Unless they actually act on their racism, I could care less. There are certainly worse things that could happen to the world than someone throwing the N word around while not in the presence of anyone who would be offended by it.
Poll: Does being racist instantly make you a bad person?
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If a person is prejudiced to another person simply because of the color of their skin, said person is a bad person.
That may be an ironic statement because that makes me prejudiced against someone because he/she is prejudiced against someone because of the color of their skin. That being said, racism is bad. People who are racist are bad people.
Now this does not mean you can't be friends with bad people. Heck, even I keep a few rotten eggs in my friends circle just because.
That may be an ironic statement because that makes me prejudiced against someone because he/she is prejudiced against someone because of the color of their skin. That being said, racism is bad. People who are racist are bad people.
Now this does not mean you can't be friends with bad people. Heck, even I keep a few rotten eggs in my friends circle just because.
Nah, he's a good guy. There's only two scenarios that should concern you with this friend. 1) You may have to make a choice between who you will be able to associate with. IE: Your friend won't hang out with you if you are in the company of that group. 2) You would have a moral obligation to object to any action that your friend does to aggressively discriminate against that race. You know, racial slurs used in public, any racial violence... basically anything racially motivated done against that group.
Aside from that you shouldn't have any problems, really. That's his opinion and you don't know why he holds those beliefs. Could be trauma at the hands of those people, could be the way his parents raised him, who knows? It's not your place to question it or try to fix him. Maybe he's still growing up and needs some real world experience before he reconsiders his ways.
If the only "upkeep cost" of that friend is having to roll your eyes or change the subject whenever he goes on a tirade, I'd say that's pretty cheap. The real evil is to axe a loyal friend out of political correctness.
Aside from that you shouldn't have any problems, really. That's his opinion and you don't know why he holds those beliefs. Could be trauma at the hands of those people, could be the way his parents raised him, who knows? It's not your place to question it or try to fix him. Maybe he's still growing up and needs some real world experience before he reconsiders his ways.
If the only "upkeep cost" of that friend is having to roll your eyes or change the subject whenever he goes on a tirade, I'd say that's pretty cheap. The real evil is to axe a loyal friend out of political correctness.
Just so that you read my opinion on it. NO i do not think a person who does this is a bad person. Free will IMHO right. Even if this persons racism affected another person to the degree that they attack someone of a different ethnic group. That does not make the first racist person "bad". It makes the person who attack them BAD. People are entitled to their own opinions. Whether people act on them is entirely their choice. People can quite easily make up their own mind as to whether they agree with their friends opinion. People should be given free choice to hear all things and act as they will. Hate to sound to much like GOD, but we have free will and it is our decision whether something affect us or not.Sparrow said:
This person would be EVIL/BAD person if the situation was different if it violoted the free will rule. For example saying all these "racist" things to a child that is very impressionable. The liability would IMO come on both child and bad person.
People hear things everyday whether the construe them in to affecting our actions in our choice.
Thank you.
if you judge someone about something they simply can't help, or can't change about themselves, then yes, you are a bad person. And anyone who does the whole "well, i just come by these views naturally" or anyhting like that, to justify htier prejiduce, is a liar as well as a horrible person.
If you are racist, you are trying to drive a wedge between differnet parts of what should be a unified species. NOw, just becasue you are a bad person, doesn't mean that you don't do nice things. I am pretty sure that Hitler petted a few puppies in his day, that those who supported the appartied gave thier kids candy from time to time, but none of that matters in the face that they judges others by the colour of thir skin and the blood in thier viens.
I don't care who you are, where you were raised, what your daddy or granddaddy told you, or what your religious texts tell you,if you are racist towards somebody then you are little more than human rubbish, end of the discussion.
If you are racist, you are trying to drive a wedge between differnet parts of what should be a unified species. NOw, just becasue you are a bad person, doesn't mean that you don't do nice things. I am pretty sure that Hitler petted a few puppies in his day, that those who supported the appartied gave thier kids candy from time to time, but none of that matters in the face that they judges others by the colour of thir skin and the blood in thier viens.
