Thread: Is this person racist?

ahoy Jihad4Beer,

well, most crimes involvin' black persons be "black on black" crime.

i'd figure person X be a black american.

aye?

- MeadHallPirate

Originally Posted by Jihad4Beer

Let's say Person X voted for Obama because they thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

And Person X also lives in a major city, with huge urban ghetto populations nearby and sees all the negative stereotypes and social ills on a regular basis. Also Person X as has been a victim of crime numerous times where the perp was a young, black male. And one day Person X says, "I am so sick of the god damn n______s.

Is Person X racist?

What ethnicity did you imagine Person X to be?

I don't know much about his race but I can deduce that person X is not too bright if he thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

Originally Posted by OldmanDan

I don't know much about his race but I can deduce that person X is not too bright if he thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

best candidate; we NEVER have best suited running.

Person X is Hispanic because Black on White crime will have cops crawling all over the neighborhood.
Racist.

Originally Posted by USCitizen

best candidate; we NEVER have best suited running.

Person X is Hispanic because Black on White crime will have cops crawling all over the neighborhood.
Racist.

Black on white and black on black crime doesn't even make the news any more because it is so prevalent.

Originally Posted by OldmanDan

Black on white and black on black crime doesn't even make the news any more because it is so prevalent.

The Blacks I work with tell me that the Blacks in Roosevelt, NY and Uniondale, NY are terrified of White people.

Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate

ahoy Jihad4Beer,

well, most crimes involvin' black persons be "black on black" crime.

i'd figure person X be a black american.

aye?

- MeadHallPirate

Ahoy Mate,

The question was more if Person X was racist for commenting that way, regardless if they cast a vote for a black candidate.

The ethnicity of Person X being more of an afterthought as if the perception of racism would change depending on their ethnicity.

Originally Posted by Jihad4Beer

Ahoy Mate,

The question was more if Person X was racist for commenting that way, regardless if they cast a vote for a black candidate.

The ethnicity of Person X being more of an afterthought as if the perception of racism would change depending on their ethnicity.

ahoy Jihad4Beer,

hmmf....well....mmmm.

*muses*

thats a slippery question, matey. i gotta think 'bout that a bit more. i will say this, though...if imma just idlin' ondeck with someone i just met, and in the course 'o conversation, they let loose with a "nigger" somewhar in thar dialogue, i hafta admit i start checkin' a few boxes in me noggin'. i mean, to me it reveals somethin' about them, fer certain.

in the same way, if they drop the word, "kike" whilst we're talkin' about this or that, or let loose with a "fuckin' towelhead", or somethin' along them lines, i hafta admit i also check a few boxes in me noggin'. imma not sure i reach an ultimate conclusion just by hearin' them words, but i do start leanin' a certain way.

aye?

then, if i find out (fer instance) that they uttered the word "nigger" but at the same time be married to a black lass, that might further change and shape me opinion.

- MeadHallPirate

Originally Posted by USCitizen

The Blacks I work with tell me that the Blacks in Roosevelt, NY and Uniondale, NY are terrified of White people.

Why?

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Originally Posted by OldmanDan

I don't know much about his race but I can deduce that person X is not too bright if he thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

In 2008 who do you think was the best candidate, and why?

Originally Posted by Jihad4Beer

Let's say Person X voted for Obama because they thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

And Person X also lives in a major city, with huge urban ghetto populations nearby and sees all the negative stereotypes and social ills on a regular basis. Also Person X as has been a victim of crime numerous times where the perp was a young, black male. And one day Person X says, "I am so sick of the god damn n______s.

Is Person X racist?

How do you define "racist?"

Originally Posted by Mandala

Why?

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The police will be all over neighborhood till they apprehend the suspect.

Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate

then, if i find out (fer instance) that they uttered the word "nigger" but at the same time be married to a black lass, that might further change and shape me opinion.

- MeadHallPirate

That would be pretty interesting wouldn't. Kind of like Tarantino's character in Pulp Fiction.

Originally Posted by Mandala

How do you define "racist?"

Ahh....you get right to the point.

I am contrasting two different ideas of what could be defined as racism.

To me racism is thinking certain ethnicities are genetically superior/inferior to others.

But a common perception is that expressing a negative opinion about a subculture that is mostly of one ethnicity is also racist.

Originally Posted by Jihad4Beer

Let's say Person X voted for Obama because they thought Obama was the best candidate for the highest office in the land.

And Person X also lives in a major city, with huge urban ghetto populations nearby and sees all the negative stereotypes and social ills on a regular basis. Also Person X as has been a victim of crime numerous times where the perp was a young, black male. And one day Person X says, "I am so sick of the god damn n______s.

Is Person X racist?

What ethnicity did you imagine Person X to be?

To answer your two questions: yes, and who gives a shit.

Imagine that you were a racist and trying to convince others that you had justification for you racism. How would you go about finding that justification? What is typical is to try to make up some strawman so that you could knock it down.