How come only white people are racist?

[Halibut 12]

 

I think you are right In so far as, you can criticise a white person for something but you can't criticise a black person for anything because you are accused of being raceist.

 

Utter nonsense.

[Waldo 96]

I think you are right In so far as, you can criticise a white person for something but you can't criticise a black person for anything because you are accused of being raceist.

 

Yep, though I'm not sure that that in itself is racism. It's more to do with fear of being wrongly perceived as racist.

[Bob Arctor 11]

Sure.

 

However, I as an individual am not rich and powerful. Is it more acceptable for me to be racist to a black chap who is richer than me, than it is for him to be racist to me?

 

I think they are equally unacceptable, I'm sure most people would agree. However, racial insults directed at you or me would probably have less impact than on someone who has experienced it as a pattern throughout their life.

[danot 10]

Good question.

 

Off the top of my head; I'm thinking discrimination for or against a person, because of their race. Also, not holding all people to the same standard of behaviour, again, because of race.

 

I'm also thinking, and this is perhaps not direct racism, but, not being critical of a person from a different race; because you don't want to be percieved as racist. So, fear of others percieving their race being the reason for your critisism or dislike of them, rather than their behaviour.

So, racial discrimination regardless of race or colour? Which would undermine your OP somewhat as 'skin colour' seems to be your main point. Just out of interest,

do you feel political correctness has created a double standard of- 'one rule for white people, no rules for none-white people? I know you'll correct me if this isn't the case but it does seem to be what you're implying?

[ukdobby 223]

The riots in London at that time were a direct result of police racism against black people. That some black people took revenge on police doesn't disprove the racism. In this thread you are trying to deny institutional racism in the USA, a country founded on the genocide of native Americans by white Europeans, then built on slavery and followed by segregation. As far as I am concerned, that can only be attempted by a racist.

 

Show me where I have denied racism exists?you say it's only one way,totally wrong.

I'm saying if the blacks did as was asked they wouldn't have got shot.

[Robin-H 11]

they arent

 

if you mean on here, cos theres far more right wing trolls than in normal life which skews things

 

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oh come on look through history, 90% of it is white on black / ethnic

 

look at our empire, the french, spanish, dutch empires the indiginous peoples we subjugated, finding the americas, australia. look at south africa, the slave trade.

thats before we get onto smaller stuff like racist groups in the UK and US

 

You're focusing on Western History.

[Bob Arctor 11]

Show me where I have denied racism exists?you say it's only one way,totally wrong.

I'm saying if the blacks did as was asked they wouldn't have got shot.

 

And people showed otherwise and you basically ignored them. And institutional racism does not go both ways, only one way.

[PRESLEY 1,222]

When I watch programmes like Roots and Underground I think my God how could a human being treat another human being like that, flipping disgusting.

[El Cid 213]

This article gives a good outline to racism.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/jul/08/how-can-we-fix-unconscious-racism

[redfox 10]

Show me where I have denied racism exists?you say it's only one way,totally wrong.

I'm saying if the blacks did as was asked they wouldn't have got shot.

 

 

 

Since when has the appropriate consequence for 'blacks not doing as they were told" been death?

[ukdobby 223]

And people showed otherwise and you basically ignored them. And institutional racism does not go both ways, only one way.

 

So because I ignore people it makes me racist.

 

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Since when has the appropriate consequence for 'blacks not doing as they were told" been death?

 

It could help save them,I also believe they would shoot a white guy in the same position.

[PRESLEY 1,222]

So because I ignore people it makes me racist.

 

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It could help save them,I also believe they would shoot a white guy in the same position.

 

Ignoring people isnt racist its just ignorant.