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Notsimilarreally · 31-35, F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout that's a great image haha
black4white · 56-60, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Far too accurate
Luckylu · 61-69, F
My parents were prejudice and I was ashamed of what they said and did. When I was in second grade I remember we had only one other student who was not white. I didn’t consider her any different than anyone else. Then when we had summer break and came back to school in 5th grade, her and several other girls had formed a clique and they treated people awful. She was still the only student that was not white. I didn’t consider her actions those due to her race. I considered her actions a fault of her choosing to be around the wrong people and making wrong choices. This is how I consider all people even though I was raised in a home with parents who were racist. I chose to not be. Everyone has that choice. We are not born that way. But our environment can hugely influence us. A gang could be made up of all white people and treat people badly causing people to be against white people if they have never been around white people before and that is the only thing they know of them. But the same can be true if a gang is a mixture of all races and treat people badly, what do you choose then? Which race or ethnicity do you choose to blame? This is the problem, people want to blame a race when it isn’t the race, it isn’t even the gang, it is the choices of individuals.
Luckylu · 61-69, F
@BLP11520 My mother told me in high school when a boy came to my house, “I never want to see you date a black man.” I let her influence me while I still lived at home, only because I didn’t want to upset her. After I moved out, I dated whoever I wanted and one day she had to face the fact that I was pregnant and the child would be mixed. She never met my daughter before she died. She missed out on a wonderful grandchild.
Montanaman · M
Personal experiences (bad ones)
Environment. Parents culture.
Politics. Media.
Most people have had racist thoughts enter into their minds or lives at one point or another.
The key to not being a racist is freedom from the past norms and behavior. Freedom from labels and mob mentality.
When i see a man, i don't associate him with skin color or ethnicity.
I just see a man
Simple. But not everyone can think like this. It's a shame. 🤔😒🤗❤️
Environment. Parents culture.
Politics. Media.
Most people have had racist thoughts enter into their minds or lives at one point or another.
The key to not being a racist is freedom from the past norms and behavior. Freedom from labels and mob mentality.
When i see a man, i don't associate him with skin color or ethnicity.
I just see a man
Simple. But not everyone can think like this. It's a shame. 🤔😒🤗❤️
fishescycle · 26-30
Logic drives you to the "racists" (and not in one of dem dere foreign cars neither😉)
If blindly indoctrinated knee jerk virtue signallers truly loved the diversify of races, instead of parroting PC propaganda like Pavlovian parakeets whenever race is brought up, they'd realise you preserve that diversity by keeping the races separate, not by fucking mixing them into a homogenous goop.
If blindly indoctrinated knee jerk virtue signallers truly loved the diversify of races, instead of parroting PC propaganda like Pavlovian parakeets whenever race is brought up, they'd realise you preserve that diversity by keeping the races separate, not by fucking mixing them into a homogenous goop.
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Montanaman · M
@Rolexeo of course. 👍
However, I truly believe that it's the minority who only want white to be the majority. If that makes any sense.
However, I truly believe that it's the minority who only want white to be the majority. If that makes any sense.
Renaci · 36-40
@fishescycle You think it is "logical" to be a racist? The fuck is wrong with you? Oh you are a new account. I see now.
Joubertsxxx · 56-60, M
Suggestmeone · M
JonLosAngeles66 · M
Montanaman · M
@JonLosAngeles66 Possibly the Simplest and Best Answer 👍🤗🤗❤️
Torsten · 36-40, M
@Luckylu i just made up that term really. When i say modern racism, i say it as fake racism. Its people using their race and claiming to be victim for internet clout.
I think when it comes to that, a lot of people see being a victim as a easy way to get attention and social points from certain types of people.
Its fake racism for attention to sum it up.
Real racism i dont have a answer for. It could be how they were raised or some sort of event that happened in their lives that twisted them up to be that way, Or it could just be that we are not all just meant to get along and being different separates us. People dont like to admit to that but its the truth. maybe we are just not so tolerant as we are told we should and in some cases a fair few people are on a whole other level with that and it turned to full on hatred
I think when it comes to that, a lot of people see being a victim as a easy way to get attention and social points from certain types of people.
Its fake racism for attention to sum it up.
Real racism i dont have a answer for. It could be how they were raised or some sort of event that happened in their lives that twisted them up to be that way, Or it could just be that we are not all just meant to get along and being different separates us. People dont like to admit to that but its the truth. maybe we are just not so tolerant as we are told we should and in some cases a fair few people are on a whole other level with that and it turned to full on hatred
Luckylu · 61-69, F
@Torsten You might have thought you made up the term, but there really is a thing called “modern racism” see: https://pearnkandola.com/insights/what-is-modern-racism-how-and-why-racism-has-mutated/ this time of racism is insipid and dangerous because it is hidden and allowed to happen without restraint.
