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| Topic | Can you be a racist and still be considered a good person? |
| AdviceMan 08/17/17 3:20:20 PM #23: | The term "good person" is an entirely useless one, and doesn't actually mean anything. It's fiction. It's a story. Race, in and of itself is simply one of those stories. For example, if you are a serial adulter, you cannot be trusted in a relationship, but this means nothing to your interactions outside of that. So, can a racist, be a "good person"? Certainly not to everyone, they're racist. But they can be good in interactions where the race they hate is not a factor. I'm 100% positive I've had interactions with racists and left those interactions thinking "that's a pretty great guy/gal", especially when they helped me for no reason. Think of the widespread racism against gypsies in places like Italy. Do we come to the conclusion that the vast majority of Italians are inherently bad people? Simplistic notions of good and bad might make things really easy and make the world easier to look at, but it is out of touch with reality. --- "I'm not racist but, BLM sure did make me racist." -Skasa I'm just here to offer you advice, take it or leave it. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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