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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/15/mtl-racism.html

Wow...just wow. :eek:

Yes, real shocker there. It's Québécois by the way.

Yes, real shocker there. It's Québécois by the way.

In Canada, most of us dont do French, except pathetic high school classes.

And in the poll, it says most are mildly racist. I think that means that they dont offend anyone but they have some ideas that they keep to themselves. I dont see the harm in that.

Yes, real shocker there. It's Québécois by the way.

Isn't that kind of an ironic thing to say, considering the subject matter? :p

I'm a racist apparently, because of some jokes. I'm also everything under the rainbow.

I don't actually hate black people (what am I saying? Blacks aren't people!) because of their colour, neither Muslims because of their religion.

I hate all knee-jerk reactionists though, just because I do not like someone who happens to be female/male/Muslim/Christian/black/white/yellow/red does not mean I do not like them for that defining feature.

Ideally, I do not hate at all, but I do of course, it is human nature.

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In Canada, most of us dont do French, except pathetic high school classes.

And in the poll, it says most are mildly racist. I think that means that they dont offend anyone but they have some ideas that they keep to themselves. I dont see the harm in that.

I think most people are probably like that...remember those studies a while back? These kids were shown images of stick figures interacting; the images were ambiguous as to exactly what was going on. The kids were more likely to infer that the relationship was a negative one if one of the stick figures was black.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/15/mtl-racism.html

Wow...just wow. :eek:

"la ligne pure"
Meet racism, nationalism's best friend.
"Vive le Québec libre!"

I think most people are probably like that...remember those studies a while back? These kids were shown images of stick figures interacting; the images were ambiguous as to exactly what was going on. The kids were more likely to infer that the relationship was a negative one if one of the stick figures was black.

Thats colour association, see: emos = black and red.

We were doing a thing like that in class, when the teacher called out the colour we had to write down what we associated it with, most associated black with evil and witchcraft and the so. White with things like purity and angels.

Me, I found white disgusting as I associated it with things like the "white fluffly clouds" Heaven that is so prevailent in Western culture, and that I associate with Christianity/religion as a whole.

Everyone's a little bit racist. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=KO-tobS1nl0)

What's surprising is the honesty in answering the question. Most people are like "I'm not racist, but I'd never let my daughter marry a Muslim"

What's surprising is the honesty in answering the question. Most people are like "I'm not racist, but I'd never let my daughter marry a Muslim"

You know Muslim and Arab aren't synomnous*, right?

*I really can't spell, *sigh*.

What's surprising is the honesty in answering the question. Most people are like "I'm not racist, but I'd never let my daughter marry a Muslim"I was thinking the same thing..

This poll proves those Quekers people are very honest..

Yes, real shocker there. It's Québécois by the way.

The one's I met back up that poll.

In Canada, most of us dont do French, except pathetic high school classes.

And in the poll, it says most are mildly racist. I think that means that they dont offend anyone but they have some ideas that they keep to themselves. I dont see the harm in that.
What people do in their privacy and whom they choose to associate with is no problem of mine so long as they harm no one.

Isn't that kind of an ironic thing to say, considering the subject matter? :p
How so?

Everyone's a little bit racist. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=KO-tobS1nl0)

Yes they are, we all hate some race to a degree...admitt it or not.

Yes they are, we all hate some race to a degree...admitt it or not.
I certainly do not. I believe race has biological bases, and I am not in the least attracted to nonwhites, but racist in the sense of hating others on such arbitrary bases is not something that characterises me.

I certainly do not. I believe race has biological bases, and I am not in the least attracted to nonwhites, but racist in the sense of hating others on such arbitrary bases is not something that characterises me.


De nile isn't just a river in egypt you know? Not attracted to non-white eh? Why not? Do you think they are all ugly or something?

Yes they are, we all hate some race to a degree...admitt it or not.

The idea of hating (or even disliking) a group of people because of a physical characteristic they were born with offends my sense of reason.

De nile isn't just a river in egypt you know? Not attracted to non-white eh? Why not? Do you think they are all ugly or something?
I do not find them attractive. How much more clear must I make it for you?

I do not find them attractive. How much more clear must I make it for you?

Hes saying you're racist for finding all white men unattractive.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/15/mtl-racism.html

Wow...just wow. :eek:

Who actually says "I'm racist"?

De nile isn't just a river in egypt you know? Not attracted to non-white eh? Why not? Do you think they are all ugly or something?

Actually, evolutionary biology would suggest that all of us are conditioned to find people who look relatively similar to ourselves more sexually attractive than people who look very different from ourselves. This is obviously something that is easily and often overcome, but most people do naturally tend to prefer mates with similar phenotypes.

Of course, even if generally finding people of one race or another comparatively more sexy than others was out of the ordinary, unless you believe that one can only like or respect people with whom one wishes to have sex, it's still hardly evidence of racism. Heck, I have no particular desire to have sex with women, but approximately 50% of my friends and family are female, as am I. Am I therefore sexist? :p

In Canada, most of us dont do French, except pathetic high school classes.
Even the English spelling would be "Quebeckers".

This is obviously something that is easily and often overcome, but most people do naturally tend to prefer mates with similar phenotypes.
I wouldn't say easily. In my case I am about as likely to find a nonwhite attractive as I am to find a woman sexually attractive. In other words, zero chance.

Hes saying you're racist for finding all white men unattractive.
Erm, it's white men I find attractive...

I wouldn't say easily. In my case I am about as likely to find a nonwhite attractive as I am to find a woman sexually attractive. In other words, zero chance.


"Easily" went with "often" because I was talking about people in general there, not specifically you. :)

You know Muslim and Arab aren't synomnous*, right?

*I really can't spell, *sigh*.

Yup, but racism is just one of the many faces of discrimination. Lots of prejudiced people use the excuse of "I'm not a racist because X is not a race" to feel better about their discriminatory ways.