Unfortunately, in making up a term, without explaining what it means to you, it left me with thinking you meant what this article talks about. Unfortunately, some children are influenced greatly by their parental and societal belief’s. And they never break themselves out of it. I am not one of them, though I went through a period of time trying to belief as they do (religion) but never wanted to be like they were with their prejudices. Eventually, I even threw off their religion and found my own spirituality. I used to worry that maybe I had raised my daughter incorrectly by not raising her in any religion like I had been but she has disavowed me of that notion. My raising her to not believe in any certain way regarding religion or races allows her to think freely and make her own opinions. Like me she chooses to look at the individual and their choices and not at groups and cultures to form an opinion. When they say the best way we can change this world is by first looking at ourselves and changing who we are, this really is the core of how to change our society, but there has to be enough people who are willing to go against the grain of prejudice, racism, bigotry, all those negative opinions and see people as individuals. If enough people set an example and stand up for those being mistreated, more will do so and this world will change but governments and large corporations, and religions don’t want that to happen. They work hard at keeping us in fear so they can control us. Doing what I suggest means they will no longer be able to control us. But I speak hypothetically and with my head in the clouds because I don’t see this ever happenings with the way things are going.
Unfortunately, in making up a term, without explaining what it means to you, it left me with thinking you meant what this article talks about. Unfortunately, some children are influenced greatly by their parental and societal belief’s. And they never break themselves out of it. I am not one of them, though I went through a period of time trying to belief as they do (religion) but never wanted to be like they were with their prejudices. Eventually, I even threw off their religion and found my own spirituality. I used to worry that maybe I had raised my daughter incorrectly by not raising her in any religion like I had been but she has disavowed me of that notion. My raising her to not believe in any certain way regarding religion or races allows her to think freely and make her own opinions. Like me she chooses to look at the individual and their choices and not at groups and cultures to form an opinion. When they say the best way we can change this world is by first looking at ourselves and changing who we are, this really is the core of how to change our society, but there has to be enough people who are willing to go against the grain of prejudice, racism, bigotry, all those negative opinions and see people as individuals. If enough people set an example and stand up for those being mistreated, more will do so and this world will change but governments and large corporations, and religions don’t want that to happen. They work hard at keeping us in fear so they can control us. Doing what I suggest means they will no longer be able to control us. But I speak hypothetically and with my head in the clouds because I don’t see this ever happenings with the way things are going.
Torsten · 36-40, M
@Luckylu i dont disagree with you at all on that. Problem is though modern racism and yeah i didnt know that was a actual term but either way, people have made being racist today mean essentially nothing. its like the boy who cried wolf type of thing. People get accused of being racist over the stupidest things today that its devalued what it actually means to be racist and takes attention away from real racism.
I am sure you're a great parent and if you felt not raising your child on religion was right for you and her, im sure thats exactly what it was. All we can do is follow our own instincts and what we feel is best as a parent i think.
I do think a lot of people raise their children on religion and that can affect them in some way such as Christianity for example with homosexuals.
I did raise my child on my religion though but never in a forceful way, I did what my father did with me and my siblings. i taught him all about it but made it very clear he is very welcome to go find his own beliefs and he will always have my full support with that. So he knows my beliefs but always knows that they dont have to be his. Turns out it clicked with him also and believes as i do but it happened with me not forcing it and letting him choose his own path.
Going back to racism though, people are never not going to accept everyone. We are just not built that way and its the same with animals. I personally think all life, in some ways or the other just dont fully accept difference. Its just all our nature.
It sucks for sure and who knows maybe i am wrong, its just a theory of mine after all
I am sure you're a great parent and if you felt not raising your child on religion was right for you and her, im sure thats exactly what it was. All we can do is follow our own instincts and what we feel is best as a parent i think.
I do think a lot of people raise their children on religion and that can affect them in some way such as Christianity for example with homosexuals.
I did raise my child on my religion though but never in a forceful way, I did what my father did with me and my siblings. i taught him all about it but made it very clear he is very welcome to go find his own beliefs and he will always have my full support with that. So he knows my beliefs but always knows that they dont have to be his. Turns out it clicked with him also and believes as i do but it happened with me not forcing it and letting him choose his own path.
Going back to racism though, people are never not going to accept everyone. We are just not built that way and its the same with animals. I personally think all life, in some ways or the other just dont fully accept difference. Its just all our nature.
It sucks for sure and who knows maybe i am wrong, its just a theory of mine after all
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
specman · 51-55, M
I think some of the people that are considered racist are turning to racism in today's time because they are considered automatically racist because of the pigment or lack of pigment in their skin.
Blondily · F
Racist parents, friends, etc
lumberjackslam · 41-45, M
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
MethDozer · M
Beneficial power dynamics. A sense and longing for a hierarchy that is advantageous to them.
Usually parental, or some other familial, influence. My oldest brother is a hardcore racist, he got it from my mother, a casual racist, as well as my Dad's mother and little brother, who both are a bit more than casual. No one really knows where my paternal grandmother got it from, her parents were strong supporters of civil rights, as well as my Dad and his father as well. The day before my Dad shipped off to Air Force basic, him and his Dad participated in a Civil Rights march in DownTown Portland in 1965, alongside my Great Grandparents.
Notsimilarreally · 31-35, F
@NativePortlander1970 I think that it could be influenced by social groups and a want to fit in as much as parental or familial. Most youngsters rebel from what their parents suggest, lol.