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Niceguy1

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49. really?

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:48 AM

Dec 2013

So even if I have biracial children, and may have one more, but of a different race I am still a racist?

Wow. So no matter how open minded I am?

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28 Common Racist Attitudes And Behaviors [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2013 OP

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Welcome to DU! nt MrScorpio Dec 2013 #2

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can't read attached pdf Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #3

Try it with a different browser MrScorpio Dec 2013 #7

Displays fine in Chrome. n/t Feral Child Dec 2013 #71

I see that "#1" all the time at other sites I visit, bullwinkle428 Dec 2013 #5

Stephen Colbert riffs on the first one Stinky The Clown Dec 2013 #6

Wow RobinA Dec 2013 #8

Not so secretly. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #77

Very good summary of the common racist memes. Deep13 Dec 2013 #9

so white people Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #42

Sorry, but even when we don't want to be FrodosPet Dec 2013 #46

So the answer is yes... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #48

really? Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #49

I know you didn't ask me, but I'm going to toss in my two cents. notadmblnd Dec 2013 #101

True. Can we ever get over it ? treestar Dec 2013 #79

I know for a fact that I am not Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #115

No. Deep13 Dec 2013 #113

Judging people based on merit and not skin color is racist.. Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #10

It used to be that treating people differently based upon their skin color was racist, Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #11

No, the problem really is pretending like you 'politely' don't notice Matariki Dec 2013 #12

Race only matters to racists... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #13

Wow. No. Matariki Dec 2013 #15

+ 1,000,000 ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #18

Do you have a point? Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #22

The point is that your post is vastly ignorant of the history of this country. kwassa Dec 2013 #30

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

The color blind act probably works better when you don't use a racial slur. LeftyMom Dec 2013 #37

Ding! Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #55

No kidding. laundry_queen Dec 2013 #57

bingo! Dorian Gray Dec 2013 #118

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

Then why are you complaining about the list? gollygee Dec 2013 #53

Because "character, not color, IS what counts with me", Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #60

What number on the list makes you feel that way? gollygee Dec 2013 #62

The phrase "character, not color is what counts with me" was condemned in #1 (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #63

Ah yeah I see that gollygee Dec 2013 #64

+1. It's the denial and hypocrisy... YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #103

Excellent! ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #14

I can only give it a shot MrScorpio Dec 2013 #16

I'm through with this thread already ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #24

More helpful would be to describe how white people can possibly not be racist Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #17

That's the intended point... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #20

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

Then what would you suggest? ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #31

Addressing ACTUAL racism? sibelian Dec 2013 #116

Bullshit. Did you even read the list? kwassa Dec 2013 #33

I didn't say the list... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #34

No, it doesn't. kwassa Dec 2013 #36

I deigned to read the rest of the list... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #65

The key words there are gollygee Dec 2013 #67

There is no disclaimer in that statement... Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #68

Yes, it's in the part you quoted. gollygee Dec 2013 #69

You have a great talent at completely misinterpeting what you read. kwassa Dec 2013 #96

The problem is, the author is revealing his own distrust ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 #72

Well I can think of ways he'd know gollygee Dec 2013 #73

Now that is a common white wing meme. One of the most racist professors I had Hoyt Dec 2013 #27

How is it wrong? Decaffeinated Dec 2013 #29

That is odd logic gollygee Dec 2013 #51

How is that functionally distinguishable from just treating them well? sibelian Dec 2013 #117

winger much ?! tia uponit7771 Dec 2013 #89

It's best to assume as a white persons we've internalized white privilege ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #23

How can any white person avoid feeling soul crushing guilt? FrodosPet Dec 2013 #47

My African-American boss once said that, in America, at least "Everyone is racist" and she did whathehell Dec 2013 #58

My understanding gollygee Dec 2013 #66

I understand what you're saying, but my understanding is that a person of minority status whathehell Dec 2013 #76

SIMPLY AND BEAUTIFULLY STATED!! The essence of being human uponit7771 Dec 2013 #91

I think you hit upon the actual point of this kind of list. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #25

Having a black president doesn't change everything. kwassa Dec 2013 #35

AMEN!! The tenants of racism today are STILL econmica equality and education, even Bush saw this uponit7771 Dec 2013 #92

FYI, that poster would be Exhibit B as per our conversation upthread Number23 Dec 2013 #110

Indeed. I do agree. kwassa Dec 2013 #111

A question worth considering treestar Dec 2013 #78

I don't know if anyone black would agree with me on this.... moriah Dec 2013 #32

reading that list just leads me to think hfojvt Dec 2013 #38

after reading the list I came to the same clonclusion Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #43

but aren't we really just the same person? hfojvt Dec 2013 #44

True and if so treestar Dec 2013 #90

South Park had it right. "I get it, Token. I don't get it. I'll never get it." moriah Dec 2013 #50

What a great video! gollygee Dec 2013 #82

Did you grow up in the 1940s or something? hfojvt Dec 2013 #83

Yeah but if you compare experiences gollygee Dec 2013 #85

I find it odd that Kathleen was NOT asked for ID hfojvt Dec 2013 #93

I grew up in the 80s, and if you choose not to believe her story, that's your choice. moriah Dec 2013 #86

BWAME was one of the 28 from the link in the OP hfojvt Dec 2013 #97

I'm truly appalled that you would come to that conclusion from the video. moriah Dec 2013 #99

Oh and gollygee Dec 2013 #87

sure, hfojvt Dec 2013 #98

What I said was that you didn't often see them in starring roles, or in commercials. moriah Dec 2013 #100

Oh bla bla bla. Skip Intro Dec 2013 #39

people of any race can be prejudiced CreekDog Dec 2013 #81

On Reverse Racism: MrScorpio Dec 2013 #40

+1 ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #41

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2013 #94

Looks as if quite few people missed the summary MrScorpio Dec 2013 #45

Boy that sounds like fun doesn't it? el_bryanto Dec 2013 #52

"‘He happens to be black.’ arely staircase Dec 2013 #54

How shocking - is that the word I'm looking for? - Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #56

White people are sensitive about the concept of white privilege gollygee Dec 2013 #59

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

Excellent article, Mr Feral Child Dec 2013 #70

I've read through the posts Feral Child Dec 2013 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Shandris Dec 2013 #80

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

Having fun? Number23 Dec 2013 #109

I don't know any Na'vi myself... Shandris Dec 2013 #112

I disagree with her re-definition of racism in #3. Glassunion Dec 2013 #95

Why wouldn't I feel guilty One_Life_To_Give Dec 2013 #102

A good deal of this is bilge, I'm afraid. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2013 #105

Definition #3 is a pretty common definition, I've been hearing it for 30 years or so. kwassa Dec 2013 #106

I'm jewish, but I'm also white. I'm white, but I'm also gay. Kurska Dec 2013 #114