"Racism"

[Benton]

(03-14-2018, 06:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Every race can be racists, but only the race with all of the power can oppress minorities with racists actions.

So here in the US there is racism against white people, but since white people have a disproportionate amount of the wealth and power they are not oppressed by racism like African Americans and other minorities.

To the OP:
I fall in the "we're all biased" camp. Not just about race, but everything. You put me in a room of married white male writers in their late 30s with giant dongs who drive Nissans and like the Bengals... I'm pretty relaxed. Why? Because that's me. I identify with that, so I trust that a married white guy in his late 30s with a giant dong who drives a Nissan and likes the Bengals is an OK guy. We value and trust people on our ability to relate to them, whether that's based on race, gender, favorite sports team, station in life, or something else.

I don't think it's racism until it becomes action. When I hire people, I don't think about race, and I feel comfortable in saying I've never let that sway a decision. But could it effect my overall comfort with a candidate? Yes... but only as much as any other factor of that candidate being dissimilar from myself. In other words, if the interview gets into talking sports and a candidate says "Man, I'm a die hard Steelers fan" then that's going to effect my comfort level of that person. Not that I'd ever strike a candidate from a job based on their sports team, but it would play into the overall impression.


To Fred's post, I'd disagree. Racist minorities can have an impact on majorities of another race.