Do you think racism is a type of mental illness?

[armory]

Obsession with racism and trying to find it in every nook and cranny is a mental illness.

There are more supposed victims than there are actual racists.

Who is your actual racist?? What color are they? Most will point to white men as the only racists on the face of the earth; it's been that way for years. Rich, old white men are oppressing the masses.

BS.

[Sprite97]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Where did you get the idea that this is what racism is? I have never in my life heard anything like this.

Racism | Define Racism at Dictionary.com

You never read or heard about how African slaves were treated when they were kidnapped and brought to this country? They were thought of as property/animals/less than human, feeling no pain.

[dedwardsjones]

A child is innocent until he or she is taught certain types of behavior. The environment people grow up in can be an influence if the person chooses to be a follower. Some of the people I pass in the downtown Minneapolis area when I'm going to work that stare at blacks in disgust come off to me as people that come from surrounding areas of the twin cities that are not used to diversity but grit their teeth through it daily because they have no choice. Some of these prejudice or racist people came up in a isolated environment of just their own race or very few minorities. I do believe the behavior is taught not necessarily from parents but by their community subliminally.