I can. Some people are just ignorant and want to believe that their race is 'superior' to everyone else. Take Hitler. He thought tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed Germans were the superior race. Actually quite ironic, since he was short and had brown hair, as well as coming from a Jewish family. Take about hypocritical :P
its a combination of things.. im not a racist, but i hate seeing people wearing sagging clothes, being disrespectful.. it may be arrogance and also anger at someone else's mannerisms about how they act...
I agree with GreatZulu638. People who think they are cool going with their pants below their knees and talking shit to other people must hadd a terrible childhood lol. Anyway racism is bad and i hate to see people talk like that, nothing gotta be worse then beeing told crap too couse of wath "race" you are ( we are all the same! )
Clothing has nothing to do with race. Specific people might not be the greatest people, but that doesnt mean an entire race is inferior to another.
I was thinking about this while driving home the other day, listening to the radio about the Dem. election. I hate to think that this election can be so messed up solely because one person is dark-skinned and the other is a woman. It sickens me that people still consider these attributes to be negative, and would disregard the positives about these people.
Everyone has preconceived notions about different races and cultures that are not their own. Its normal, there is no getting around that. You see things that are different and you categorize them, thats how the human mind works. But once you start discriminating, then thats when it takes a wrong turn. There are differences in races depending on the regions we originated from, some races (our bodies, not minds) might be better at doing somethings more than others, this is normal, but to say that one race is simply better than another is a stupid comment to make. You can say that you do not like things that people do, even if one race tends to do it statistically more than another.
I also agree with GreatZulu638, i don't like people who are disrespectful, rude, and degrade the quality of life in neighborhoods, etc. Statistically speaking there are more Hispanic and black gang members in California than there are others. This does not mean I don't like those races, I have nothing against them. I do not like gangsters, etc. Which can mean any races included in a gang (this includes white supremists, KKK, etc)
Great Question Asherlee. I don't believe we will ever reach a place where people aren't racist.
I believe all people are created equal and deserve dignity, love and respect.
For me, a great model that I follow is the person of Jesus. Reading his teachings shows me that we should 'love our neighbor as ourself', no matter what color or race they are.
I have come to the conclusion that skin color doesn't have that much to do with it. As a general rule, people do not like that which is different than themselves.
The most hate filled racists I've ever seen, were black.
