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CAN SOMEONE COMMIT A RACIST ACT AND NOT BE A RACIST?

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CAN SOMEONE COMMIT A RACIST ACT AND NOT BE A RACIST?


[+] ballot by RobinGaylord
created Thu Jun 15, 06

Yes
No

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COMMENTS:
Could you give me an example of what you mean?
by oh_what_a_relief on Thu Jun 15, 06 3:41pm [+]

i would imagine it would depend on what you do afterwards, if you have done something without realizing.
by LCD on Thu Jun 15, 06 3:44pm [+]

Are we talking intention here, Robin? If a person intends to commit a racist act and accomplishes it, he/she is a racist. Without intention, there is no racism.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 15, 06 3:46pm [+]

OH, I see, yeah I guess if you did something without realizing
by oh_what_a_relief on Thu Jun 15, 06 3:47pm [+]

oh_what_a_relief- Once a Vietnamese guy implied that I should be held responsible for the atrocities committed by white Americans against minorities in the past. That is a racist statement but I wouldn’t necessarily accuse the guy of being a racist. What do you think?
by RobinGaylord on Thu Jun 15, 06 3:51pm [+]

It depends on the intent of the act.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 15, 06 5:03pm [+]

I probably wouldn't think of him being racist because of that comment either.
by oh_what_a_relief on Thu Jun 15, 06 5:53pm [+]

^ No, and neither would I. Robin I'd consider Him honest. If he said you were lazy because you were white he would be a racist. but not in your example he isnt. He is making a legitimate point. Just because it offends you doesnt make it racist.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 15, 06 5:58pm [+]

"No, and neither would I. Robin I'd consider Him honest. If he said you were lazy because you were white he would be a racist. but not in your example he isnt. He is making a legitimate point. Just because it offends you doesnt make it racist."

Oh, marvelous, does that mean we can hold you personally responsible for all of the atrocities committed in the name of the Kingdom of England, the United Kingdom, and the British Empire? That certainly covers much more ground geographically and many millions more people!

Why don't we just have you start sending payments to the Chinese government for the Opium Wars? We'll only seize 80% of your monthly dole check.
by Felix on Thu Jun 15, 06 7:40pm [+]

^^ HAHAHAHAHAHA!
by xxxxxxxx on Fri Jun 16, 06 1:44am [+]

Sure, as long as they're not white.
by _Beelzebubba on Fri Jun 16, 06 9:20am [+]

What the hell are you guys talking about? Insisting that someone should inherit the guilt of someone else just because he is the same race as the other person IS racist. That is the mentality that has caused so many people to feel entitled to be racist in the first place. “I hate blacks/whites/Asians because a few of them used to beat me up in elementary school. Now they all should have to take the blame.” That mentality is dangerous and the fact that you guys support a double standard against white people is appalling.
Back to my point, I didn’t consider the guy a racist since he only had this one limited racist view and it only was part of his political philosophy. I don’t know him well enough to say whether he is racist in his social life but I could easily see that he might not be, so I wanted to put the question in the public forum to see what you guys think.
by RobinGaylord on Fri Jun 16, 06 12:53pm [+]

Voted : Yes
A white man making assumptions about a black man's education, intelligence or ability to be affective in business could be considered a racist act.
by mukey on Mon Oct 16, 06 2:10am [+]

Voted : Yes
A person can do something that is conceived as racist but not be a racist.
by Psycho_Frighead on Sun Feb 18, 07 10:35pm [+]

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