Are many autistics racist?

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I'm sort of in that same boat, though depending on how they dress and speak, I don't feel safe around both gangster Hispanics and poor Blacks. And it's not even all blacks either... since I'm most comfortable around and have the most fun with recent African immigrants. Hispanic, European, and Asian immigrants tend to be really cool too.

If they're suburban... well that's my people, so I'm race-blind to fellow suburbanites. Rich people are also tolerable too, irrespective of their race. So I think it's more of a class issue, but it's also a value issue. I don't fear being around poor Asians or poor Jews.

being in the army taught me that godly people come in all shapes, sizes, colors and genders, as do infernal types. one simply cannot assume, and a presumption better be backed up with extensive personal experience with each particular person. when you've met one person, you've met ONLY one person.

That's true... but not realistic, or rational. As a person of color, even here in friendly Oregon I have to be cautious in white-majority rural towns, where most people are very nice and accepting but the few who aren't make it known very quickly that they don't want you there. Being a polynesian in LA or SF could get you killed in certain areas. Living in Portland, things are pretty friendly, but I know to watch out for poor whites in the SE(Oregon City, Clackamas, etc.), poor hispanics in the West(Hillsboro, Forest Grove), and poor blacks in the East(East Portland, Gresham), and that's not racist.

Being race-blind shouldn't make you reality-blind. To not assume is to enter every situation as a newborn, discovering things anew. It's nice to be nice, but it's also smart to be cautious, and that doesn't make you a bad person.

Because humans like to group the world into discrete chunks and categories racism is inevitable. Your attitudes to other races are culturally and personally determined. Sure we can be very black and white in our thinking but tatus and social hierarchism plays a big part in racism (things to which we're not that sensitive) so i'd say that people on the spectrum are no more or less likely to be racist.

There is a well known correlation between poverty and antisocial behaviour...
There are genetic influences involved in personality traits...
And of course, there are also cultural influences affecting personal attitudes/morality-systems...

As you say:
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However, environmental and genetic influences can and do create *tendencies*...
Courts of law do (and should, imo) take these factors into consideration...

The truth may be an inconvenient (or politically incorrect) one, but it is what it is...
One can be a well meaning but biased humanist or a true objective social scientist...

Well said...

I agree with all but the last part...

It is my personal belief that those on the spectrum tend to have a genetically inspired predisposition towards honesty and an more humanitarian attitude towards others~...
My belief is based on personal observation and general research into those on the autistic spectrum...
If anyone is interested I could elaborate...

~This is not an attempt to paint those on the spectrum in a favourable light...
It is simply a statement of fact of one aspect of my *belief* system...

Sure, but intelligence is only one part of a person. Also there is different kinds of intelligence. You can´t judge a human being or a "race" by one quality only.

How exactly? By systematically favoring the rich against the poor (easy to implement by accepting bribes), whites against blacks, and so on, on the grounds that the latter are statistically more likely to be criminals, even if there's no evidence to incriminate the specific individuals?

But does caution have to be about race? Why not a fake smile? The worst criminals in this world are white men in luxurious offices...

I'm pretty sure not all those types are white or male.

We are an unusual type...strongly instinctual feelings as all humans but a stong logic centre or one that revolves around reason which for me anyways translates into a more clinical approach to people and society. Of course I am fearful in poor/unsafe areas but even in the midst of those feelings I know exactly why so I seldom succumb to them.

what can you tell me about your logical process to avoid assuming?

with me, I've been treated just as shabbily by white folks as I have by non-whites. so I fear all races.

Walking through certain poor drug-ridden inner-city neighborhoods at night, you'd most likely breathe a sigh of relief if the footsteps you heard behind you were coming from a white man in a suit who works in a luxurious tower. And that's irrespective of the racial makeup of that neighborhood. Even if said-white guy in a suit who works in a luxurious office is there to pick up his coke or reorganize his prostitution ring, they tend to be fairly harmless to other individuals who aren't of their skin color.

But that's not what I'm talking about here. What I'm talking about is being cautious of other races, because they may not like your race, and as a result, harm you because of it.