what is your opinion about racism ????
142255
I don't understand it.  Why would people think anyone is different because of the color of their skin?  If you're white and you get a tan, does that change your personality?  No!  So why would being a different skin color mean anything?  Unfortunately I think there will always be racists...makes me sad.
1032417
No. Racism would be if you hate anyone from a particular race of people or if you hate all races except for your own. Racism is based on race-based-hate not on hate in and of itself.
753351
I think racism is classified as any derogatory remark towards a person because of skin color, nationality, or ethnic background. If you discriminate against a person because of their background or make harsh remarks regarding their ethnic background, it is racist.
1025589
I think racism shows a lack of intelligence...and, since we will always have a range of intelligence in humans...I think we will always have racism. It's a shame.....
1161477
i see ur point. i've been watchin and actually witnessing people that would go to such length, of claiming that somthing is only so bcoz of racism...and for stupid reasons too. i mean it has gotton so bad that people fear to fire or not employ people if they are not for the job. i mean really. but some are racist, you have to look at the situation to figure out if its for racism or facism. you pull, a good point too.:)
851402
Racism is never okay; unfortunately, it isn't as taboo in American culture as it should be. People are still racially biased against many groups and they believe that as long as they aren't making derogatory remarks against African-Americans, it isn't actually racism. These people then pass these believes on to their children who grow up believing these alternate forms of racism are okay. It really is sad and disgusting.
890854
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.
925551
I'm black and I say we are people too. Yes there are some black people that commit crimes, but there are people like that in other races too. I feel trully honored to be a young black woman in the world today. I'm proud about my race and heritage. But the one thing I can not stand, about some people of my own race is that the ones that don't use their education call the ones that do use theirs, acting white. I don't see how wanting to better yourself and secure your future is acting white. I mean I think more education anyone has should make them better off in the world. Because you can get great jobs and be able to take care of your family. So that is one of the things that I don't like about my own race. Another thing I can't stand is the fact that some people of my race seek out reasons and ways things are racist. I say if you go looking for it you will always get smacked in the face with it. I think a few of those people are being even more racist, because you are searching for reasons for someone to hate on you. I say everyone in the black community and myself included should just go and live life, if you are held back in one area find another arena to get involved in. But don't give up at all. Just keep striving forward more than ever before. But thats just how I see things.
765933
people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton remain in the public's line of sight by capitalizing on racial discord.\n\nI for one despise racism: this is why the so-called "Reverends" earn my disgust, they believe prejudicial  behavior is exclusive to whites, while perpetuating the double standard.\n\nWhat is this double standard that I speak of?\n\nThat it's impossible for blacks and other minorities to be racists.  Ever hear Chris Rock damn whitey and call him cracker for two hours during one of his acts?\n\n\nI personally am tired of being blamed for all the world's ills because I'm a white heterosexual-male that believes in God.
313576
no matta how far we have advanced as a people racism still exists. Our forefathers have cushioned it for us a little  though and we have it a few ways better than our grandfather or grandmother or even our ancestors have had it. but it still exisits. racism now has taken on a few new forms though. experts have argued orgin of where racism began. Some say it was taught through parents. others would say racism is learned. but where ever racism has come from it still exisits. People just hate each other for a reason or we sterotype each other and judge each other and make assumptions that keep us from trusting or talking to differnet race. My father argues its only white and black in the world no asian no japenses no irish no french no nothing it is just black and white. I believe different. I have nothing against no one or no race if i dislike a person it is because i cant stand them not b/c of how they look
981117
These idiots answering think that you are racist?   it find it quote refreshing to see anyone of any color setting their boundaries - and not letting others do it for them....\n\nI am black and these people do not know where the line of racism is drawn.   Civil rights were based on equal opportunity - not the right to use "bigotry" or "racism" as a tool to force people to make personal choices in marriage, dating, etc.  That is overstepping the boundaries of the idea of stopping racism.\n\nI find this deplorable, the answers "conditioned" and those who use answers like this regardless of color not having the ability to think freely. \n\nI am black and I feel the same way.   I have and always stay with my race.   I am married to a beautiful woman and have three small girls.  (All BLACK) if they were to come home and bring any other race, I will go through the roof.  There are enough black men out there and they can choose from them.
662860
quite bad, we are all aware of incidents both national and local which call attention to the continuing racial tensions in our society. To address racism, it seems to me we need to recognize two things: that it exists in a variety of forms, some more subtle and others more obvious; and that there is something we can do about it even if we realize that what we say and the steps we take will not result in an immediate solution to a problem that spans generations. We must, however, confront this issue with the conviction that in some small way we can help to resolve it\n==> visit the sites below to read up more
982624
I believe racism is endemic in ALL sectors of society.\n\nThe assumption that only people of white skin can be racist seems to be 'the norm'..but you don't need to be Einstein to know this is not so.\n\nThe issue I would have with people holding 'racist views', are that inevitably they spill over and infect someone else...maybe your child as a for instance could start to hold these same views because 'at home' you have the freedom of expression that you might not use in public or different company.\nYour child may then as they grow mix with children whose parents hold similar views but as children they would not necessarily know that expression (however that was manifested) of racist views was illegal and wrong.\n\nIn a nut shell...you could store up trouble for yourself and those most influenced by you...even though you may not consider yourself racist (because these are private views)- if you hold them try to justify...and I think if any person thinks logically and hard...you can't hold racist views in your head and think that you aren't racist...it doesn't make sense.
966224
Great question, by the way, but I think that racism is way too entrenched in today's society, to the point where it's just too sensitive a subject for anyone to "forget" about it, not that some in society ever should.  It's very difficult to forget and forgive something like racism, even if it really was or was not racism per se.  There sometimes, and I emphazise sometimes very difficult to prove whether an incident was racism or not.  If a store has a paycheck for a white worker, but the the paycheck for the black worker was lost in transit, is that racism?  I could bring up plenty of other scenarios like this, but it's all about feelings.  It's like trying to define sexual harrassment, it's not always easy.  To break it down, too many people are set in their ways for racism to end anytime soon (at least completely) in todays's world.
416499
NO !! \nWhy is it not racist to hate my white neighbor for something?\nAnd yet I am racist for hating my black neighbor for the exact same thing.\nWe have played the race card so much , It has gotten to the point if we do not like any thing someone of another race does we are racist.
391785
yes.  i believe everyone is racist, including me.  we live in a world that tells us since childbirth that dark people are bad.  if u are in a family of dark-complected people, chances are they tell u the opposite- that white people are evil.  society is setup this way, so I'm wary of anyone who says they have totally escaped this conditioning- don't trust them on that. \n\ni realize that i contain this bias and I'm always trying to improve it... rather than most people who deny they have any racism in themselves, and never try to improve it, since they won't admit they have a problem. \n\nit's a worldwide problem.  I'm American but a friend from India once told me that "anywhere i go, I'll catch hell" because of my dark skin.
957715
I thought it was brilliant. I love how it dealt with racism. Instead of the in your face stuff such as calling someone a racist name or beating someone up, it revealed the 'light' side of racism where people are 'anti-racists' but still prejudiced against other races. I thought it was a great eye opener and about time someone shed light on it.