I don't care who you are, where you were raised, what your daddy or granddaddy told you, or what your religious texts tell you,if you are racist towards somebody then you are little more than human rubbish, end of the discussion.
not a bad person...to you. to others he is a racist. Hitler had good friends but he is still a dick as far as others are concerned
These days I struggle to tell whether they're racist because they're morons or because they're bad people.
It can depend - generally if you're racist you're a ****. Having said that, 75+ year olds come from a time when it was acceptable and, let's face it, old people don't adapt all that well - so I wouldn't call them bad necessarily. HAVING SAID THAT, there are plenty in that age group that aren't racist.
It can depend - generally if you're racist you're a ****. Having said that, 75+ year olds come from a time when it was acceptable and, let's face it, old people don't adapt all that well - so I wouldn't call them bad necessarily. HAVING SAID THAT, there are plenty in that age group that aren't racist.
stereotypes are there for a reason, and when that behavior of that race gets on my nerves, then thats there fault for perpetuating that stereotype.
I'm going to be a bad person and bring religion into this, because it's a good parallel which, even if you don't agree with my point, should make it easier to explain myself. Basically, if someone is brought up believing something that is incorrect, as with religion, is it bad of them to keep believing it throughout their life and using it as guidelines for their actions? No. It just means that they are ignorant or misguided. The same can be said of racism.
If the person can offer a good argument for racism, then they may have a point, but I don't believe there are any. Also, it's perfectly natural to be wary of people who look different. We evolved to trust those related to us, and to shun people who we know are outside our own little community. Being a different colour makes it very clear to our subconscious minds that someone is from a different community.
If the person can offer a good argument for racism, then they may have a point, but I don't believe there are any. Also, it's perfectly natural to be wary of people who look different. We evolved to trust those related to us, and to shun people who we know are outside our own little community. Being a different colour makes it very clear to our subconscious minds that someone is from a different community.
Couldn't have been said any better.Rainboq said:
Its a lack of critical knowledge that can be corrected.
Well I don't see the justification in judging somebody on simply the colour of their skin, their background or their creed but I find that it stems less from being evil (Because let's face it, it's in the nature of most humans that if my friend saw that person on the ground injured they'd probably try to help them regardless of their previously held beliefs) and more from simply being misinformed, misguided or mistreated in the past.
I probably wouldn't disown them as a friend, I've had friends make remarks about my background and beliefs but I've done the same, it's something we do as friends in good humour and if we can stay together after that amongst ourselves then surely we could do that when somebody else entirely is taking the prejudice, if it was bad enough I'd probably just snap at them to have some respect and then try to leave it at that (Because honestly if there's one thing that brings my piss to a boil it's prejudice).
I probably wouldn't disown them as a friend, I've had friends make remarks about my background and beliefs but I've done the same, it's something we do as friends in good humour and if we can stay together after that amongst ourselves then surely we could do that when somebody else entirely is taking the prejudice, if it was bad enough I'd probably just snap at them to have some respect and then try to leave it at that (Because honestly if there's one thing that brings my piss to a boil it's prejudice).
saying you dont like a particular race, and doing something against that race are different, stating that you dont like a race (or really any general group of people) is not in it self evil. Acting on that in a negative way towards that race would be.
dont get me wrong, it would strongly affect my opinion of them
if you heard a black man say "The white man is keeping me down" yes, that is technically racist, no, that is not evil.
It's human nature to be racist, yes it is. Some of us have gotten over it, some haven't. That doesn't make you a bad person, or even necessarily ignorant. Some people just have their reasons to hold on to their preconceptions. I do not. And as has been said, it's not racism that makes you a bad person, it's acting on it.
I would say they're ignorant and close-minded. As for whether or not they're a bad person, I think it depends on why they are racist. My dad, for example, was racist because he was raised that way.
Oh this is very cute indeed. Feels good insulting me? What a sweet fellow you are.emily123 said:
I've been taught more about your so cherished nazis than some people studying history. As a German I live with the historical shame and the shame of still having your reform pals around. Don't try to explain yourself, there's no way you could. In the end you'll be going down just like the Reich did and good thing too.
Now stop defiling my inbox by quoting me again. There's no point in talking to the likes of you.