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Have you ever heard "I'm not racist I have black friends"? The mere fact that you distinguish your friends by the color of their skin makes you a racist. Maybe being on the receiving end of racism has made me biasd. Is this an accurate assessment?
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It's accurate in my book.
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Good to know I'm not the only one
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I know what you mean. My dad use to say, (Some of his best friends are black) but then he tried to teach us that it was OK to say the N word. I had four brothers that learned that well. It did not work on my sister and I.
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I recognize that I have black friends and white friends and Latino friends and girl friends. How is that racist? Serious question. I can see it being racist if the mere fact of their skin color devalues the friendship but it doesn’t seem racist to recognize those differences.
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Recognizing a difference and saying a difference are two different things. Context is important too. I have lots of friends and black friends too. The separation means there is a difference and a lack of equality otherwise it would have been just I have lots of friends.
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People are people -- skin color shouldn't EVEN be mentioned so, this IS a very accurate assessment
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"I am not a racist and you would know that if you came to my house for a BBQ. My neighbor would cook for us"
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I’ve heard that assessment before and I must say having black or white friends makes you no less a racist than walking in a church makes you a Christian!
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I can't say that, I mean I ain't no racist, but I also have no friends
That kind of statement means nothing any which way or the other, biggest mother kkklucker I've known is married to a Latino, another to an Asian, so... -
Good point: being friends with or even married to a person of a different race does not necessarily erase bigotry.
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