| El Duderino said: My grandmother did nothing wrong... she was never racist against anybody, how is it racist when a german hates on a jew for no reason but its not racist when a jew hates on a german for no reason ??? You think I am confuzing racism with prejudice and bigotry but I say racism is a form of prejudice and bigotry. If you are embarrassed for what your g-g-grandfather did fine... I dont get how you could... I don´t reflect anything my ancestors did on myself... some of them where royal and lived in castels others were poor farmes who were treated as bas as slaves... what does that say about me ??? Nothing, thats what. |
Okay Dude. So prejudice is merely a pre-judgement. A racist is a bigot who is prejudiced. It doesn't work automatically the other way around. So I can say someone can be prejudiced without being racist. For instance some men hold many prejudices about women. That doesn't make the men racists. Bigotry doesn't necessarily mean racism. I could have the opinion that all Americans are loud, pushy, obnoxious and arrogant, and that would make me bigot. It would not make me a racist.
So I thought you were saying prejudice and bigotry are types or sub-classes of racism, and I obviously misunderstood you. Sorry, I apologize if that's the mistake I made.
I agreed with everything you said in the 2nd paragraph so I deleted it. Our sensibilities are pretty close dude. It might be because we have the same ancestors. Who were your royal ancestors, you know, higher up in the peerage the better.
