Are you racist? (Canada, financial, government, state)
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Not possible. Some thug is acting ill on the sidewalk, you are not going to make
me believe you give him the same polite smile and head nod that you give to the
smartly dressed Asian that you encounter next.
I'm not likely to run into an ill thug on the sidewalk but sure I probably wouldn't smile politely but that has nothing to do with his race.
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Before black athletes dominated basketball and football white men did pretty
well holding it down. Africans win marathons because they HAVE TO. If Bill
Rodgers entire village depended on him to bring Olympic Victory back to their
village so they could eat he would have won more marathons. As it was he won
plenty of them. Arnold Schwarzenegger remains one of the greatest bodybuilders
of all time and at 6'2" such a thing is nearly physically impossible. The black
men winning bodybuilding contests are under 5'10". You've been fed a whole lot
of circumstantial evidence that you accept at face value. Too bad. Not for you.
But for people like me.
Ok, chill. Just and observation lately as my gs has been boxing and I have noticed the black boxers look much more ripped than the white or Hispanic boxers.
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It is far more likely that someone like you will be in a position to offer
someone like me a job. And you won't. Not because I can't do it. But because you
think I can't. You aren't even going to give me a chance to fail. And then over
dinner when the topic turns to those people and why don't they ever do anything
else other than play basketball or football you won't even remember the 3
resumes you threw in the trash with the vaguely African American sounding
names..
I don't even know you but if I were ever in such a position I wouldn't give you a job because that big ol' chip on your shoulder would interfere with your job.
I'm a culturalist... I would rather not be around people who blast rap music, have their pants down to their knees.. I find these people have a tendency towards violence and also drug use (not that I support the war on drugs) compared to people who don't do these things. Whether their skin color is black or white doesn't really matter much to me... their behavior does...
I have a strict definition of racism: if you are panicked, disgusted or enraged at the thought of one of "our white women" (or pick your race) being impregnated by a man of another race, then the odds are good that you are a real, hardcore racist. The attitude towards race mixing, with the racist's own race providing the mother, is the tell.
Eh, it's complicated. Having lived in racially mixed neighborhood and gone to racially mixed schools, I know that there's a lot more nuance to this issue than people from lily-white suburbs who love to scream RACIST!!! at people seem to think.
An excuse to avoid being held responsible for one's own actions and state in life.
The USA is the most racially tolerant country on the planet, yet, there are many who would have you believe we are just a few minutes away from lynchings, forced segregation, and cross burnings. And it keeps on going because there are some who profit greatly by keeping that pot stirred up.
I thought I once a racist chic till when I have needs the race I hate most (Muslim) is the one who gave his hand to help me... from then we became friend and we have more understanding, and I don't have hate on the religion anymore, although lot of bull**** murder from ISIS I still believe not all the same.
and in my nearly 2 months job search, the people willing to share info and help you to find a job is the race that UNEXPECTED NICE! My heart from "fear" of them become respect! Skin's color can't concluded a person's attitude and behaviour... and yes, I am now in inter-marriage... going to have mixed bleed in our family in June, and I'm looking forward.
I listen to rap music (don't sag though), drink 40's (Old English is my fav) and smoke weed but I also run 3 businesses, help family, and do a hell of a lot for the community.
If I wore Polos, drank Budweiser and did coke would I then be accepted?? (Wall St.)
Gtownoe... you and I agree on a great many things here. Not everything, mind you, but you seem to be a freedom loving individual like myself, which is where we find common ground. I'd drink a couple of beers, and smoke a joint with you any time.
As for hip-hop. I can't stand the new stuff, so old school for me is where it's at in terms of that genre of music. Other than that my music selection is very wide, and I can find a song from any genre in any era that I like. As for beer, I drink whatever is on sale, but love me some Heineken. I've also been known to snag a couple of tall boy cans from the gas station on the way home.
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