|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:37 PM Original message |
Are most white Americans racist? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think most people are, deep down. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. What justifies one and not the other? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. How do you know what she believes? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. Simple - she SAID it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. I know plenty of people like that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Agreed. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. that piece is racist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yup. (n/t) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Yep |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. If it's not >50%... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think so-- I'm speaking as a white American-- but I think the roots... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. pecking order and dominance. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. It boils down to fear of difference. And since most of living is change, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. We're sexist, sizeist, racist, heightists. But most know not to act on this initial |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You're right, as long as we categorize and lable |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. that sounds like Bill Clinton |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. good summary mookie |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. You aren't afraid of reality |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. A fish is the last to discover water, they say. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. What about a mudskipper? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. The white race is not the only race to have cornered the market on racism |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. thank you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I heard a black guy today calling another guy a dumb Pollock! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. It's in all races to feel superior, not just whites! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Speaking for myself, yes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. EVERYONE is racist to some degree. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. yes. nt. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
liberati (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I can't agree with the frontstage/backstage thing... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Sure they do, maybe not in front of you, knowing how you feel... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
liberati (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Of course there is a bad apple in every bunch... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am aware of other's skin color |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. That question is. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Race" is a construct. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. YES! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Exactamundo. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Actually, that depends on what one means by the term. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. As others have pointed out, there seems to be an inherent hard wiring to |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Racism is NOT inherent |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I disagree (to an extent). |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I agree... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. That article is incredibly racist. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Exactly |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. I agree. The article itself is racist, for singling out a certain race as being any more racist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. What is "race"? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yep. The only reason we have a holiday season |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rockstone (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes - I am racist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. Backstage. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think we all are to a degree... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm the white half of an inter-racial marriage |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. One of my friends in college was a "Mandarin" chinese student |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LoneDriver (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Wow, what a guilt ridden bunch, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I think many people were answering the question, which is |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. The invisible knapsack |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Man, that's worthy of its own thread. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Seconded! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Thirded |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. kicking & recommending Jcrowley's response! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. AWESOME post |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
79. "It may seem self-indulgent to talk about the fears of white people in a white-supremacist society. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. The fears of poor people |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. We don't live in a "white supremacy" society. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. "...a diverse population |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Oh sorry. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Have you never heard of the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. Amazingly no. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. I do not believe this |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. yes.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. I call Bullsh*t on this article |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
54. Ain't nothin' like some good flamebait |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
56. Tim Wise acknowledges that point |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
90. Tim Wise is EXCELLENT and he 'gets it' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Molly Secours is another writer who "gets it" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
57. racism has been deeply ingrained in most of us |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
59. I think we could easily change this around to say |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
60. YES! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
62. Racism is hardly confined to just whites. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Limelight (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. Amen |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
99. You're talking about bigotry, not racism |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
63. yes |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm a Latino who "looks white". And I've seen enough racism to make me cynical and maybe racist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Great post, Evoman! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. I don't think I agree with what that Feagin fellow is proposing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. I'm white, went to mostly-white schools |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. No one is exempt from what I call 'otherism', but.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. That said, I have noticed that older folks sure do love the n-word. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. Most PEOPLE have racist and/or prejudiced ideas buried deep down. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
77. Here's the problem with your(Feagin's) Theory |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Unconscious aggression |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Intent must be conscious-it is intent. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. PREACH IT, Bro JacksonWest! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
80. I think every person has some form of racism and it's something that |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AFRIMERICAN (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
91. Afrimericans opposed by White Privilege |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Limelight (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
92. EVERYONE has their prejudices. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
95. White people creep me out, especially great crowds of them. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
96. Stereotype, bias, predjudice, discrimination, bigotry, racism, hate. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
97. No. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
98. I don't think that everyone is really clean from racism... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
100. Not all white Americans are raised in segregated conditions assumed in the OP |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Thu Oct 17th 2024, 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC