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In reply to the discussion: I was recently asked whether I really believed that most white Americans are racist. [View all]violetpastille
(1,483 posts)10. I'm going to back you up on this. But go a little further.
I'm not going to leap to say, "I'm one of the good ones, though."
I have taken a few tests here https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
And while I "passed" (no bias) most of the tests, I didn't do too well on a couple of them.
On one of them I was right there with "most people". The test about age bias.
I had one that rated as "slight". The weight bias. This really surprised me. Me?
I also rate Asian Americans as more "foreign".
And when i sat with that, I knew in my heart that it was true. (I recommend anyone who thinks they get a Social Justice "A "rating to try.)
It's a spectrum. And everyone is somewhere, I think most of us can do some work.
I just have to keep working on it.
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I was recently asked whether I really believed that most white Americans are racist. [View all]
The Polack MSgt
Nov 2018
OP
I will counter your assertion, I am 65 old white guy and ALL my white friends are zero racists...
beachbum bob
Nov 2018
#1
I dunnno...fellow white dude, and while I'd agree that "all my friends" keep any racism to themself
anarch
Nov 2018
#2
91% sounds right to me...great post! Many within that 91% try very hard NOT to be
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2018
#3
You wil probably be more successful than I will, while i have the same goal and have talked about
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2018
#11
As you show, the answer is always more complicated than the question. Sometimes it helps to get the
ancianita
Nov 2018
#20
An off branch of this: I think racism in cultures can be fluid. Let me explain and forgive my ramble
dameatball
Nov 2018
#25
Regretfully, I spent about twenty minutes. I hope it made sense.Thanks for your OP.
dameatball
Nov 2018
#32
As much push-back as we tend to see over cutting trumper family members out of our lives
better
Nov 2018
#42
Some of us W guys, I dont like using the full word, risky to do so, are fully aware
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2018
#53
I want to take a little bit of a break from the heavier part of this conversaion
better
Nov 2018
#52