The Event: How Racist are you?

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I'm sorry but my blood positively boils at this "every human being is racist at least to some degree" nonsense, which is itself a stereotype just by definition (and even for a stereotype a particularly unfair, ridiculous and blatantly untrue one), and therefore itself just as prejudiced a thing to say as hurling a racial slur at somebody would be.
 
Uthmān;1236998 said:
True. Racism here in Britain is a little more discrete whereas in the Middle East, I guess they tend to stare at you if you are different. Is that right?
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Over there, if you enter a shop, and wait in a cue to be served, and an Arab walks in, the Arab is automatically served first. Regardless of how many Arabs walk in. No questions asked. They tend to generally look at the people from Pakistan etc as lower class peasants. Yes and they make no intention of hiding it from their looks.

Some Arabs are incredibly kind though, so you do get a massive variation. I guess it depends how you were raised. However the overt racism there is much more intense.
 
Raphael said:
Over there, if you enter a shop, and wait in a cue to be served, and an Arab walks in, the Arab is automatically served first. Regardless of how many Arabs walk in. No questions asked. They tend to generally look at the people from Pakistan etc as lower class peasants. Yes and they make no intention of hiding it from their looks.

Some Arabs are incredibly kind though, so you do get a massive variation. I guess it depends how you were raised. However the overt racism there is much more intense.
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I was thinking of moving to Saudi Arabia when I get older once I had passed my exams however...I did some research and I got put off. I heard of many stories like the one you mentioned above.

Britain is not at all racist. It has many laws to tackle racism. It is unfortunately not recognised how much hard work they put into the system to ensure equality. Britain sets a very good example!
 
Guestfellow said:
Britain is not at all racist. It has many laws to tackle racism. It is unfortunately not recognised how much hard work they put into the system to ensure equality. Britain sets a very good example!
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I agree that the British government and the legal system are not racist, but I think racism amongst the people is widespread and some of it is institutionalised, the London Metropolitan police force being one example of this.
 
Lol watched the programme last night.

I love how the hijabi and the other Muslim guy were totally silent the whole time (or maybe edited out) until the last five minutes. It was almost like they had made a mutual agreement: 'let's just not get involved in this, we have enough problems to deal with!'

I agree with the psychologist woman that all white people are brainwashed from birth to believe they are superior, it is a shame but its true. It is not something they are at fault over though. I think this is the point the schoolteacher woman and even the brown-eyed dissenter woman couldn't understand. It is an invisible issue to them so they couldn't see the point of the demonstration.

I was really peeved that the exam experiment was interrupted, that would have been priceless (and educational of course)!
 
Just watched the panorama special - 'Undercover hate on the doorstep'. I was actually in tears! Disgusting. The program shows 2 undercover muslim reporters moving into a Bristol community and the racist reaction from youths in the area (not all of the community acted in this abhorrent way). One thing that struck me was that the area was pretty socially deprived. I have become aware from views expressed on the forum that alot of the more radical Muslims that we see in the media carrying placards or whatever (who do not really represent the muslim community on the whole), who have stricter ideas re women and infidels etc. are from poorer rural regions across the globe and it struck me that this is not a religious or even cultural problem but purely social. It seems that if you feel you have not been given the advantages others may have, that you will lash out at anyone you can. This might sound a bit naive but it has only just struck me. A well known phrase sprung to mind - ''no-one below me fancy that, all i can do is kick the cat.''
 
Yahya Sulaiman said:
I'm sorry but my blood positively boils at this "every human being is racist at least to some degree" nonsense, which is itself a stereotype just by definition (and even for a stereotype a particularly unfair, ridiculous and blatantly untrue one), and therefore itself just as prejudiced a thing to say as hurling a racial slur at somebody would be.
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Do I detect prejudice in your statement? Seems to be a touch of racism against those who believe all people are racist.
 
Woodrow said:
Do I detect prejudice in your statement? Seems to be a touch of racism against those who believe all people are racist.
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I love how the word racist is thrown about nowadays. :nervous:

I even heard a guy shout 'racist' at a bus driver, who told him he didn't have change for a 20 - and they were both white!
 
Raphael said:
I love how the word racist is thrown about nowadays. :nervous:

I even heard a guy shout 'racist' at a bus driver, who told him he didn't have change for a 20 - and they were both white!
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Racism is over used. What is being called racism these days more or less seems to equate to prejudism. I find that many people today do use racist when what is meant is prejudiced. But, as the language changes, we have to flow with the changes. Many words I used in my younger days have now changed to very different meaning from what they meant 50-60 years ago.
 
Woodrow said:
Racism is over used. What is being called racism these days more or less seems to equate to prejudism. I find that many people today do use racist when what is meant is prejudiced. But, as the language changes, we have to flow with the changes. Many words I used in my younger days have now changed to very different meaning from what they meant 50-60 years ago.
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Dude I thought you were a teenager!
 
Raphael said:
Have you lived in the States your whole life?
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Far from it. I've lived at least half my life outside of the States. A good bit in North Africa and the Mideast. I've actually lived in Arab speaking nations longer than a couple of our Arabic members. Although my Arabic is still poor.
 
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Yeah recently my aunt married a white Muslim. He is a very good person and a good Muslim but her parents wasnt happy because he was white
 

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