01-10-2018, 09:54 AM
(01-10-2018, 12:37 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Even if you have to go to the 3rd of 3 to explain your stance....Perhaps a better word for your interpretation would be prejudice or discrimination.
As I said: I'm sure your definition is much broader than mine. That is why I said a better question would be the individual's definition of racism.
Are you willing to give me your definition in a sentence?
Definitions in a dictionary aren't listed in a ranking system. Each definition is an equally valid definition of the word. So me choosing that one and you choosing another are equally discriminatory.
My definition, more specifically, the one that I tend to go by when I look at it is an expression of racial prejudice. Whether it be words or action, an expression of that prejudice is racism. Prejudice is the internal beliefs we carry about people, and when we express those that are based on race, that's racism.
So, for example: "It is racial prejudice to hold on to stereotypes, whether they are perceived to be positive or negative, about a person based on their race; it is racism to ask the Asian person to do the math based on that stereotype."
(01-10-2018, 03:19 AM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: How does a person become racist?
I myself think that racists are made, they are raised from an early age by parents and siblings to hate because that child trusts what their family says. Then at one point in their lives, that hatred and prejudice is confirmed by some jackass who does them or someone they love wrong. Then there's the ignorance factor and sheer stupidity that is rampant in every community in every city, county, and state in the world.
Here's a question for you all,
Is it racist to call a black man or woman the N word simply to hurt that particular person or to piss them off?
I typed out a couple of responses to this, but I can make an argument in both directions.
