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Old 21-01-11, 12:03 PM   #11
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100% Agree

No doubt no one will openly admit to being racist, afterall what even makes someone a racist?

If someone has only ever had negative experiences of a certain type of culture, they may choose to dislike like that culture on fair grounds... that's still technically considered racist though, and they would be shot down in flames and labelled a racist for discussing their negative experiences.

Too true G - I can't stand anyone from the northeast of england (sorry Robchester, BriW, berlin, andrew smith etc.) My ex was from the north east and I now I can't stand to hear the accent or go anywhere near the area.

So then. I am a racist
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Old 21-01-11, 12:04 PM   #12
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Racist? no but do i resent the way ethnic groups are taking over the uk, yes! Now in many peoples eyes that would make me racist

There are major cities which are essentially majority ethnic, and there are parts of major large cities which you just can't go into without facing some sort of issue.

Bradford, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmignham, Leicester, etc

This is what causes people concern... again, is that racism, or a fair concern.
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Old 21-01-11, 12:05 PM   #13
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No doubt no one will openly admit to being racist, afterall what even makes someone a racist?
IMO, being racist means that you dislike another race as a whole, for fairly shallow reasons, based mainly on creed or cultural practices. And that could simply be the result of ignorance.

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If someone has only ever had negative experiences of a certain type of culture, they may choose to dislike like that culture on fair grounds...
I'm not sure that you can dislike a culture on fair grounds, until you have had more exposure than just a few negative experiences. People are individuals, you would need to get to know a few, racism is based upon generalisation.
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Old 21-01-11, 12:06 PM   #14
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i have a few black friends and to be hones most the things that we think are racist agains them dont actually bother them EG the N word doesn't bother them in the slightest the only thing that i know that does is coloured

most racist things i come across are used as a joke amongst multi race friends

so i think its possible still a problem in the older generations but not so much in the younger ones well thats what it looks like to me.

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Old 21-01-11, 12:09 PM   #15
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My village, to the best of my knowledge there is one asian family, yes you guessed it they run the corner store. Yet a few miles down the road, and you would think you were in Islamabad.

Indian, Chinese, I don't care. So long as they are open.
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Old 21-01-11, 12:09 PM   #16
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I live in a town where it's unusual to see ethnic/black/coloured (whatever im meant to call it) people, so when I do I can't help as to notice them and I feel I'm staring and by that, treating them differently. With all the media coverage of 'black youths' and everything you see on TV and in films etc I personally do think I see them differently to white people, although I don't want to.
If I ever go to major city one thing that strikes me is just how many people there are of different ethnicities and I find it slightly uncomfortable. I think that sounds racist to read, but in fact I think it's just me not having the experience of being around such people and the influence of the media making me feel differently towards them.
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so i think its possible still a problem in the older generations but not so much in the younger ones well thats what it looks like to me.
+1

Racism against ethnic minorities, I think is well on the way out. But I do think that as a result we are starting to see the racism within ethnic minorities which has been bubbling under the surface.

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My village, to the best of my knowledge there is one asian family, yes you guessed it they run the corner store. Yet a few miles down the road, and you would think you were in Islamabad.

Indian, Chinese, I don't care. So long as they are open.
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Old 21-01-11, 12:12 PM   #19
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i think far too many people, such as non-white british, are VERY quick to take the race card.

A nurse at the local hospital got in trouble for saying whilst cleaning up an incontinent patient.

The trouble with this place is there are too many chiefs and not enough indians. An indian health care assistant took it to mean there should be more indian staff to do the dirty jobs.
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Old 21-01-11, 12:14 PM   #20
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we cant call them indians, they are native americans, all bloody columbus's fault, cant read a bloody map
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