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I'd say it is not that bad, everyone is a little racist, me myself, I am more afraid of people using the "race card". It is tense dealing with other races, being a cashier as my work,and I live in Milwaukee, one of the most segregated cities, and theres a lot of minority criminals, not because they are minorities, because they are poor, living in bad poor neighborhoods, and white people in the neighborhood would be just as bad. I think that some types of people make it harder not to be racist, and its hard not to think in your head racial stereotypes and jokes, with them being all over the tv. Hindu/Indian people bug me the most at work though, because a lot of them like to bring up a bunch of stuff, say how much this to everything, and then go, no i don't want, and they misunderstand signs all the time, because they can not read English, then argue over prices. And we also get alot of them bying stuff to re sell it at their stores, which is against the law. They use to come in when we had better milk sales and fill the cart up with 6 to ten gallons a day, then argue about the limits of 2 per person. One lady had a little baby, and said two gallons for her, and so on with each kid. It just can drive you crazy because they do not understand our shopping system at all, and not everyone is like that, there are people who are nice and do not cause problems. I guess you have to forgive and move on about racial differences, and not worry to much about it, race does not make a difference.

Also, i think people need to stop hating people for being a little racist or prejudice. Its not like your going around crusading everyone that isn't Mexican or anything, so people need to forgive a little intolerance of other races.

But morals (from my understanding of them) are informed by a number of factors, but at the end of the day they are personal. If he wishes to be introspective of himself then he may find that he is indeed immoral, but it would be a judgement of himself made by himself.

His thoughts will only really be immoral if other individuals become involved and find offense in them. If that does not happen then it will remain up to him to decide if he is a good or bad person for thinking and feeling this way.

And this is my point. Without seeking our opinions of his thought we would not have thought him immoral. It would have remained a personal belief that was not being scrutinized by outsiders.
However, the very fact that he felt the need to ask shows a certain doubt in his moral convinctions (concerning his attitude towards race), this is what gives us permission to question this particular belief of his.

As far as I care, there's nothing wrong with being racist, as long as it stays in your own head. Just about everyone thinks stereotypically, because they're all influenced by the society around them, and that makes them bias.

I don't think you should look at the word "bias" as such a bad thing. The reaseon it sounds so negative is probably because it's always used along with the words "discrimination" and "crime", but all it really means is that your brain registers a commonly occuring pattern, which is pretty natural.



Well, sometimes they do realize it. My opinion is that people who establish their beliefs based solely on what they're taught are a bit narrow minded, so when someone accuses them of something, their first and only instinct is to deny it. My mom does this, especially when I tell her she drives slow.

Clearly, you aren't planning on leaving rascisim soon, as it seems you are O.K. with being a 'Rascist'. Although, as stated before, Rascisim is 'bad' so you, in turn, are 'bad'. Although 3rd factors could have provoked the hatred of this other skin, which, would moralize it a bit. Example: 'Black people killed my father', 'White people burned down my house'.

Racism is useless...its the worst thing on this earth and it holds you and others back...but it doesnt mean you're a bad person unless you are openly racist...

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As much as I'm inclined to disagree with your opinion, if you aren't hurting anyone, you have the right to your own opinions.