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In reply to the discussion: 28 Common Racist Attitudes And Behaviors [View all]LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)37. The color blind act probably works better when you don't use a racial slur.
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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