latino violence, and people are asking why this occurs but nobody asks if it really does occur...

i honestly never felt safer than when i was in college and used to jog through harlem at 9pm... i knew almost everybody and they all knew me, i visited all the old people and brought them bread and pastries, tutored a lot of the high school kids and harped on the ones my age to go to Church on sunday. they loved it... there wasn't a thug in new york that didn't remember me as the girl teaching their younger brother algebra, bringing their grandparents bagels or talking to their little sisters about abstinence. i felt safe because i knew everybody was watching me and looking for me and looking out for me, so that if anything happened i would be okay.

columbia campus on the other hand was very dangerous for me... i am still being stalked by three students. one of the most astonishing things about college is how little they take sexual assault and harassment seriously... not the administration itself, but the other students and colleagues. and in the end if your fellow classmates don't care to take the issue seriously then there is very little the administration can do...

Snowbunny · Dec 27, 2007

also, about this ridiculous poll... aside from the issue of racism not belonging to any particular group i just wanted to point out 'muslims' isn't a race and hispanics is exclusive toward non spanish speaking latinos... but even latino is not a race... there are mestizo latinos, black latinos, native american latinos and white (criollo) latinos like me. im half french anyway... most of the time people think im italian...

'latino' kind of assumes a uniformity of culture, color and ethnic background that doesn't truly exist about the only thing latinos have in common is some connection to americas south of the united states... and even then their connection can range from strong to extremely tenuous.

i really think you have some mixed up ideas about ethnic groups... these designations do not matter, you should look past them...

platzapS · Dec 27, 2007

I'm not racist, but Others tend to really be exclusive of the rest of us, don't you agree? I have an Other friend and a pen pal who's half-Other, so it's not like I'm talking about the whole race. It's just in general they tend to hang out with each other and talk down to whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.

JGG · Dec 27, 2007

Eazy E said:
Which group tends to be more racist?

Whites?
Blacks?
Asians?
Muslims?

I can't imagine a more self-defeating question.

Or can I?

DeathMagus · Dec 27, 2007

This thread is simultaneously one of the funniest and saddest threads I've ever encountered. ::twitch::

Rochir · Dec 27, 2007

Eazy E said:
Which group tends to be more racist?

Whites?
Blacks?
Asians?
Muslims?

Christians?

seed757 · Dec 27, 2007

I can't believe that those filthy Morlocks didn't make the list. For shame.

WatersMoon110 · Dec 27, 2007

seed757 said:
I can't believe that those filthy Morlocks didn't make the list. For shame.

Morlocks are bad, but I think that Elves are the most racist. Prancing around, feeling all superior to everyone all the time!

SaintInChicago · Dec 27, 2007

WatersMoon110 said:
Morlocks are bad, but I think that Elves are the most racist. Prancing around, feeling all superior to everyone all the time!

Never trust an elf!

Maren · Dec 27, 2007

I think those that actually answer this question are the most racist.

SaintInChicago · Dec 27, 2007

Maren said:
I think those that actually answer this question are the most racist.

So claiming that a certain culture or group as a whole exhibits certain traits or tendencies amounts to belief that one race and its members are superior to another?

Maren · Dec 27, 2007

SaintInChicago said:
So claiming that a certain culture or group as a whole exhibits certain traits or tendencies amounts to belief that one race and its members are superior to another?

American Heritage Dictionary said:
rac·ism (rā'sĭz'əm)

n.

The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

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The question, as noted by most on this thread, clearly appears to be racist.

MsAnne · Dec 27, 2007

Eudaimonist said:
Humans.

Seriously, the question itself smacks of racism.

My initial thought. But then:

Gotta love those trick questions (at least I hope that's what the OP was supposed to be).

That's what I'm hoping was the intention.
I must admit however, all of the answers so far have been intriguing.

SaintInChicago · Dec 27, 2007

Maren said:
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[/list]The question, as noted by most on this thread, clearly appears to be racist.

Interesting. I was taught that racism and racial prejudice are two different things. For example white supremacists would be racists, but the common belief among Japanese people that blacks have natural rhythm would be racial prejudice.

Would you say that claiming that Asians have a different digestive capabilities than Caucasians is racist, even though scientific research has found this to be true?

DeathMagus · Dec 27, 2007

Maren said:
I think those that actually answer this question are the most racist.

Well, only if one's answer happens to be a race. I could, theoretically, freely answer "Nazis" without being racist.

vajradhara · Dec 27, 2007

other = arabs

metta,

~v

r1nn · Dec 27, 2007

Everyone's a little bit racist
Sometimes.
Doesn't mean we go
Around committing hate crimes.
Look around and you will find
No one's really color blind.
Maybe it's a fact
We all should face
Everyone makes judgments
Based on race.

In all seriousness though, one ethnicity isn't more racist than another ethnicity.

vajradhara · Dec 27, 2007

r1nn said:
In all seriousness though, one ethnicity isn't more racist than another ethnicity.

have you ever been a non-arab living in an arab country?

metta,

~v

r1nn · Dec 27, 2007

vajradhara said:
have you ever been a non-arab living in an arab country?

metta,

~v

I am not Arabic but no, I've never been in the Middle East or "Arab Country". What does this have to do anything?

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