Is racist over exaggerated?

[Terio]

Every time a black person is killed by a white person, it somehow points to racism. However, if a black person kills a white person, no racism is involved. This sickens me. Racism today is far over exaggerated. Even if racism is involved in it, it is one person only. There is no need to go on a mass protest to the government or other people just because one person killed a member of a certain race. It is getting ridiculous.

What are your guy's thoughts on "racism?" Is it over exaggerated? Or are people really that racist?

[Costa Fiero]

Meh. People do overuse the term to label someone because they disagree with what they say, but that's about my only problem. Be thankful African-American politicians don't go around calling white people "white motherfuckers" and saying other racist statements without being penalised.

[Cannot think of a name]

Nothing can really be 'over exaggerated', there is not a proper amount of 'exaggeration'...

[Olivaero]

Some people are just ignorant others make Adolf Hitler look like a bro... *shrugs* people tend to congregate with people who are like them which exaggerates the problem, I don't think it will ever completely go away...

[Souseiseki]

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[Soheran]

Every time a black person is killed by a white person, it somehow points to racism.

No, it doesn't. (Nobody says it does.)

However, if a black person kills a white person, no racism is involved.

Perhaps sometimes there is racism involved. Most of the time, however, I doubt it.

This sickens me.

No need for you to be sickened anymore!

[Tubbsalot]

In America? Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous how much everything revolves around race. Even when it's not racism, people are always aware of race. It's bizarre.

Edit: I should clarify that I don't agree with the OP that America is just imagining all this racism.

[The Black Forrest]

Is it exaggerated?

Not really. The speed and reach of communication brings such acts to everybody.

[EnragedMaldivians]

In America? Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous how much everything revolves around race. Even when it's not racism, people are always aware of race. It's bizarre.

Edit: I should clarify that I don't agree with the OP that America is just imagining all this racism.

Does that not happen in Australia? I don't mean that rhetorically, I'm genuinely curious. It's true of pretty much all inter-racial countries I've lived in.

[Cerberion]

Well, race factors into politics so, like anything that has a political spin it gets exagerated.

In every race there are racists. There motivation is irrelevant, it exists.

[Rejaina]

Every time a black person is killed by a white person, it somehow points to racism. However, if a black person kills a white person, no racism is involved. This sickens me. Racism today is far over exaggerated. Even if racism is involved in it, it is one person only. There is no need to go on a mass protest to the government or other people just because one person killed a member of a certain race. It is getting ridiculous.

What are your guy's thoughts on "racism?" Is it over exaggerated? Or are people really that racist?

It's not the shooting, it's the fact that when that happens, the white person is usually not arrested and gets away with it. That's where racism comes in.

[Capitalist America]

Exaggerated?? Hell yes. Really, I just want Al Sharpton to shut up. If you don't agree with him, he just puts his fingers in his ears and yells "RACIST!".

Really, I don't think America is all that racist like it used to be. We elected an African-American president. I think we may be the first white-majority nation to elect someone who isn't white as their head of state. Obviously times of changed. Now, I don't agree with Obama as a president, but I think its good we got our black president in. Now, a lot of people can shut up. Just get either Hilary Clinton or Sarah Palin in to get the feminists to zip it, too.

[Tubbsalot]

In America? Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous how much everything revolves around race. Even when it's not racism, people are always aware of race. It's bizarre.

Edit: I should clarify that I don't agree with the OP that America is just imagining all this racism.

Does that not happen in Australia? I don't mean that rhetorically, I'm genuinely curious. It's true of pretty much all inter-racial countries I've lived in.

I'm going to hedge my bets and say "depends where you are," but in Melbourne, it's very rare to be constantly aware of it. There's some amount of dislike for the Lebanese, but then most people know a few people from that community and get along fine with them. And it's certainly not true that anything revolves around race.

I might suggest it's because we have so many immigrants that there's barely a white majority any more - East Asians make up about 30% of Melbourne's population, for example.

[Soheran]

We elected an African-American president.

"The United States can't be racist! Some of its best friends are black!"

[EnragedMaldivians]

We elected an African-American president.

"The United States can't be racist! Some of its best friends are black!"

After all, sexism dissapeared from Pakistan after Benazhair Bhutto was elected.

[Vyvansia]

Nothing can really be 'over exaggerated', there is not a proper amount of 'exaggeration'...

I disagree. I think in satire for example there is a proper amount of exaggeration. If you don't exaggerate enough you're just copying something but if you exaggerate too much then you're just being ridiculous all on your own instead of revealing what you believe to be the ridiculousness inherent in the thing itself.

[Anthoraubia]

I do agree with you that racism is being over used by some people. It seems that whenever a black person is killed or beat up by a white person the media shouts racism. But whenever a white guy is killed of beaten up by a black guy the media and the liberals never dream of shouting racism. It is pretty annoying actually.

[Gabbia]

I don't think a word can be ''over-exaggerated'', and even if it could, that term is just redundant.

Race baiters and demagogues like Al Sharpton irk me, however. Especially with the recent Trayvon Martin case.

[Hydralis]

It's extremely exaggerated. Yes, there's still racism out there, but if people even think you're being racist, you get stuck with that annoying label.

[The Black Plains]

Yeah it's a problem that people throw the word around like it's worthless. In the sixties, racist was spraying black protesters with fire hoses. Now, when a politician calls Obama "uppity", not knowing the historical context, he is branded racist. Oh and he was a Republican btw. If he were a Democrat it'd be fine. E.G. how Harry Reid called Obama "A slick talking negro." and got off clean.

[New Heathera]

The term "racist" is thrown around WAY too much these days. In Junior High I was called racist for telling a bully that happened to be hispanic to piss off. Can you believe that?! Racism is two-sided. making far-fetched accusations of racism like that is racist in it's own right.

[Dainer]

ITT: white people patting each other on the back over how not racist they are

[The Ancient and Orthodox Potato Church]

It's extremely exaggerated. Yes, there's still racism out there, but if people even think you're being racist, you get stuck with that annoying label.

That's because the number of cases where somebody who says racist things and is not racist is infintessimally small, like one in a googolplex chance.

[Ashmoria]

Every time a black person is killed by a white person, it somehow points to racism. However, if a black person kills a white person, no racism is involved. This sickens me. Racism today is far over exaggerated. Even if racism is involved in it, it is one person only. There is no need to go on a mass protest to the government or other people just because one person killed a member of a certain race. It is getting ridiculous.

What are your guy's thoughts on "racism?" Is it over exaggerated? Or are people really that racist?

i think you are reacting to a very few cases that make big news in the media.

[Ifreann]

Nothing can really be 'over exaggerated', there is not a proper amount of 'exaggeration'...

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