Are Black people more Racist Than Caucasians?

[bek2335]

The word is "bigot" folks, not racist. Yes, there are many black people who are quite intolerant of others. But then this trait isnt relegated to anyone group. It is part of the human condition. One of many flaws we have to work towards over coming world wide. But as long as there are people and there is selfishness, we may have to work on it for a while.

You are correct. The word "racist" can only correctly be applied to the attitudes of the group in power toward those lower in the pecking order. Same with sexist - it's an attitude of males directed toward females. If females are bigoted against males, that is bigotry, man-hating, etc...but it's not sexist. Words get misused. The word "chauvivinist has been used interchangably with "sexist" but it doesn't mean the same thing. A chauvinist is someone who has a blind alliegance to a cause. So, many racists are chauvinists too, though they may not necessarly be sexist.

 

[SomeGuyOverThere]

The word is "bigot" folks, not racist. Yes, there are many black people who are quite intolerant of others. But then this trait isnt relegated to anyone group. It is part of the human condition. One of many flaws we have to work towards over coming world wide. But as long as there are people and there is selfishness, we may have to work on it for a while.

You are correct. The word "racist" can only correctly be applied to the attitudes of the group in power toward those lower in the pecking order. Same with sexist - it's an attitude of males directed toward females. If females are bigoted against males, that is bigotry, man-hating, etc...but it's not sexist. Words get misused. The word "chauvivinist has been used interchangably with "sexist" but it doesn't mean the same thing. A chauvinist is someone who has a blind alliegance to a cause. So, many racists are chauvinists too, though they may not necessarly be sexist.

There really isn't much point in bringing up definitions of words when we all have some idea what is meant. But, for the sake of being a jerk:

rac⋅ism

/ˈreɪsɪzəm/ [rey-siz-uhm]

–noun
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Origin:
1865&#8211;70; < F racisme. See race 2 , -ism


Racist Definition | Definition of Racist at Dictionary.com


Racism is bigotry about race, in the same way that sexism is bigotry about gender and, bizarrly, homophobia means bigotry about homosexual people. With regard to the latter, I'd prefer a nice, vicious sounding word like "racist", "homophobic" almost excuses it as implying it's a fear of homosexual people... "honest judge, I stabbed him in self defence! He was brandishing his homosexuality!"

 

[Chriskenney81]

Considering there is only one race of human being on this planet, it would be silly to hate on someone for skintone.

And yes, some black people can be just as "racist" as some white people.

 

[Principessa]

Please respond with your opinion no matter what your race is!

Gee, thanks. That's mighty white of you, letting anyone answer your question.. :biggrin1: FWIW: I am a 43 year old black American woman. I am not a hood rat, I do not speak ebonics, I have no sense of rhythm, and I have no street cred. I come from a world of private schools, cotillions, and high end luxury cars. My opinions tend not to be what people like you expect.

Are Black people more Racist Than Caucasians?

As per Chris Rock, "Yes, black people are more racist than white people because we hate "N" words too." :biggrin1:

it is deemed acceptable for a black man to be racist because of our nations past?

It's not acceptable so much as understandable. There is a reason for it to occur. It is not inexplicable.

I find it sad that some black people are even brought up by their parents still believing this. Perhaps it's just the media playing tricks on me?

:irked: I find it sad that so many white people, some on this very site have parents that taught them to hate black people for no reason other than their parents and grandparents hate black people. :irked: :261: Children of all races, creeds, ethnicities, and colors learn what they live. So don't go putting that kind of hateration just on blacks. :angryfire2:

I have hung out with black people before many times and i get that blame-it-on-the-honkey mentality.

That's because you are hanging out with lower socio-economic class, or ghetto blacks. Middle class, upper middle class, and wealthy blacks don't think like that. Educated blacks do not think like that. Unless there is proof to the contrary, we assume any misfortune is due to lack of preparation on our part or bad luck. You need a better class of friends. :yup:

now I understand this is not a 100% stereotype glove-fit. there are exceptions obviously. but has the word racist morphed into a word designed for white people who are intolerant of other cultures? If you do not understand what I'm saying, basically how most words start out non-pejorative and turn pejorative such as gay, bitch, fag, etc.

I used to make a distinction between being prejudiced and racism. To me prejudice was bad, but not as hateful and evil as racism. I have noticed that in the past 20 years or so, words like prejudiced and bigot have fallen out of favor and now everyone who doesn't like someone else is a racist. I have no idea why this occurred. Perhaps it has something to do with the media. As previously stated anyone of any race can be a racist. The word was not invented to prosecute white people. :angryfire2: The fact that you think it was actually makes you a tad racist. :lmao:

And please don't even TRY to give me shit about not using the term african-american. you'll just be proving my point furthermore.

