The Characteristics Of A Racist

[sweggeh]

What do guys think are the main characteristics shared by most racists?

- Cowardly
- Uneducated
- Confused
- Has Low Self Esteem
- Has Lack of Intelligence
- Has Lack Of Basic Human Decency
- Lonely
- Angry
- Depressed


You guys got anymore?

[FatComputerNerd]

Brainwashed

This.

People aren't born racist. This behavior is learned by the families they are raised by, and often by the community/society they live in.

Mel Gibson's alleged racism/antisemitism is a perfect example. His father is a well-known bigot and holocaust denier. Imagine the surprise at finding out Mel may share some similar views.

[joe]

I became aware of some racist thoughts in myself recently. I ended up writing an article about my own racist ideas, and trying to uncover the root of those ideas. I learned a lot about myself from writing that, and it helped me discover where most of those thoughts were coming from. It was a healing moment.

I think a quality of a racist, one that I saw in myself, was not seeing individuals, but instead seeing groups. You do not see a single man, you see a Mexican. You do not see a girl shopping, you see a Jew shopping. Clumping people together and then imprinting qualities into them that aren't necessarily there. The entire group is bad, therefore every individual within it must be bad.

The answer to that, for me, was realizing that everyone is an individual. Stop having ideas about groups, and meet every person with complete open mindedness. Color or place of birth or religion does not define a person, in 99.9% of cases. It was a simple and obvious, yet eye opening realization.

[nathanjizzle]

white
conservative
has an american flag on car or front lawn.

a story id like to share. i went into aldi's one time and i noticed that the cashier was white and oddly the manager was asian, both female. there seemed to be tension between the cashier and manager and you can kind of tell the cashier hated her. So i grabbed my can of chicken rice dumplings and get in the line of this cashier. Their was a kind older white woman in front of me with a cart full of stuff and she kindly turned to me and said "would you like to go infront" i responded "yes, thank you", as i was going to get in front of her the cashier saw what was happening and said "no, come ill check your stuff up" motioning at the white women to be checked out before me. I didnt realize why she wouldnt allow me to cut the lady until after i left. That she was racists against asians and didnt want me to have the convenience of cutting in line after the woman asked if i wanted to. Its subtle racism like that that people dont understand or know about.

[Trollsmasher]

intelligent and educated
highly successful
realist
not a leftist sheep
logic/facts > emotion
prefers long term planning
strong moral values
loves the fellow man, not a foreign subspecies

I am going by myself, feel free to add

[knickballer]

white
conservative
has an american flag on car or front lawn.

a story id like to share. i went into aldi's one time and i noticed that the cashier was white and oddly the manager was asian, both female. there seemed to be tension between the cashier and manager and you can kind of tell the cashier hated her. So i grabbed my can of chicken rice dumplings and get in the line of this cashier. Their was a kind older white woman in front of me with a cart full of stuff and she kindly turned to me and said "would you like to go infront" i responded "yes, thank you", as i was going to get in front of her the cashier saw what was happening and said "no, come ill check your stuff up" motioning at the white women to be checked out before me. I didnt realize why she wouldnt allow me to cut the lady until after i left. That she was racists against asians and didnt want me to have the convenience of cutting in line after the woman asked if i wanted to. Its subtle racism like that that people dont understand or know about.

I forgot that only white people can be racists. Thanks for re-clarifying this point again.

[Jailblazers7]

I forgot that only white people can be racists. Thanks for re-clarifying this point again.

Coincidentally I think nathanjizzle possesses every personality trait listed in the OP.

[gts]

Coincidentally I think nathanjizzle possesses every personality trait listed in the OP.

I was about to say this...

[Trollsmasher]

I forgot that only white people can be racists. Thanks for re-clarifying this point again.

racism, sexism, etc. = power + prejudice

minorities, disfranchised people can't be "-istic"

learn to live by these definitions, because that's our future

[moaz]

1% professional racists, using it to achieve advantages in life/employment (how many fox news staff would work for other news organizations?)
1% ideological racists who gave the issue some thoughts and can articulate their points.

98% losers that hate everyone else and blame them for their failure of a life. Those tend to follow the above mentioned 2% and repeat anything they say.

[bballnoob1192]

Bullshit. What you listed are the stereotypical racists. IMO many racists are intellects, and that is the scary/sad part of our society.

[Patrick Chewing]

white
conservative
has an american flag on car or front lawn.

Why do you continue to peddle this bullshit??

[RoseCity07]

Hates Lebron, loves Kobe.

[sweggeh]

Why do you continue to peddle this bullshit??

Yeah I think hes wrong. You racist and I have never heard of you having a flag on your front lawn.

[ArbitraryWater]

white
conservative
has an american flag on car or front lawn.

a story id like to share. i went into aldi's one time and i noticed that the cashier was white and oddly the manager was asian, both female. there seemed to be tension between the cashier and manager and you can kind of tell the cashier hated her. So i grabbed my can of chicken rice dumplings and get in the line of this cashier. Their was a kind older white woman in front of me with a cart full of stuff and she kindly turned to me and said "would you like to go infront" i responded "yes, thank you", as i was going to get in front of her the cashier saw what was happening and said "no, come ill check your stuff up" motioning at the white women to be checked out before me. I didnt realize why she wouldnt allow me to cut the lady until after i left. That she was racists against asians and didnt want me to have the convenience of cutting in line after the woman asked if i wanted to. Its subtle racism like that that people dont understand or know about.

yup, racist right here