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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:04 PM Original message |
Everyone is a little bit racist..... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. To reject what is different from us if human nature. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Yours is a great post, dear KT. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Yep. We are probably hard-wired for a little bit of racism. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just because there is a latent feeling doesn't mean we have to accept it. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And what about the questions I post in the original text ?n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Actually, the answer would be not to deny that side of our nature... |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yup. I wouldn't refer to it as racism but more like |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Its always best to grow with experience... |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You know what's crazy. Whenever I hear black Ricans talk about |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. LOL, I know, I get the same thing... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would say there's a difference between being prejudiced and racist. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. As defined by dictionary.com |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Okay, so I'm not totally off-base. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I agree with you. n/t |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't tend to think like that. . .although of course I react differently |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. What is your ethnic background? |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I'm a white half-German boy. . . |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Good one! n/t |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And hetero white males are your problem? |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Well, I don't normally tell this kind of story. . . |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Ooooh, that's h..... nevermind. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. LOLOLOL |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Go see the movie "Crash" and you will see how right you are |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That is an excellent example. Especially the young rookie cop. n/t |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. We all wage a daily battle against out own prejudices and |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. I will admit that I am racist |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I think there is a difference between being not a racist |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am white but have always identified with |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's your test? |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I thought it was a good test |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. That's someone being more racist.... |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. People make assumptions and judgments based on lots of things |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. "dated more than 3 different ethnic groups"? Including my own? Yep. |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. i grew up in Hawaii |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Just posting this question to this group |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm intelligent?? |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Race is an illusion |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I agree with you; Race is an illusion. We are all African if we go |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't know if I'm racist, at least not really... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dark part of ourselves? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Racism is Everywhere in the World |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. a kick for |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. I recall this story from a former boss of my husband |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. When the folks started talking about diversity some years back |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. In answer to your questions... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. I have the same racial mixture as you. |
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Ayesha (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Racist or culture-ist? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm white, and I attended a mainly black elementary school. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
49. Stereotyping is not always being racist. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. Racism has multiple meanings. Avenue Q is simplistic. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. i have dated people from every race |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. What's your point? Humans have a lot of natural tendencies that we as a |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. Most of my bigotry and 'racism' stems from fears of oppression |
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