On a scale of 1-10, how racist are you?

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this is a bad way of measuring racism

try not to be / 10

averagejoel posted...

this is a bad way of measuring racism

What is a good way

2. I make racist jokes at times but I grew up to Underground/Mainstream Hip Hip and mostly having black idols in my youth. I only make racist jokes to people who know me well enough to realize Im just really into comedy.

Recently both my black ps4 ccontrollers stopped working and I bought a new one that hapoens to be white. So I told my friend "I had 2 black controllers but they stopped working so I got a white one to see if it has a better work ethic"

I thought it was funny.

ReignFury posted...

averagejoel posted...

this is a bad way of measuring racism

What is a good way

I'm not sure that there is one.

racism can be thought of as a personal flaw. in that sense, saying "I'm not racist" is just denial and will not help. I support the idea of affirmative action (not so much the way it's been implemented, but that's another issue) but that doesn't mean I'm not racist. I was raised and socialized in a racist society, so I am still racist in a lot of ways that I don't even realize.

in this context, people should think about it as a process of personal growth - overcoming racism and personal biases - rather than a static "I am not racist" attitude. recognizing your own flaws is the first step to overcoming them.

(side note: there's a pretty good essay on Medium about how the Dark Side of The Force throughout Star Wars is an analogy for this: https://medium.com/@omically/im-not-racist-but-yes-i-am-prejudice-and-the-dark-side-of-the-force-646b319c6579 )

i will confess to the most racist thing i have done: i saved a .gif from mlp:fim with the caption 'n-word you crazy'.

here is the .gif without the text.

https://mlpforums.com/uploads/post_images/sig-4633484.159274%20-%20animated%20cheerilee.gif

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Affirmative Action is racist towards white people.

CrimsonRage posted...

Fuck off, TC. Close your account.

lol u mad