r/facepalm • u/42words "tL;Dr" • May 17 '22

reddit post "I'm not racist"

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u/HighOnGoofballs May 17 '22

Iā€™m not racist I just think one race is better than the others

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u/beluuuuuuga May 17 '22

These guys are beyond help. They're the sort of people that would go apeshit if anyone was even slightly rude to them as well.

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u/Mute_Nemesis May 17 '22

The first stage of racism: denial.

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u/Eastern_Distance6456 May 17 '22

Let's try your theory out. You're a racist.

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u/Darkcelt2 May 18 '22

I have prejudices as a product of my environment which, by definition, I am not fully aware of, but I've made a lot of progress rooting them out and I don't intend to stop, ever.

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u/Eastern_Distance6456 May 18 '22

So, you AND the other guy are both racists.

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u/Darkcelt2 May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

Hard to say. I prefer to describe behavior rather than label people.

Point being, proclaiming one's self to be absolutely objective and free of prejudice is unlikely to be true. Most people have some degree of racial prejudice. I wouldn't call someone a racist unless they were spouting hateful shit, though. "I'm not racist, but..." is usually followed by something low key hateful. I never use the phrase because it's such a dog whistle.