Racism against whites

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I'm white and these things have all happened to me too. It's difficult to tell what's racism and what are simply other factors. People are just untrusting of young males in general(who isn't?). Now that I'm older and balding I don't get as many people looking at me suspiciously in stores or trying to sell/buy drugs.

The only racism I really encounter is when I'm outside with my darkie wife and some people(usually older female immigrants) have staring problems. But even they're probably mostly just curious. I'm sure my red hair makes us stick out even more.

I honestly don't think racism is much of a problem on the Canadian West coast compared to most of the world. You hear a few white trashers complaining about the "chinks taking over" but they don't represent most people here.

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Yeah, you're right. People just don't trust young males. It's sorta weird... you can't really do anything to make them feel better without looking odd.

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Originally Posted by Brisco Bold

I think Ironplant's implying he doesn't agree with that either.

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What I was trying to say was that racism is a type of culturism, which assumes that your genetics causes cultural differences. Exp; a guy sees a black guy and assumes he likes fried chicken and pot. He assumes that person has certain cultural attributes. The cultural things that they assume are the key to the hate. They hate those things for whatever reasons (fear, stupidity, etc, etc) so they harbor hate for the people they assume have them.

That is the ultimate stupidity in all of this, assuming all these cultural things about a person because of their skin color.

Okay, now I see what you mean.
Stereotyping someone based solely on 'race' is very stupid indeed.

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Originally Posted by Vasteel

Quoted for ignorance. Racism is ALL about power. That is what seperates it from ignorant prejudice or stereotyping, although it often coexists with these things.

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I believe Racism is more about fear. Fear of losing power, fear of becoming the minority, fear of being an inferior race....

It's kind of like the school bully. He doesn't attack people, just because he hates them. He does so, because he doesn't want look weak in the eyes of those around him.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

It's kind of like the school bully. He doesn't attack people, just because he hates them. He does so, because he doesn't want look weak in the eyes of those around him.

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Y'know, I heard all growing up that bullies were like, really scared and all that shit and that was why they beat people up. But that doesn't make it true. Bullies people up for 2 reasons: 1) they can, and 2) they like to beat people up.

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Originally Posted by Vasteel

Y'know, I heard all growing up that bullies were like, really scared and all that shit and that was why they beat people up. But that doesn't make it true. Bullies people up for 2 reasons: 1) they can, and 2) they like to beat people up.

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Only if you let them. I've had bullies that didn't back it up, when I showed them anger. They want you to be scared of them. There is the other side of the coin, where a bully can just be a person that likes to fight. But I've found on many occasions, that when I'm really not in the mood to deal with their bullshit, that they really are big pussies.

People can be bullies for all kinds of reasons. Some are weak, and some are not, and I guess if you're going to act tough you should hope the bully you're dealing with is the former.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

I believe Racism is more about fear. Fear of losing power, fear of becoming the minority, fear of being an inferior race....

It's kind of like the school bully. He doesn't attack people, just because he hates them. He does so, because he doesn't want look weak in the eyes of those around him.

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That is partly true if you are talking about stupid white trash. They talk shit about everything they feel is going to try to change their world.

BTW, I find it very funny for quite some time that the poorest white people hate Demo's the most. The very people that need liberal programs to help them, will not vote for a democrat.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

That is partly true if you are talking about stupid white trash. They talk shit about everything they feel is going to try to change their world.

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It's more predominant in poor areas, whether you're white, brown or black. Go to any poor side of town and you'll see what I mean.

South Dallas, some parts of Arlington and even Irving have gang tags littering the overpasses and buildings in the area.

I didn't get accepted to a college because I was white (I was told during the interview that they had an african american quota to fill so I'd have a tough time getting a spot that year, but to apply earlier the next year).