phew. Just today I was nice to three. That means I only gotta choke back the bile and smile at one tomorrow.
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phew. Just today I was nice to three. That means I only gotta choke back the bile and smile at one tomorrow.
It just means that the ones you're not nice to, you're not nice to for reasons other than being racist. It's not that complicated.Quote:
Does that mean that in order to not be racist, you have to be nice to all? What about a vast majority? Or would 51% work?
But it is! If you are mean or rude to anyone of color you are immediately declared a racist no matter what activity they were a part of that brought such meanness and rudeness to the forefront. What is a body to do? You can't declare that you have black friends because that has become the stereotype of the racist. Do you say No asshole, I'm not a racist, I just called you a nigger because you walked in here with your half smoked cigarette behind your ear stinking up the store, made the female employee uncomfortable with your sexual advances, proceeded to interrupt me every time I was on the phone or talking to another customer. Would that be acceptable?
I'm not saying using the word nigger automatically makes you racist, but if you give a fuck about being accused of it, it probably isn't the best word choice.
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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
No, two, being nice to three only makes you more racist by way of overcompensation. Trying to hard stinks of white guilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
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Originally Posted by Shine
Forgot all about this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
Then you honestly have never met a racist in your life. Which I'm sure any black man could attest to being treated differently because of their skin. In South Africa a popular sports journalist up here in Canada (Cabbie) was told he wasn't allowed in a club because he was a black man. This was by a black bouncer. Because he was black. Not because he was a dick (Cabbie is amazing), or because they didn't agree. But because he was black.
I think you are lazy and being lazy in your approach to the issue. People make generalizations about race. Sometimes they are true and funny (black man = chicken, irish = drunk) and sometimes they hinder the life of a well-to-do person. There is a line.
I don't see how I'm making racists in to mythical beasts. In fact I'm telling you the opposite. Just because someone drops a nigger doesn't necessarily mean he's a racist. He could have been mad at a black guy and said something to hurt him in return. Almost always when that happens the guy in question has remorse about the situation. Because he was hot under the collar. That man isn't a racist, he made a morally wrong decision. When a black man is in need that man who said nigger may go out of his way to help. Likewise a man who doesn't say nigger because it's taboo (for good reason) may pass by the same scenario without helping the man in need. This is the claim the NAACP makes about affirmative action. Bosses weren't hiring black guys because they were black. Even when they were much more qualified for the position.Quote:
There's no one who's going to see Whoopi Goldberg and think she's going to rob them, get into a physical altercation, or mooch off the welfare system. That's not how racism works. Stop making racists into mythical creatures. Have you ever met and talked to a racist?
That is why I said racism isn't the word nigger. It can be. But you're being juvenile and simple about a complex set of relationships and it's, quite frankly, embarrassing to have to explain it to a grown man who I considered intelligent.
Apology accepted. That was my point. Mel Gibson has a history of saying racist things. But according to Whoopi Goldberg the man she knows did not harbour hatred to black people. So maybe he is just a loud mouth hot head. I don't really care, either way. I don't know Mel Gibson and don't ever plan to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
I have an Aryan friend who is racist and always has to say something about how clean cut, well dressed, spoken, and how nice -- but not flashy -- a car his drug dealer has.
Drew, please do me a favor and shut the fuck up until you finish reading my posts. It's just really obvious to me you have no idea what I'm even talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewbacca
You know why that shit was in the news, Drew? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FUCKING HAPPEN THAT MUCH. I'm just saying for every 1 of those there's 100 dudes with a black friend that pitch a bitch when their sister or daughter brings a black guy home, and 100 more dudes who get along with their black coworkers who go home and pitch a bitch that a few black people moved in across the street from them.
This is real, everyday racism. I know you live in a notoriously politically-sensitive country with a 2% black population and you're not exposed to the kinds of prejudice not-famous black people have to deal with every day, but it's not lynchings and it's not being thrown out of public places. It's much more subtle and much more pervasive that, and it's not something that's going to make headlines.
Where is this even coming from? Of course there's a line between observational humor and the practice of discrimination. No one here has confused this point, and I have never called anyone racist for the language they use or for making jokes. It's discriminatory behavior and feelings of superiority that define racism, not observing cultural differences.Quote:
I think you are lazy and being lazy in your approach to the issue. People make generalizations about race. Sometimes they are true and funny (black man = chicken, irish = drunk) and sometimes they hinder the life of a well-to-do person. There is a line.
Again, NO ONE said otherwise. Stop being retarded. All I said was that if you have a habit of being a racist fuck all the time, you're a racist. EVEN IF you're nice to Whoopi Goldberg.Quote:
Just because someone drops a nigger doesn't necessarily mean he's a racist.
I never said Mel Gibson was a racist, I just said I don't think Whoopi is in a position to pardon him without knowing how he treats others.
I never argued against that point, you stupid fuck. Notice I didn't even quote that part when I responded you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewbacca