Let's play "Is it RACISM!!!!"

1. So, we're both predictable "oh no"

2. Okay, I forgive you for being mono-chromatic, but I never really cared in the first place. It also has nothing to do with that to which I was referring.

3. I don't think your around the world exploits are sad and pathetic. It would be really interesting if it mattered to me at all. Consider rewriting this one because, in context to the previous love notes between each other, it looks like you're calling yourself out for being sad and pathetic.

4. So, you're scared of people bringing up things that make you feel uncomfortable?

 

Lol, I see what you did there, now. I nearly forgot about my OP with the rest of the discussion in place. Sorry for ruining your entrance to the thread. Feel free to repeat that post, since I kind of messed it up for you.

 

If you say something offensive I will be offended. That merely indicates I'm of sound mind.

Interesting that you feel certain people should be "forgiven" for their skin color. Are you Mormon or some such religion? Do you think certain skin colors are a curse from God to be forgiven?

Of course they aren't. Why would they be?

Finding something distasteful≠scared

Which thesaurus are you using?

 

The problem is that "race" is just a stupid unscientific term with no real meaning. There is no objective way to determine someone's "race". It's just an arbitary categorization based upon someone's subjective assessment of "racial" characteristics and traits, which is just a form of circular reasoning, e.g., you belong to the "black race" because I say you do. So, you are right that "race" should just be totally discarded as a discussion topic, however, simply discussing it or even celebrating one "race" is not necessarily racism.

 

i like how its still racist...even though no race being above others are mentioned.

 

Is anything I said raycism? Apologies.

Why do they still keep race stats?

 

I doubt I'll get many replies then.

 

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

 

Yes there is something wrong with being racist, starting with the fact that it's based on the false premise of "race" being anything but an exercise in self-serving circular reasoning. Couple that with the fact that its conclusion is that certain races are inferior and you have a stupid, immoral ideology that should be mocked and berated.

The problem is that many people, apparently, simply have no idea what "racism" actually means. Saying "I like Hispanic/white/black people" is not necessarily "racism"; it's more like tribalism and tribalism, while ultimately arbitary and, I would argue, counterproductive, is not the evil kind of thinking that racism engenders.

 

My apologies, I thought we were taking what each other said placing it into whatever context we felt like.

Anyway, a curse from god is scared of travelling around the world for pitiful exploits of Mormons and such...blahblah blah... (The condensed version of my BS this time. Be kind and do the same).

I'm getting bored of the 'jerking each other off aggressively' game. We should do this some other time,though. It was interesting for a while.

 

I guess not. I was hoping for others to use it since it expanded the original concept further. I saw what you did there

 

I love being upperish middle class. I assume i may be upperish since i own a motor home and a couple other homes and then the home i live in that has a pool and a tennis court. but there are certain people i do not associate with. drug users. people who live in bad parts of town and don't work. people who have spent time in jail or are spending time in jail...unless they're white collar criminals. People who wear dirty wife beaters all the time. Even to court. People with very very bad teeth. swingers. democrats. incest practitioners. dog fighters. flashmobbers and Ows-ers.

Generally i like to hang with people like me. Ethiopian political asylum seekers in the US, small business owners, white and blue collar, attorneys, insurance people, christians, conservatives, catholic democrats, iranian restaurant managers. IT people, etc. All upperish middle class.

am i racist? lol

 

Less comfortable does not necessarily equate to uncomfortable. If you could quantify their level of comfort, less comfortable could be radically different from uncomfortable.

 

I was born in an all white country, moved to a city where I was a minority, went to undergrad at a mostly white school, went to graduate schools in multicultural places, and now live in a very ethnic area.

Im adaptable.

However, I do like to hear those same languages I grew up with. That is why I am in Greenpoint. It just makes me feel "home-y".

 

Because whether people like it or not they matter. There is nothing wrong with talking about race. It is how people talk about race that is often the problem. Take this forum for example. There is a hard core of forum posters that wouldn't (*)(*)(*)(*) on a black person if they were on fire. But whenever a black person bumps into another black person somewhere in America they rush to start threads about it because Concerned Troll is concerned.

 

Jeb, why does a big shot like yourself spend time trolling threads on an Internet forum? Wouldn't you be embarrassed if your friends and family knew what kind of childish antics you were engaging in? And as long as we're bringing up your extensive travels, why don't you tell me how you worked up the courage to eat the local food made by the local people. I imagine it must have been difficult to eat in places where a government official hadn't inspected or regulated your meal in some way, shape, or form, or did you just eat in a bunch of fancy westernized places with your black card? Just curious!

 

Play semantics all you want. What is not in dispute is the educated advanced members of our society do not suffer from that thought process. The more highly evolved amongst us do not behave like they live in some isolated Celtic tribal society. My friends and I do not feel "less comfortable" around people of other ethnicities.

 

What makes you think I'm a "big shot?"

Concerned Troll is concerned.

Why do you assume every other country doesn't inspect and regulate it's food?

 

You easily could be made "less comfortable" if the "other ethnicities" shared none of your values or interests.

 

There is nothing wrong with preferring to be around others who are of the same race or culture. It's not racist. The word 'racist' has become so all encompassing that practically anything short of praise or 100% acceptance of different races or cultures makes you a darn filthy racist.

You're not a racist unless you hold absolute views about other races, absolutely refuse to associate with different races/cultures, discriminate against others solely based on race/culture, or support extreme measures (think Nazi Germany) against other races/cultures. That's a racist.

The accusation of 'racist' has merely become a tool for the left of center to use, to activate the white guilt mechanism.

It doesn't work on me. I've become fully comfortable in realizing that at times I'm going to appear racist or bigoted to PC nutters with an agenda. BFD, it's not a crime, and nobody can actually do anything to me for having the views and opinions that I have.

 

This is gold. You are so prejudicial that the irony of this post is killing me!

 

You think Indian or Mexican street vendors are serving up government-regulated and -inspected food? Maybe in the western havens where wussy wannabes hang out there is a nice government-regulated food source, but the REAL CULTURE is out in the streets with the poor and the working classes and I can assure you their food sources are usually produced and harvested locally and brought to market ASAP. Since you are obviously a man of the people, a worldly, boss-like individual, some might say, you have obviously been in the streets and slums of many foreign nations to eat and dine with the locals. I'm just curious as to how you worked up the courage to eat the local food. Did you soak it in hydrogen peroxide or something?

 

Well that would indicate more of a problem with you rather than other ethnicities in which case you should be seeking counseling and not telling random strangers on the internet about it. There is not a single "race" or ethnicity of people on this planet that I have encountered where I couldn't find one individual that shared my values to a great extent. Of course I'm not a deranged right wing nut... so that helped.

 

Add Ad Hominem ftw. Prejudice is abundant with this one.

 

Nonwestern=unregulated feces in food and water with a side of AIDS

I'm beginning to see why you have problems.