Racist: \n1.  based on racism: based on prejudices and stereotypes related to race  \n2.  prejudiced against other races: prejudiced against all people who belong to other races \n\nIgnorent:\n1.  lacking knowledge: lacking knowledge or education in general or in a specific subject     \n\nPrejudiced\n1.  holding of ill-informed opinions: the holding of preformed opinions based on insufficient knowledge, irrational feelings, or inaccurate stereotypes  \n2.  irrational dislike of somebody: an unfounded hatred, fear, or mistrust of a person or group, especially one of a particular religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference, or social status  \n\nNow I know if i'm right we should have a 100% attendence this evening. Becuase the last ten questions about immigration were ALL racist or about racism.\n\nAnd dont fear, just say here. I mean you're online, no one is going to hunt you down for being ^, it is America last time I checked, or did the latinos turn it to Mexico2.
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lol, I agree! I have YET to receive a violation notice. (^_^) Yay me!
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people are racist  just because they hate their own race and they are jelous of other people. ya hear what i an saying
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Those Illegals disgust me.\n\nCrying racism because they are Mexicans.\n\nWell, no-one said MEXICANS..it is all about ILLEGALS.\n\nMexicans, if you are LEGAL I congratulate YOU and tip my hat to you.\n\nAs a LEGAL immigrant, i say if i can do it, so CAN you.\n\nMake fools of yourselves..lol like i give a fuck.
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I'm racist.  \nThere's a museum in Los Angeles called the Museum of Tolerance.  On the first floor there are two doors.  One door is for people who have no prejudice and the second door is for people who have prejudice.  The trick is, the door for people without prejudice cannot be opened.  Everyone has prejudices.  The trick is to be aware of it and to work hard to overcome it.
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Insecure racists, that's all.\n\nA refuge for cowards, like flies to dung.\n\nPity them
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The hate for "illegals" is just the newest accepted form of racism. People justify it by saying they hate them because they are breaking the law by being here, when really all it is is that they feel uncomfortable being around people that seem different. Do you think people would be so upset if Mexicans spoke English and had fair skin? Why aren't people worried about securing the boarder of Canada?
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What makes you think someone is automatically racist because they are anti-illegal immigration?  Illegal immigration doesn't consist of one race or ethnicity or religion, it consists of all people living in a country illegally and undocumented.  What makes you think that person doesn't just care for this country?  If that's true, then you can call me racist as well.  What about all the legal immigrants and hispanic citizens of this country who are anti-illegal immigrant?  Are they considered racist as well?  From the statistics I've read, 56% of legal hispanic citizens are pro-illegal.  So I guess the other 44% are racist, right?Seriously, people need to do research on what the definition of illegal alien means.
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This coming from a Mexican? \nYou are right. As bad as every other Mexicans hate to admit, US has the right to secure their borders for the safety of their citizens\nIt is true that lack of education adds to poverty and social problems. No, you are not racist, you are just a concerned citizen voicing your thoughts, like many others that have decided to do so. \nI do hope that this problem can be resolved without any violence by those extremist groups, I mean, the real racists, I hope instead that people with good feelings and intelligent come up with a solution that favors both sides.\nGod Bless you all.
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Actually, I heard on talk radio today that the term "RACIST" is the money word.  \n\nAnyone wanting something they have not earned screams "racist".\n\nAnyone who needs a few extra dollars, sues because of "racism".\n\nAnyone who has no argument for why they are breaking the law, yells "racist".\n\nAnyone who is caught stealing identities cries "racist".\n\nBasically it pretty much used when an individual or group is doing something which is morally or legally wrong.
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While I can't speak for everyone who has said a negative comment about Mexicans, what I can say is two things..\n\n1) Everyone has stereotypes, even you.  You gave a perfect example when you said, "have you ever been here? (besides the border to get drunk)"  Wow!  Do you want to be the pot or the kettle?\n\n2) How do you know a comment was derived from a stereotype and not from personal experience?\n\nWhen you're trying to make a point, try not to be a hypocrite in the process.
