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I believe the media and my experiences have made me racist more than I wish to be. As the thread starter said, I wouldn't think twice about a white person walking by me late at night, but a black person -- definitely. Why? Because any time I've ever seen a black person out walking, they've always got hoods up and they look like they're ready to mug you. Is the white person probably a serial killer and the black guys just having a good time? Probably!
But uh... you watch certain movies and you'll definitely find yourself being influenced. Movies like American History X, Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society... they painted a bleak picture of the black culture.
And honestly, for two years at my old job (working at BB as the store manager) the only persons I ever caught stealing were black. You know, one incident can really just change your perspective on things, even if it's something minor. I caught a black guy stealing, and he was with a group of friends, and I just calmy went over to him and asked him if he was going to pay for it, and he starts dropping F bombs at me. The lady at the counter with her daughter told him to watch his language and he turns to her and says, "Oh, I apologize mam" and then turns back to me and starts dropping the "Fuck you man" again. And it's like, I didn't do anything -- in fact, my CSR (customer service representive, basically, my cashier) working that day WAS black, and I hired her, and I had another insanely prejudice employee who routinely dropped the N-word out loud, and that offended me greatly, just because I thought it was incredibly rude and stupid to talk like that. But you know what, he treated that black employee with the utmost respect... so what I'm saying is... it's definitely on a per-person basis. Kind of like, most old white guys who uh, have that 'look', are commonly judged to be pedophiles, you know? Hell, anyone who watches Family Guy knows what I'm talking about, it's a damn stereotype that's alive and well. And the same goes for the black wanna-be gangsters.
And the media isn't really helping me out either.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234789,00.html
Check out that interview. This black professor (ex prof. that is) gets on C-Span or some news channel and starts talking about exterminating white people. What the fuck? So Fox News asks this member of the "New Black Panther Party" to have an interview on Fox News. The guy says okay, and he basically condones the professor's choice of words ("exterminate white people") It was horrifically shocking to me. Because... okay, you just know that some white people are thinking the same thing about black people, but they aren't on the news saying that -- there would be HELL if that happened. But vice versa... it's the same deal with channels like BET -- where's the White Entertainment Television channel? (I'm not asking for it -- but I'm saying, if someone tried to make it... there would be an uproar.)
In my experience, the black culture (or what would be referred to as "African Americans", which is a dumb-as-hell term) is continually trying to separate themselves from us "white folks." They want their own entertainment, their own music, their own cities -- and for them, every white person is racist, even when that's hardly the case. They IMPOSE the "you're racist" label on the white people they see. FUCK that.
And as far as somolians and muslims (yes I realize one is a race and the other is a religion) go... don't get me started. There's so much bullshit in the media. That whole uproar with the 6 muslims (imams) removed from the plane. The way they are spinning that to make it look like they were 'racially profiled' and targetted makes me absolutely sick. Check out these articles if you're interested...
http://www.conservativetruth.org/article.php?id=3667
http://www.investors.com/editorial/...20view=1&view=1
Anyway, we're all racist, it's just a matter of how well you let it be known -- how well you show it, and/or hide it.
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