Uhmm, what exactly is your point? You have asked at least 4 different questions. I tried to answer all of them but I may have missed one cause you were kind of hopscotching around.

Where EXACTLY are you from? I grew up in the northeast, it was common for there to be an Italian American Club, German American Club, Irish American club, etc. So the African American thing seemed a natural progression.

That said I prefer to be called black. Unlike the previous groups I mentioned I have no ties to Africa. I have no stories about my grandparents coming over on a boat through Ellis Island. There are no recipes from Africa handed down through generations. I am proud of my African heritage, but it has nothing to do with how I was reared or who I am today. Also the few (maybe a dozen) Africans I have met in my life were very clear in letting me know that they didn't like American blacks. They often consider American blacks lazy and our ancestors stupid for being caught by the slave traders. They conveniently forget that some, African Kings, Queens, and tribal leaders actually sold members of their own tribes to the slave traders. When I mention that they shut up and walk away. :biggrin1:
:irked:

It amazes me when I see posts starting with "As a black woman............" "A black man/woman wouldn't put up with.................."

Race shouldn't and need not come into a reference to a person. All are people. End of.

Oh please! Spoken like a white man who either lives in a Utopian bubble and/or has never spent any length of time in America. :irked:

 

[mr_unattractive]

NJQT is officially my hero. What a thoughtful and insightful post! That one should be published where it can reach a wider audience. Thanks QT.

 

[Principessa]

There is no doubt about it --black people in general are more racist than white people--but most of them don't even know it--they will only vote for blacks even if they know the white person is better qualified-period ...................................................................................................

:rofl: You make it sound like white people haven't been doing the exact same thing for centuries. I know people who vote for a person just because they are of Italian, Irish, Jewish, or German descent. When my dad ran for the school board in NJ people read his flyers and old white men said they would vote for him just cause he was Army Airborne, and they were too. :yup: Some voted for him because he served during the Korean Conflict and they did too. One guy saw that my mom was a teacher and his wife was a teacher so he said you got my family's votes. People like things and people that are like them, in some way, no matter how small. It's called being human.

 

[Yum_Yum]

It amazes me when I see posts starting with "As a black woman............" "A black man/woman wouldn't put up with.................."

Race shouldn't and need not come into a reference to a person. All are people. End of.

It's a black thing -- black people talk colour which is why it's nothing at all to hear a black woman say *let me tell you what that black m.f.er did last night* or a black man say something like *I'm going out with this sexy redbone tonight*. Black people are the only race who talks colour. It's a black thing, not a racist thing.

White folks can do it too, if that's the issue -- that *we're doing something yall don't do *and are getting away with it*, as if we're doing something wrong. White ladies, if you're around blacks and you tell your white girlfriend something like *that white m.f.er sure do love me*, referencing your husband or if we hear you tell your child *get your white butt out of my garden*, because it's not racist [to us], it wouldn't even be a thought to us that you've just made racist statements. That's because it's only racist TO WHITE PEOPLE.

And to the OP, black men are not racist. If they were then soooooooooooooooooooo many of them wouldn't be open to IRR with non-black women.

How open are white men to dating black women in the numbers of black men date white women, I'm not talking about just thinking about it but yall white men just going for the gusto and next thing you know, you're in IRRs with black women. Thank you.

If anything, some black people can be racist against other black people, but in terms of against white folks -- NO -- so stop making sh*t up!!

 

[Yum_Yum]

Considering there is only one race of human being on this planet, it would be silly to hate on someone for skintone.

And yes, some black people can be just as "racist" as some white people.

Just as racist?! Let me find out your tongue is browner than a UPS truck!!

 

[D_Relentless Original]

As per Chris Rock, "Yes, black people are more racist than white people because we hate "N" words too." :biggrin1:
It's not acceptable so much as understandable. There is a reason for it to occur. It is not inexplicable.

It amazes me how my friends who are black call each other and me the "N" word all the time, it confusing at times,

:irked: I find it sad that so many white people, some on this very site have parents that taught them to hate black people for no reason other than their parents and grandparents hate black people. :irked:

OH Bollocks nj, what evidence do you have for a comment like that?

Oh please! Spoken like a white man who either lives in a Utopian bubble and/or has never spent any length of time in America. :irked:

And what pray, does spoken like a white man mean?, is that different from anyone else?, now be careful that you are not being racist with throw away comments like that, would it have been acceptable for me to say "spoken like a Black man"?. We are all working to the same humane respectable attitudes aren't we?

