What exactly is a racist?

The title "racist" gets thrown around a lot these days. AOC recently accused the speaker of the house of being a racist. The speaker herself, since before AOC had her driver's license, has been accusing others of being "racist" on a weekly, if not daily, basis.

I want to make very clear exactly what I mean by "racist". A "racist" is personal; that is to imply that, "racists" are people. Non-human animals, plants and inanimate objects cannot be "racist". Actual groups of actual people can actually be "racist"; however, theoretical categories of people can only be theoretically racist. Only actual people can actually be racist.

So, what is a racist - exactly?
A RACIST IS ONE WHO ATTRIBUTES TO RACE OR RACISM
THAT WHICH IS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO RACE OR RACISM.
That's it. It's no more complicated than that. It has absolutely nothing to do with the exercise of power or minority status or anything else other than the simple error of attributing to race or racism that which is not attributable to race or racism.

Whether one attributes to race, or racism, that which is not actually attributable to race, or racism, that one is a racist. Even if that one is sincerely wrong, even if that one has self-sufficient reasons to attribute to race, or racism, that which is not attributable to race, or racism, that one is still a racist. One need not have any ill will toward anyone to be a racist. One need not act upon their racism to be a racist. All one needs to be a racist is to be wrong about that one particular attribution; that's it.

That written, AOC is correct to call Nancy a racist. Nancy has been attributing to racism that which is not attributable to racism for a very, very long time. That makes her a racist. Ironically, attributing to racism that which is not attributable to racism is the exact same racism that AOC is now using to attack her political progenitors. I have only two words for our speaker of the house -
Maximilien Robespierre.

 

It's whatever the liberal/progressives say it is. Oh how they love to screw with the language and now the definitions. Real racism is a very minute part of America now that is a demonstrable fact. The left wants to promote a fairytale about pervasive racism that is just political bullshit. Sure, lets create hate by claiming hate where none exists. Pure Alinsky Bullshit.

 

Liberals will claim that a policy not just a person is racist. That's just ridiculous. Policies apply to all and cannot be racist.

After Universal Suffrage was passed there were literacy test for voting, but you're exempted from taking the test if your grandfather voted. Liberals called that racist even though it applied to everyone, blacks and white.

 

No, you're COMPLETELY wrong.

I'm pretty sure this has been asked here before.

racist: a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

Do you see the difference?

 

Yeah, like I own this factory and these drinking fountains are for whites employees only couldn't be construed as a policy. That's just ridiculous.

 

The thing that is hilarious about Trump supporters is they never see racism anywhere except when they think it's aimed at them (which is beyond delusional and pathetic). But all of a sudden it's clear as a bell.

 

Racist: Anyone who bests a liberal in a political argument.

 

Hey wait a minute; in the past when you proved or convinced me that i was wrong I never once referred to you as a racist.

 

But you are not a liberal.

 

Oh yeah, i forgot about that.

 

Whether one attributes to race or racism that which is not attributable to race or racism that one is a racist.

There are today, in the US, far more racists who attribute to racism that which is not attributable to racism than there are racists who attribute to race that which is not attributable to race.

 

Actual racism is by no means extinct but far more common is lobbing the label as a political weapon to shut others down, which is just as bad, in it's own right. It trivializes the real thing and desensitizes people to it.

If this is a tool of yours, congrats, you truly suck.

 

Attributing to racism that which is not attributable to racism is no less racist than attributing to race that which is not attributable to race.

 

You keep saying that but it's incorrect baloney. Did you make up that garbage or did you get from some right wing clown?

It's funny that conservatives or Trumpsters or whatever pretend like they don't really know what racism is, and yet go to so much trouble to dance around it all the time. Or maybe they really are that clueless.

Not fooling anyone except maybe themselves.

 

a person of one race that discriminates against another race based on their race

racists come in all sizes, shapes and colors

 

Did you wipe the poop off this sewer turd, before handling it ^ ?

 

a policy can be racist, such as not allowing blacks to vote...

the policy you spoke of was racist as it was designed to keep black people from voting, in this day and age it would not be a big deal racially as blacks and whites go to public schools and have for some time - though it would not be allowed as it prevents Americans from voting

 

The turds are Trumpsters and their bullshit views on racism.

 

^ more poop nuggets ^

 

He's right. There is so much attributed to racism which is not racism. Perfect example. White man questions a stranger whether he belongs in the building. He may question all strangers, but if the stranger is black and assumed that the man questions him becsuse he is black he's the racist not the man.

 

Quit with the logic and common sense, it's just not fair!

 

Strange perfect example! Does he question all strangers or not? Do blacks face a higher probability of being questioned? Perfect your perfect example!

 

Does that white man you’re referring to question all strangers?

 

The problem is that the definition of “racist” is subjective. It’s not always cut and dry. In addition, it depends how much ones politics influence the person making that judgement.

 

The word has undergone a major revision.Thru overuse and political expediency.
Like how the word Abortion was used throughout the decades.In the 50's it
was a very naughty word and spoken only in private { very private }.
I mean,if the 60's Steve McQueen/Natalie Wood movie :
- Love With the Proper Stranger - { 1963 } is any bellwether.
Same thingy only more In Yer Face with the once naughty word " Racist ".
Unless used by guys like Stokely Carmichael or James Baldwin.
Extended into today's landscape by guys like Harry Belafonte,
who doesn't even need to iterate it.It's virtually everywhere like weeds.