Is the term "Racist" in itself a Stereotype?
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ya, stereotype basically means you make a nasty generalization about someone. you don't think that calling someone a "racist" is not generalizing about that person?
Maybe in you internet forum fantasy world, it's a stereotype. If you don't know any racists, the word has no meaning for you.
the term "racism" is applied to a variety of acts, from slandering someone on an internet forum to burning someone on a cross.
you don't find that term broad? to the point of meaninglessness?
there is a difference between a KKK or Hitler type Racism and a person posting some words on an internet forum type Racism.
Siddhartha
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Lets see what racist means:
rac?ism \"ra-'si-zem also -'shi-\ noun (1936)
1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2: racial prejudice or discrimination
rac?ist \-sist also -shist\ noun or adjective
(C)1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved.
How is the term racist a stereotype?
No, there is not. It's all senseless, ignorant hate. Some racists are more violent that others though.
hehehehe, good one.
I was speaking of the WAY the word was used. i thought you would have been able to figure that one out on your own. if you generically label anyone on issues such as AA or other racial type issues with views different from your own a RACISTS, yes, i'd call that STEREOTYPING.
a white guy, a red guy, a black guy, a green guy for all i care can call anyone anything they want, it still doesn't define who they are.
what i find most annoying is, when you disagree with a someon on issues of race they AUTOMATICALLY label you a racist. you don't think that those types of actions are STEREOTYPING?
UglyCasanova
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Ok, I get what you are saying. It wasn't clear from the first post, but I agree. I can't stand the people who scream racist or sexist or anything else just because you don't agree with them on something.
The N bomb has many different meanings, a lot depending on how it's prounounced. Being white I would never call a black person awesome dude unless they called me it first. There is the -er ending which is a lot uglier and generaly used in derogotory racist ways.
The only problem is if a white person does or says anything negative aobut a nonwhite these days, even if it is 100% true and accurate, they are immediately called a racist so it seems the term these days is being used more and more by minorites to skirt the real issue and place blame somewhere else.
let's take it a step farther, pedro martinez can claim that he and sammy took heat because of RACISM, but when black people rioting in LA go after asian people that's NOT racism because according to many black people, black people CANNOT be racist as they are the minority.
The word isn't a stereotype, but there is a stereotypical racist.
There's a stereotypical everything.
There's a stereotypical everything.
You changed the question. Morons mis-using the term racist does not make the term stereotypical. Surely you know about mis-using words?
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