 

[vlls]

this thread doesnt belong here

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

:rofl: You make it sound like white people haven't been doing the exact same thing for centuries. I know people who vote for a person just because they are of Italian, Irish, Jewish, or German descent. When my dad ran for the school board in NJ people read his flyers and old white men said they would vote for him just cause he was Army Airborne, and they were too. :yup: Some voted for him because he served during the Korean Conflict and they did too. One guy saw that my mom was a teacher and his wife was a teacher so he said you got my family's votes. People like things and people that are like them, in some way, no matter how small. It's called being human.

It's also called being stupid. AT SOME POINT (although when that day will ever come I don't know) we have to move beyond voting for people based on emotions and start voting for people based on experience, qualifications, and management skills. If you're black you still want your garbage picked up. If you're Latino you still want the potholes fixed. If you're gay you still want the storm drains to work when it rains. You should vote for the person who makes that happen -- regardless of color, religion, or sexual orientation.

A couple years ago Dallas had a gay city councilman running for mayor. Most of the gays in the city were behind him because they wanted to make history "The first gay mayor of a major city in America." They actually said that. Sorry, that is just the WRONG reason to vote for someone as mayor. Vote for them because they would be the best mayor, not because you both are gay. I wrote several letters to that effect to the local gay and mainstream papers which were published. Some of my friends agreed with them and some didn't. Tough. It needed to be said.

I would no more vote for someone who's gay just because I'm gay that I would vote for someone who has green eyes just because I have green eyes. I vote for the person who spends my tax money the way I want them to spend it. Sometimes they are black, sometimes they are white, sometimes they are Latino. Occasionally they are gay. (We don't have a lot of qualified gay candidates for some reason. Hopefully that will change soon.)

If you vote for mayor after mayor after mayor just based on race (or any other arbitrary trait) and not qualifications, you wind up with a Detroit or a Washington DC. Marion Berry was re-elected even after his cocaine conviction. If you do something as opposed to your self-interest as that, you get what you deserve: complete and total mismanagement of your city.

Fortunately we avoided that in Dallas and the unqualified gay candidate was defeated and the more qualified straight candidate won and has done very well. Unfortunately, he had long coattails and the gay candidate in our city council district was also defeated (in part due to straight homophobia) and an less qualified straight candidate won. *Sigh*

In short, yes SOME black people are more racist than SOME white people. (Some gays are also more homophobic than some straights, etc. etc etc.)

 

[naughty]

this thread doesnt belong here

Where do you think it belongs?

 

[Principessa]

this thread doesnt belong here

Why not? It deals with race relations and discrimination. I think the OP chose the perfect place to post this thread.

 

[invisibleman]

In short, yes SOME black people are more racist than SOME white people. (Some gays are also more homophobic than some straights, etc. etc etc.)

I have met some racist white gay men and lesbians.

 

[Wrist_thick10]

and it is deemed acceptable for a black man to be racist because of our nations past? I find it sad that some black people are even brought up by their parents still believing this. perhaps it's just the media playing tricks on me? I have hung out with black people before many times and i get that blame-it-on-the-honkey mentality.

now I understand this is not a 100% stereotype glove-fit. there are exceptions obviously. but has the word racist morphed into a word designed for white people who are intolerant of other cultures? If you do not understand what I'm saying, basically how most words start out non-pejorative and turn pejorative such as gay, bitch, fag, etc.

Please respond with your opinion no matter what your race is!

And please don't even TRY to give me shit about not using the term african-american. you'll just be proving my point furthermore.

The term African-American is a nationality, it has nothing to do with race. Even a white person can be African-American. I met a white women who was born in South Africa, but is now an American citizen. She is African-American, but what does all this topic have to do with a large penis?

 

[Patchos]

Story: Group A is in power and treats Group B badly and unfairly for hundreds of years. Group B is angry for generations. Some members of Group A then say, "Look, they are behaving worse then we are."

Thank you, end of story.

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

I have met some racist white gay men and lesbians.

Yes and here in the States a lot of blacks are among the most vocal opponents of gay marriage.

 

[naughty]

The term African-American is a nationality, it has nothing to do with race. Even a white person can be African-American. I met a white women who was born in South Africa, but is now an American citizen. She is African-American, but what does all this topic have to do with a large penis?

Nothing. But it does have a lot to do with Relationships,Discrimination and Jealousy which is the topic of this forum.

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

The term African-American is a nationality, it has nothing to do with race. Even a white person can be African-American. I met a white women who was born in South Africa, but is now an American citizen. She is African-American

True. I know Jamaicans and Haitians who do not want to be called African-Americans. If you are referring to them, they want to be called Jamaicans or Haitians. If you are referring to the larger group they belong to, the prefer to be called blacks.

I think people should be allowed to name themselves whatever they want.

 

[MrGoodDate]

Are we talking world, or continental USA? Hey the world is mostly other than white.
Yes, every culture has it's prejudices.
I look down on people who look down on people.