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[gypsyfish]

I thought I knew, but some of the ideas that come up on this board are starting to confuse me. I've seen xenophobia, specific countries, religion and, even, being from a certain area of a country used as the definition. A little bit ago, I read a poster speculating that CPA is (was?) racist. I never got that impression - a rose-colored-glasses wearing apologist, at best, a troll, at worst, but not a racist.

Often it seems that people cry racism just to shut another poster up.

What bothers me, and it gets back to the old grammar/spelling/punctuation argument, when you use the term racist loosely, you cheapen it. It's a bad thing and shouldn't be thrown around.

God knows there is racism and it's probably not going away any time soon. I've seen it on this board today, but today I've seen things written and opinions about racism that are so far from any real definition of racism, that I question if some people do know what it is.

[The Lemon]

[ratslash]

racism: the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

discrimination or prejudice based on race.

another definition:-

the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races.

discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.

so basically what happened to me on the subway the other night by a korean male who should have known better. also what happened to derreck when he was "just walking along minding his own business". also what happened to the black english teacher guy when he was called a "monkey" and ended up in a fight.....

to name just three cases out of many more. all this by people, a race that is classed as advanced, who should really know better.

or am i being racist in my wide, sweeping generilsation of a race of people? my apologies if anybody thinks i am.....

[William Beckerson]

[Squid]

Coffeecup and Gollum: Two dogs fighting over a piece of s*it (The Korean saying).

Squid

[Ya-ta Boy]

Another irritating aspect of this issue is the lack of a clear definition of 'race' itself.

[mishlert]

But then aren't we all part of the human race?

[Corporal]

[Medic]

Rascism is an atittude that is accepted by one group against another because it's the thing to do. Like the white South Africans former apartheid against the blacks, or the rest of the world's anti semitic feelings about the jews.

[bucheon bum]

[William Beckerson]

[whatthefunk]

Race is an arbitrary term used to describe a group of people based on physical characteristics. It really has no use other than to blindly classify people based on small genetic differences. The problem with the term is that there are no clear cut boundries in physical human differences.
So skin color for example...
On one end of the spectrum is extremely white. On the other end is extremely black. Where do you draw the line between white and black? You can't really. Its all just crap. I think that its best to look at people in terms of culture.

[eamo]

[Corporal]

[Medic]

Prejudice is different from stereotyping in that it usually includes a strong feeling of dislike or hatred for the other group. However , many prejudiced people hold very negative stereotyped beliefs about the individuals in a group while genuinely liking them. For example the attitude of many conventionally sexist men who like women but persist in believing that women are inferior to men in various ways

Another source of prejudice may be the need to maintain and reassert ones status. The groups who are most prejudiced in a society tend to be those who have the least status within the dominant group. These people at the bottom of the hierarchy of the dominant group strive to feel superior at least to the objects of their prejudice.