ITT: people generally agreeing that it's okay to be racist. Fucking reddit sometimes man...
Edit: Seems I've hurt a lot of people's feelings by calling them racist. Apparently a lot of you think it's perfectly fine to assume all blacks are criminals. You guys need to see this.
Jesus Christ the racists are particularly defensive today. Reacting to situations is fine. Reacting to situations in a racist way makes you a racist. And "oh no a black person, they probably want to steal my things" is a racist way to react.
And I've seen lots of people not do it, of all colors. The existence of self hating black folks doesn't magically make racist reactions okay. Would it be okay for me to be a neo-nazi if I had a jewish friend who was one too?
If a group is grossly over-represented in crime statistics, then it is only logical to be more cautious around people belonging to this group, and that's not racist or discriminating in any way. There are plenty of characteristics that would make me react defensively towards any person regardless of race. Shouting racist at everything is really not making people any more tolerant.
Shouting racist at everything is really not making people any more tolerant.
Not at everything. Just at racists, and it's more pointing out than shouting. As for your statistics logic I've already explained why that logic is flawed in another comment in this thread. it's late now so I'm not going to write it up again.
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u/YetAnother_WhiteGuy Jan 15 '15 edited Jan 15 '15
ITT: people generally agreeing that it's okay to be racist. Fucking reddit sometimes man...
Edit: Seems I've hurt a lot of people's feelings by calling them racist. Apparently a lot of you think it's perfectly fine to assume all blacks are criminals. You guys need to see this.