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Originally Posted by dd74
When is observation racist? When one makes lump-sum comments about entire ethnicities and nationalities based on a limited amount of observations.
For example: a Chinese man lost control of his car and ran it directly through our front yard fence and into a wall. I observed this accident and its aftermath. Therefore all Chinese drivers can't control their cars.
A silly, unfair and unqualified assessment, isn't it?
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I think you have it a bit wrong.--you have there
prejudice based on racism. (you could sub "big nose guy" for Chinese and it would just have prejudice)
Racism starts once one starts creating categories of
race.(origins, genetic lineage.) Racism is amplified when one starts
marking groups with genetically transmitted physical characteristics, for better or worse. --any trait that put one race as superior to another.
btw
Malcom X was a racist separatist.
Oprah is a racist ageist.
"Black history month" is a racist event, so is "i'm Irish day" (St Patric's)
...pretty much anyone can be allowed to be a racist of varying degree these day. tho' if you are of euro-lineage and lacking obvious genetically transmitted physical characteristics of an identifiable
race, well expect to hear [scream]Racist[/scream] should you dare to note any differences. --Some people are just
Waiting to be offended by you.