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Racists?

Are people who use the race card racist?

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A person being a racist does not make them evil....That is the liberal way of thinking mentality.

Here is a simple example.
You have lived in a nice clean, crime free all White neighborhood for many years.
Suddenly within a few years and months, undesirables start to filter in, and your home values decline, all type of crime starts to present itself. Now you are the minority in that neighborhood. You fear for yours and your families lives.
So, you decide to move out, and relocate to another place far away.
Are you a Racist for doing that.?

Give me a simple YES or NO
 
dixiesolutions said:
Racist this....Racist That....Racist This.....Racist That.

This nation has become a mixed-up, corrupted place to live. Good Gosh!!!

Just remember this. If there was no racism. This nation would have been over-runned years and years ago by either your total ignorant un-patriotic, undesirables, illegal foriegners, un-wanted cult-like religions, or your athiest that believe humans come from frogs.

Racism keeps a fine balance of all things un-normal and un-civilized. To that of a normal world.

And it will always be around....Accept it.
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Yep, I'm sure racism is one of the finest things on earth to ever happen, including conservatism, religion, etc...
 
Wake said:
This includes all racists. The question is if those who use the race card are also racists.
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Ok sorry I misunderstood...sure theres those that use the race card that are racists also...
 
Redress said:
Only if you change the meaning of the word racist. Challenge: define racism.
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If racism is such an ambiguous term, then let's see you try to define it as well.

It may very well be racist to call people out uneccessarily on being racist, especially so if it is not for something that is truly racist. Some of my black cousins use the race card as though it's a vital card in their wallets. Ever heard someone who talks about was... strategies... to use the race card? I bet you haven't.
 
dixiesolutions said:
A person being a racist does not make them evil....That is the liberal way of thinking mentality.

Here is a simple example.
You have lived in a nice clean, crime free all White neighborhood for many years.
Suddenly within a few years and months, undesirables start to filter in, and your home values decline, all type of crime starts to present itself. Now you are the minority in that neighborhood. You fear for yours and your families lives.
So, you decide to move out, and relocate to another place far away.
Are you a Racist for doing that.?

Give me a simple YES or NO
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The undesirables could be white, so no.
 
dixiesolutions said:
A person being a racist does not make them evil....That is the liberal way of thinking mentality.

Here is a simple example.
You have lived in a nice clean, crime free all White neighborhood for many years.
Suddenly within a few years and months, undesirables start to filter in, and your home values decline, all type of crime starts to present itself. Now you are the minority in that neighborhood. You fear for yours and your families lives.
So, you decide to move out, and relocate to another place far away.
Are you a Racist for doing that.?

Give me a simple YES or NO
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If you moved out because black people moved in and they are inferior, then that is racism. If you moved out due to declining home values and crime, that is not.
 
dixiesolutions said:
A person being a racist does not make them evil....That is the liberal way of thinking mentality.

Here is a simple example.
You have lived in a nice clean, crime free all White neighborhood for many years.
Suddenly within a few years and months, undesirables start to filter in, and your home values decline, all type of crime starts to present itself. Now you are the minority in that neighborhood. You fear for yours and your families lives.
So, you decide to move out, and relocate to another place far away.
Are you a Racist for doing that.?

Give me a simple YES or NO
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Illogical comparison. Firstly, I'm Asian, so if I live in a wealthy white neighborhood, I would be the minority. Don't generalize. The world is composed of other people, not just Caucasians.
Secondly, they might be white punks. Who knows?
Thirdly, I know that you accept racism and gladly embrace it. I have no time for such racists and bigots
 
Proud South Korean said:
Illogical comparison. Firstly, I'm Asian, so if I live in a wealthy white neighborhood, I would be the minority. Don't generalize. The world is composed of other people, not just Caucasians.
Secondly, they might be white punks. Who knows?
Thirdly, I know that you accept racism and gladly embrace it. I have no time for such racists and bigots
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Actually, the wealthy neighborhood I live in, whites are the minority(slightly). We have several black professional athletes(retired) and parents of professional athletes, and the mother of some rap singer I never heard of, and a couple black lawyers. Herman Cain lives not far from here and belongs to the country club that also runs the neighborhood.
 
First, I was born in Dixie and moved back as soon my husband retired from the military. Dixie solution's drivel does not represent the thinking of the majority of us rebels. I do wish you guys wouldn't quote him/her.

Playing the race card is not evidence of racism. It is pointing out that someone is feeling that they are being treated differently because of their race or pointing out racism within a group. Alas, racism is alive and well in the US. Just look at assumptions by several that most Hispanics are here illegally and therefore criminals in discussions of immigration. Look the many negative references to 'rag-heads' on this forum.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
First, I was born in Dixie and moved back as soon my husband retired from the military. Dixie solution's drivel does not represent the thinking of the majority of us rebels. I do wish you guys wouldn't quote him/her.

Playing the race card is not evidence of racism. It is pointing out that someone is feeling that they are being treated differently because of their race or pointing out racism within a group. Alas, racism is alive and well in the US. Just look at assumptions by several that most Hispanics are here illegally and therefore criminals in discussions of immigration. Look the many negative references to 'rag-heads' on this forum.
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Finally a voice of logic and reason....AMEN.

Thanks for that statement.
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
First, I was born in Dixie and moved back as soon my husband retired from the military. Dixie solution's drivel does not represent the thinking of the majority of us rebels. I do wish you guys wouldn't quote him/her.

