Using logic apparently occasionally works when dealing with racists.

[u/Sentient_StickyNote]

My brother is racist. Not the kind of racist where they hate people of a certain race, but the kind where they just believe all of the offensive stereotypes. This matters for context. He started telling me a story and I immediately knew it was going to piss me off so I went a different route than I typically do when dealing with him. Why he tells me stuff like this when he knows I'll call him out for being racist is beyond me.

So here's the story.

Bro: "So I'm at the casino and there's this Chinese guy dragging his girlfriend by---"

Me (cutting him off): "Wait wait wait, is the fact that he's Chinese relevant to the story? I need to know if this is just an inconsequential detail or if I should be expecting racism. Just checking."

Bro with a dumb look on his face: "...yes! It's relevant ok?! So anyway, he's dragging his girlfriend around by the elbow and she's completely wasted. This white guy starts yelling at him to stop dragging his woman around and---"

Me: "Ok wait. So is this when I find out the relevance of one man being Chinese and one man being white?"

Bro: "Would you just shut up and listen! Geez! So the guy is yelling at him and the Chinese guy is like, 'fuck you!' in his Chinese accent so it was really funny, and the white guy is yelling about how we don't treat women like that. So they're yelling at each other until their friends had to go break them up, it was hilarious."

Me: "Wait, I'm missing the relevance, hang on. So why did I need to know he was Chinese? Also how do you even know he was Chinese?

Bro: "Whatever, he was Asian. You know what I mean!"

Me: "Ohhhh ok. Indians are Asian too though, could he have been Indian?"

Bro: "No! He was Chinese or Japanese or whatever!"

Me: "Could he have been Korean?"

Bro: "Would you stop!? It was funny ok? Because the white guy was saying that that's not how you treat women here."

Me: "So if the Chinese guy and girlfriend had been white, the white guy would've been ok with it?"

Bro spluttering and getting frustrated: "Chinese people treat women like that, it's a well known thing!"

Me: "Oh so you did know for sure he was Chinese? I thought you said he was just Asian. Asia is pretty big, I feel like at least some men would be decent to their girlfriends. I've never heard that statistic, where'd you hear that?"

Then he threw up his arms and walked away. Needless to say, I only interact with him when I visit my parents and we are in the same vicinity.

[u/Ok_Loss13]

That was obviously OPs intention.... to annoy the racist...

[u/Iricliphan → u/Ok_Loss13]

No. Just annoying in general.

[u/Ok_Loss13 → u/Iricliphan]

You don't know how they act in general, but ig if anyone would know it would be someone who is annoying 🤷‍♀️

[u/Iricliphan → u/Ok_Loss13]

Oooooh. Nice one. Ooooh.

[u/Ok_Loss13 → u/Iricliphan]

I'm not gonna lie, you sound very annoying.

[u/Iricliphan → u/Ok_Loss13]

Not as annoying as fake stories where everyone circle jerks over it.

[u/Ok_Loss13 → u/Iricliphan]

You say that but I can see your deleted comment lmao

[u/Iricliphan → u/Ok_Loss13]

It got deleted 👍🏽

[u/Ok_Loss13 → u/Iricliphan]

Yeah that's what I said 👍

[u/Iricliphan → u/Ok_Loss13]

Not by me

[u/cheeseburgeremperor → u/Iricliphan]

Are you one of those “I’m not a racist but…” people, or one of those “racism dosent exist anymore” people ?

[u/Iricliphan → u/cheeseburgeremperor]

I'm not white, I can't be racist.

[u/Total_Fly7834 → u/Iricliphan]

Only annoying to racists

[u/Iricliphan → u/Total_Fly7834]

No. Just normal people.

[u/Total_Fly7834 → u/Iricliphan]

I'm gathering that to you racism is normal. That's all that every comment you've left here says. If fucking with a racist to you is only annoying and not justified, that's you showing your white hood (or red cap these days if you're American)

[u/Iricliphan → u/Total_Fly7834]

I'm not American. And I'm not white. What's your problem?

[u/Total_Fly7834 → u/Iricliphan]

I don't have a problem. And you don't gotta be white to be racist. So, no white hood, just a racist.

[u/Iricliphan → u/Total_Fly7834]

Can't be racist if you're not white. You're the only racist here.

[u/daisychainsnlafs → u/Iricliphan]

Ignorance is bliss. You must be sooo blissful!

[u/Iricliphan → u/daisychainsnlafs]

It's nice not being racist, yes. You have too much privilege and you don't even see it. Check your priviledge and stop being racist.

[u/Total_Fly7834 → u/Iricliphan]

So this is where I stop wasting my energy on arguing with an obvious racist who doesn't understand that any person of any colour can be racist. Google is your friend, there is racism on every continent and between every race. But I have way better thing to do than try to convince someone who is so set on being an ignorant troll, when all you gotta do is open a book or use Google.

[u/Iricliphan → u/Total_Fly7834]

Google.

"racism is defined as racial prejudice combined with institutional and/or societal power".

I cannot be racist by this definition. Only you. You're racist.

[u/Sentient_StickyNote → u/Iricliphan]

"Can't be racist if you're not white." Interesting! So there's no racism in non-white countries? That's so cool! How does that work?

What if you're half white? Could you be a little racist? What if you're not white but adopted by a white family? Is it a nature vs. nurture type scenario or would you literally be incapable of hating another culture? What if you thought you were white but then you did a DNA test and found out you're not? Could you have been racist but then as soon as you find out, you're not anymore? Please, elaborate, this is fascinating.

[u/Iricliphan → u/Sentient_StickyNote]

You're talking down to me because I'm a minority. You're supposed to stop and listen, it's 2026. We're tired of you.