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i believe u mean why are people so racist...there are several reasons why people can be racists like if they think their racial group is superior to another or stereotypes for that ethnicity or someone may discriminate because they are not of the same religion...for example african americans face much racism because of certain stereotypes that exist...racism is wrong and should be stopped
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Good Point FCUK!!! Many Americans hate everyone who's not white, blond and blue-green-eyed. Some Argies live illegally in the US, but they're not EVER inconvenienced by the authorities. I've been "randomly" searched at least 11 times in the same number of American airports. Maybe that's because they find my skin colour disturbing. By the way, I'm what Americans call a Browny Beaner. Oh, and I teach English. I hope Imperial Authorities won't think I'm soiling their "pure" language (ever heard about the "anti-Spanish-English-Only" campaign?)
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xenophobia - a general mistrust of foreigners / "others"...something that is easy to get over once you get to know that person(s)\n\nbigotry - purposeful xenophobia - meaning, even when you know the "other" isn't all that different or even dangerous, you still decide to "hate on them", because it makes you feel superior, or coz you're just nasty.\n\nracism - bigotry with the power to do something about it. If you can hurt someone or their quality of life because of your bigotry against them, then...then you are finally, a racist.\n\nWith that information, I am sure you can figure out where all racism exists : )\n\nAnd no, it's not the exclusive domain of caucasian/white males, it's practised all over the world, in every culture, against every other culture.
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of corse there is racism, but when you talk about illegal immigrants that is a totally diff. subject. But I will say there name has illegal in it for a reason, and that is because they are "illegal" and there should e something done about it
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I've noticed that here, too.  You don't have to mention anything about any particular race of human beings; just say you are against all illegal immigration in the USA, and you are jumped on and called a racist.  I do know that it is because they cannot reasonably and logically justify the presence of illegal immigrants and so they resort to name calling because of their lack of anything to back up their stance.  Usually, too, I have found that most of those who back illegal immigrants are either in a romantic relationship with an illegal, have close friends who are illegals, have family members who are illegal, sometimes are illegal themselves, or own a business in which they prosper by hiring illegals and benefiting from their slave labour by paying cheap wages without having to pay the employers share of taxes, etc. (thereby cheating legal immigrants and American citizens), or like to also pay cheap by hiring illegals to do their housework, yardwork, childcare, etc. (again, benefiting personally from illegals).
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racism is 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\nor racial prejudice or discrimination \nSo if you jsut don't like a certain person that is black or a diffreent color but you don't ahte all of them then no.
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Oh, thank you. I'm so glad this ticks other people off, too. I'd like to smack the next person I hear use the term "reverse racism". Racism is racism regardless of the color of the person experiencing discrimination. And I believe that white people are really getting the short end of the stick. \n\n(I don't appriciate the term Caucasian - it means white people from the Meditterranian - with dark hair and eyes, an olive complection and oval eyes - but whites are all grouped together, and since "black" isn't PC, then they don't want to say "white", and you can't say European, because not all whites are from Europe.)\n\nWhen I went to college, I had a 3.8 GPA, I was in clubs and activities (even founded my school's debate club), I volunteered in community service, and had been a foreign exchange student. My mother was a widow with two younger children still in the home, and an income under $20,000 a year. And I wasn't eligable for anything. A few thousand dollars for educational grants, a dozen $50-$500 scholarships that I had spent a whole year applying for with every group I could find. (I worked in the Financial Aid office, I had govt. loans - bbut we're taking scholarships and grants now.) It was a drop in the bucket of a $17,000/year tuition. \n\nI think it comes from the racist belief that all white people are rich. \n\nEver since I started taking the PSATs in 9th grade, there have been boxes to check off. If you're even 1/8 Black, Hispanic, Native American or anything else they'll send you forms to get scholarships. There are "black" collages, latino fraternities, scholarships based on races other than white.\n\nThen you get older and you start checking "decline" on job application race questions, because companies that have government regulations imposed on them will hire a slightly inferior "minority" before a fully qualified white.\n\nThen it goes higher up. The state of Illinois just got pressured into awarding billions of dollars to just a handful of communities because their elected representatives bound together on race lines. The long-debated budget was up for a final vote, when the hispanic representatives stood up and announced that, unless the money was given to those couple of neighborhoods (who's officials were hispanic), then ALL of the hispanic representitives would withhold their votes, and the budget (which didn't include those billions of dollars) wouldn't pass.\n\nWhites could never do that. We'd be torn to threads. The public wouldn't stand for any of it. The politicians would be ousted. Just like a college claiming to be "white" would be forced to admit minorities, as would white fraternities. And could you imagine a white pride day? Or a European Day parade?\n\nBut if this racism continues, and I ever become rich, I plan to start the United White College Fund. Look for us in 20 years and make a donation.