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In reply to the discussion: 28 Common Racist Attitudes And Behaviors [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)84. Yeah. Avatar is racist because the blue-skinned aliens supposedly represent black people.
Pocahontas is racist because the Europeans were depicted too sympathetically.
Star Wars Episode 1 was racist because of Jar Jar Binks.
The Lion King was racist because one of the evil hyenas was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg.
King Kong? "King Kong feeds into all the colonial hysteria about black hyper-sexuality".
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It used to be that treating people differently based upon their skin color was racist,
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#11
That poster is one of a handful of folks here that have made it perfectly clear they don't get
Number23
Dec 2013
#107
Yes, their actions reveal them, don't they? Racism is their pet issue, and they don't know the issue
kwassa
Dec 2013
#108
I agree with your "It's like being right handed or left. Statement of fact" statement though.
Matariki
Dec 2013
#21
No... no, I'm pretty proud of white people in America.. well, the progressive ones that is...
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#88
I notice someone's race. I notice their hair color. I notice their height. I notice lots of things.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#19
The phrase "character, not color is what counts with me" was condemned in #1 (nt)
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#63
More helpful would be to describe how white people can possibly not be racist
Blue_In_AK
Dec 2013
#17
Why? Because racism is a thing of the past and we don't need to bother paying attention anymore?
ismnotwasm
Dec 2013
#26
No, it's because of people like the author who needs to expand the definition...
Decaffeinated
Dec 2013
#28
My African-American boss once said that, in America, at least "Everyone is racist" and she did
whathehell
Dec 2013
#58
I understand what you're saying, but my understanding is that a person of minority status
whathehell
Dec 2013
#76
AMEN!! The tenants of racism today are STILL econmica equality and education, even Bush saw this
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#92
I grew up in the 80s, and if you choose not to believe her story, that's your choice.
moriah
Dec 2013
#86
What I said was that you didn't often see them in starring roles, or in commercials.
moriah
Dec 2013
#100
There's a word for what you're experiencing and what you've freely opened yourself up to...
MrScorpio
Dec 2013
#61
Not as much, it seems, as Men are to the concept of Male Priviliedge, if this website is any
whathehell
Dec 2013
#104
Very good list. 1, 15 & 16 are common when I cross paths with people who never left my home town.
hunter
Dec 2013
#75
Yeah. Avatar is racist because the blue-skinned aliens supposedly represent black people.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#84