claire333 wrote:
I'm not one to believe in karma, but I try not to knock other people's religious views so I will let that one pass.
Why do some people feel the need to say they are not racist? Everyone has some racist views. Sure, there's no need to be hateful about it but why this need to claim purity of thought? I am technically white with dark skin due to a dash of American Indian in my family tree. I have faced my fair share of racism because of my skin, but would never have the nerve to say I am not racist. My father is a German immigrant and admits to his racist views which were drilled into his head from youth, but he married my brown mother didn't he? My husband is Irish and German, as white as they come and admits to his racist views which were drilled into his head from youth, but he married me didn't he? I have never been able to identify with any race, but I have racist veiws about pretty much all of them. Some of them were handed down from my parents and some I developed on my own. However, it does not change the fact I value people based on their integrity. It does not matter to me that one of my children is brown like me and the other is blonde and fair. Love is blind but racism is a part of human nature.
well, I am not sure if this is always the case, perhaps the definition of racism might vary as just other definitions, might have something to do with it, or perhaps is due more to a group of culture rather than racism or perhaps both, the question is, if we all are racists, how and where did we learn that? and another question, what is racism?
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