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anyone have any experience with racism in their lives? as an asian dude most of the racism that is done towards is more casual with people making comments about my appearance or me eating dogs and what not. i just find it really interesting because the same people who made comments like this to me do not make passing comments to black people. maybe that was just a strawman but I think racism towards asain is more passive compared to lets say being racist towards a black man. i think its because racism is commonly linked together with black people instead of every race. at least in America. i wouldn't know what racism is like in other parts of the world.

in my own eyes I see a lot of racism towards white people pop up a lot recently. not in a way systemic way but its really common for the butt of a joke being "because I'm white" or "white girls". but this isn't the same as calling a dude the n word.

so what exactly is racism? by definition it is Quote:

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

but definitions are arbitrary and when you bring definitions it kinda becomes a discussion of semantics. this definition in particular is the common definition most people think of. however, i think racism has kinda evolved from this definition over the years going from prejudice to systemic.

like whenever race is involved it always has to mention race and their crime rates. doesn't matter what race but someone has to mention what percent of what race has down what.

i also noticed a lot of racism in a way where the idea is to be more positive towards that race. it might sound weird but i see this kind of racism with more left leaning individuals compared to the right. racism in the right is more straightforward with stuff like "don't hang around black people". racism in the left is more like a savior complex. for example when blm was getting really big a year ago a lot of people on social media were posting black square and supporting black owned businesses etc. but then after a week it kinda just died down? were the black squares just a way to gain brownie points with their peers? was it used as a way to gain clout and look progressive and educated?

I'm sure people like this arent doing any harm but people who have to feel bad for other races isn't doing the world a favor. like you are looking down on other colored people in a way where you feel like those races should be able to have the privileges you have. like remember when racism happened a girl I talked to kept spamming messages about how much she hated white people (half white person) and how badly black people have it. like sure its cool to acknowledge when losers are being racist but you don't need to defend black people by messaging me your antiracism rant nor do you need to prove you know what racism is. its gotten to the point where saying anything related to race is considered racist. for example in high school when I said black person there was always that one dude who had to say "that's racist".

also side note there have been times where I'm talking about asian related stuff and people had the urge to explain to me how racism against asians is.

i consider racism to be what my very not white father taught me it was if someone hates you because of your ethnicity or the color of your skin or where you are from that is racism period that said yes on all sides of my mixed genetics which go from french to the andes to asian i have experienced plenty of it especially growing up and it really really hurt people are so very mean

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i consider racism to be what my very not white father taught me it was if someone hates you because of your ethnicity or the color of your skin or where you are from that is racism period that said yes on all sides of my mixed genetics which go from french to the andes to asian i have experienced plenty of it especially growing up and it really really hurt people are so very mean

I feel like the majority of people don't hate other races. we get taught in school that hating people is bad. but lets say I was walking down the street and a black man walks up next to me and I get scared. i don't hate this guy but I feel scared. i think most modern racism isn't the hatred of other races

when i was growing up they definitely still hated other races i think what youre saying counts too though which is unfortunate that people would feel that way i will also add in making stereotypical judgments even if not from fear should also count

racism toward me, a lot of it. i've also experienced a lot of racism toward others around me, although probably everyone has experienced racism in that way. that said, i'm pretty fiercely defensive of people who are victims of racism.

i think some of the points you make about racism toward white people are pretty interesting, partly because i don't hear it discussed all too often. that probably has much to do with the fact that people, especially white people, are afraid to go there in fear of coming across as racist themselves. but it is, in my observation and experience, very much a thing.

the kinds of racist acts you'll see toward different races of course varies, but what constitutes racism is always the same. it's ultimately an ideology or school of thought—a belief that race determines one's abilities, character, etc. or separates them from others of a different race. no matter what, it's always wrong to treat someone differently or regard them as different based on their race, even if you think you're doing it in a positive way. there's a difference between acceptance and acknowledgement of one's race versus the alienation of someone based on their race.

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I lived a few years in a pretty racist town in retrospect, but because I "pass" as white in most places (the one benefit to anemia) it really was stuff I didn't notice as a kid or interpreted as microaggressions over being lower middle class. Being pushed to straighten my hair, being excluded by the snow-white kids as soon as my usefulness of the moment passed, being complimented on my skin while my darker parents didn't get anything (my mom started getting so many compliments after moving to a better place it's so noticeable), constantly getting doubted over stuff I did that wasn't related to being good at school.

However, the most memorable case was actually recent. Me and my dad were pretty lost in another town after a museum visit and we accidentally went into a super fancy mall. You can tell everyone's eyes on you at all times, we weren't even dressed particularly badly since we were doing touristy stuff. Later that same mall got sued because a public school group, I think they were in an excursion, was barred at the entrance for "not sticking to their lane" (ACTUAL WORDS FROM THE SECURITY) so huh wow what are the chances

i hate all races, especially marathons

no. but the majority of my (white) boyfriend's coworkers are hispanic. he said they call all the white people gringo lol

so is gringo a slur or just another way to say white dude?

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so is gringo a slur or just another way to say white dude?

i think it's a slur that means something along the lines of stupid white boy

Gringo might be a slur depending on the country. I've definately seen it called such by hispanics, but in brazilian portuguese it's a general slang for foreigner and not necessarily white people (but usually rich tourists)

As a stupid white American, I don't see it as a slur at all?? Sure, it can totally be said in a derogatory fashion, but I think it's just the equivalent of, say, gentile.

I mean, there's a burrito place near me called "Gringos Locos" that's on a college campus, and it's really popular. If it was really, truly a slur, you would never see it on a restaurant sign at all, especially on a college campus full of literal rich white children in an area full of conservatives who think saying "Black lives matter" is racist.

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As a stupid white American, I don't see it as a slur at all?? Sure, it can totally be said in a derogatory fashion, but I think it's just the equivalent of, say, gentile.

I mean, there's a burrito place near me called "Gringos Locos" that's on a college campus, and it's really popular. If it was really, truly a slur, you would never see it on a restaurant sign at all, especially on a college campus full of literal rich white children in an area full of conservatives who think saying "Black lives matter" is racist.

there's a restaurant in Austin my friends love called jewboy
http://jewboyburgers.com/

sorry brothers i am just basing it off of what my boyfriend tells me. hence why i said "i think". i am glad gringo doesn't actually mean that but some of them are definitely racist lmfao

The only racism I experience is when people cut the spaghetti .

oh also which i experimented for whatever reason multiple times including very recently on this website which is people just assuming my background and ethnicity for whatever reasons that may be i count as being somewhat racist at the very least stereotyping behaviors i think most people assume im just white for some reason which is comedy