“We Are All Racist.”
Now, let a (black) American explain. We are all a little racist. I myself, have made a name for myself, won awards, and earned a fortune early in my career from being racist. Racism fuels my industry –especially when I had offices in the United States.
5 Signs That You Are A Racist:
1. You see color –honestly.
2. You predetermine based on race.
3. You stereotype.
4. You hire based on race and/or
5. You are physically or sexually attracted to race.
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We are all racists, and I think it is about time that we acknowledge that and move on, and work on solutions.
But let me state at once, for all the defensive skeptics out there, especially if you are white.
The Definition: rac·ist /ˈrāsəst/ adjective
1. prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people based on their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
"We are investigating complaints about racist abuse"
Noun
"he has been targeted by vicious racists online"
That being said, are you racist?
Racism, or being racist, unlike words such as Xenophobia, Homophobia, there is no –PHOBIA to racism.
I have been called a nigga, or nigger in the United States, and in the Philippines Islands. And, I am here to say, in the United States it was meant to hurt and demean me, whereas, in the Philippines, it was said out of admiration and comradery.
Because as a black American, (racist) people often say “blacks, you are the most racist people of all…” and I see their point.
The core difference is that we do not usually hate someone, or demean someone, think less than someone, or hold them to double standards because they are of a certain race.
So if you have done any of these, you are a racist, you see the color, but what you do with that ‘data’ (since today you can see color online, in groups, all over Linkedin, and in checked boxes) is the question.
See, in the United States, 100% of the (white) people there at one time, we're all racist. We all know the history of not just slavery of my people in the United States, but then, of the murderous, lynching racism which followed it.
Many people (myself included) are SHOCKED at the fact that over 70 million people voted for Donald Trump –aka “A Racist”.
But why are you shocked?
We are all racist, and in the United States, after the Civil War, and Affirmative Action, these “racists” didn’t die, they just stopped believing that blacks were less than human, animals, or monkeys.
Many of them; but not all, saw blacks as equals, and even superior in many ways. They still see color,
This is a great read: “Racist is a tough word.” by John McWhorter
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/racism-concept-change/594526/?fbclid=IwAR2RwkAyAhIFUNzm-8d-JBl30aF3BoTh6BYmSnUQGwShGoQhYr2DgVVFGfU