Playing the race card is not evidence of racism. It is pointing out that someone is feeling that they are being treated differently because of their race or pointing out racism within a group. Alas, racism is alive and well in the US. Just look at assumptions by several that most Hispanics are here illegally and therefore criminals in discussions of immigration. Look the many negative references to 'rag-heads' on this forum.
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Based on my experience I disagree. I'm black, and was poor. Worked hard to improve myself.

Playing the race card for selfish/insincere reasons is racist. It is not always "pointing out that someone is feeling that they are being treated differently because of their race or pointing out racism within a group." Perhaps you don't think blacks can use the race card to further their own selfish ends, or because they despise the white folk? My cousins are just one example, and since they're family and in close proximity to my, I can easily reason that there are quite a bit others that do so as well. Racism is alive and well. Not only your views of racism, but the racism you can't see, such as affirmative action and other such "more fair" institutions.

As for illegal immigrants, they ARE breaking the law. How about China? They racist for not allowing undocumented/illegal immigrants from surrounding nations? It's not racism if people want to uphold the law. You think it's racist to be against illegal mimmigration then you'd better think borders and documentation for all nations must cease to exist.
 
Wake said:
Based on my experience I disagree. I'm black, and was poor. Worked hard to improve myself.

Playing the race card for selfish/insincere reasons is racist. It is not always "pointing out that someone is feeling that they are being treated differently because of their race or pointing out racism within a group." Perhaps you don't think blacks can use the race card to further their own selfish ends, or because they despise the white folk? My cousins are just one example, and since they're family and in close proximity to my, I can easily reason that there are quite a bit others that do so as well. Racism is alive and well. Not only your views of racism, but the racism you can't see, such as affirmative action and other such "more fair" institutions.

As for illegal immigrants, they ARE breaking the law. How about China? They racist for not allowing undocumented/illegal immigrants from surrounding nations? It's not racism if people want to uphold the law. You think it's racist to be against illegal mimmigration then you'd better think borders and documentation for all nations must cease to exist.
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For your comment to be true, "racism" has to have a different meaning than it is defined as having. What definition of the word are you using?
 
Redress said:
For your comment to be true, "racism" has to have a different meaning than it is defined as having. What definition of the word are you using?
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You say racism is ambiguous, yet you say what is and isn't racism. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine. Might as well make it a party.

To me, calling others racist unfairly to advance your own or your race's cause is, imo, racist.
 
Wake said:
You say racism is ambiguous, yet you say what is and isn't racism. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine. Might as well make it a party.

To me, calling others racist unfairly to advance your own or your race's cause is, imo, racist.
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So you just make up definitions?
 
Wake said:
You say racism is ambiguous, yet you say what is and isn't racism. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine. Might as well make it a party.

To me, calling others racist unfairly to advance your own or your race's cause is, imo, racist.
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I put an actual definition in my first post in this thread. Your turn. By the way, it is a good idea to define terms you are using, especially if you are using nonstandard definitions.
 
Redress said:
If you moved out because black people moved in and they are inferior, then that is racism. If you moved out due to declining home values and crime, that is not.
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If you read it again. What I ask is if Undesirables filter in your neighborhood.
I did not indicate any particular color or race......But you indicated Black People.

You see that's my point. Everyone has a different mind set....Is it racist?

Nahhhh - Just human nature.
 
whysoserious said:
So you just make up definitions?
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Redress said:
I put an actual definition in my first post in this thread. Your turn. By the way, it is a good idea to define terms you are using, especially if you are using nonstandard definitions.
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Never said race-baiting was racism. You should know that instead of claiming that I make up definitions. Anyways, since people ask for the definition of racism for the 500th time, ad nauseum, then here it is:

rac·ism (rszm)
n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

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racist adj. & n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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racism [ˈreɪsɪzəm], racialism [ˈreɪʃəˌlɪzəm]
n
1. (Sociology) the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others
2. (Sociology) abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief
racist , racialist n & adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


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racism
1. a belief that human races have distinctive characteristics that determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one’s race is superior and has the right to control others.
2. a belief in a policy of enforcing the asserted right of control. — racist, n., adj.
See also: Attitudes
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a belief that human races have distinctive characteristics that determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one’s race is superior and has the right to control others. — racist, adj.
See also: Race
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Calling out racism, true racism, isn't racist. But race-baiting, in which you throw in race unfairly to bait your opponent, while also used to further your race's ends, IS racism.
 
Thunder said:
Frequently using the race-card may be dishonest and stupid, but its not racist.
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It's racist because you're injecting race into the conversation insincerely to further the ends of your race. It's racism.
 
Wake said:
It's racist because you're injecting race into the conversation insincerely to further the ends of your race. It's racism.
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that's not the definition of racism.

at least not an accurate & sophisticated one.
 
dixiesolutions said:
If you read it again. What I ask is if Undesirables filter in your neighborhood.
I did not indicate any particular color or race......But you indicated Black People.

You see that's my point. Everyone has a different mind set....Is it racist?

Nahhhh - Just human nature.
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No, you seem to not understand my comments. I gave an example of both racism and nonracism. For racism to exist, there has to be a race involved.
 
Racism is the belief that some races are superior to other races.

So where is the racism in the OP? There is none.

Yes, there is idiocy & dishonesty...but no racism.
 
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