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True Dough

(27,354 posts) Tue Aug 27, 2019, 11:08 AM Aug 2019

Be honest, are you a little bit racist? [View all]

Joe Walsh, who has shown himself to be more than a little racist, says "we're all a little bit racist":

"We’ve all said racist things. I’ll bet if you and I went through everybody’s Twitter feed, we’re going to find things that are objectionable and offensive. I think we all have. I know when I look back at some of my Tweets over the years, because I was so outspoken, yeah, I’ve tweeted some racist things. On purpose? No.”

So, if you were to be introspective and completely honest, how racist are you on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being free of any racism and 10 being a full-on KKK member.

I think I'd rate myself a 3 with the bit of racism I may possess being due to ignorance and blind spots, not some sort of willful hatred. (I'm a white male, BTW.)

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Be honest, are you a little bit racist? [View all] True Dough Aug 2019 OP

Racist and proud of it: I can't stand orange men RainCaster Aug 2019 #1

i dislike orange men too. trueblue2007 Aug 2019 #34

I think any sociologist would say everyone is racist because we live in a racist society. Coventina Aug 2019 #2

Arguably we all are to one degree or another, one time or another in the past. The difference hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3

Yes, this is so true True Dough Aug 2019 #4

Yes, Disaffected Aug 2019 #10

Is it racist to hate carnies? ExciteBike66 Aug 2019 #5

Small hands, smell like cabbage. Nt jmg257 Aug 2019 #31

Even if everybody is "a little bit racist," Walsh can't excuse his very racist remarks The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #6

Yes, but I've spent a lifetime trying hard not to act on that... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #7

I'm a white male, too... dchill Aug 2019 #8

I hear you treestar Aug 2019 #17

We live in a racist country, society and culture. It takes active work to dismantle it from one's WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #9

It's useful to Disaffected Aug 2019 #13

:) How about, "Are you a little bit human?" Hortensis Aug 2019 #11

I am a reformed racist (I think I am reformed) wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #12

War would definitely color your view of the "enemy" True Dough Aug 2019 #14

Many Vietnam vets go back to Vietnam to help build schools and other things in North Vietnam. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #16

I challenge anyone to go through my Twitter feed and find one racist posting Sherman A1 Aug 2019 #15

Of course we are. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #18

Maybe a 1 treestar Aug 2019 #19

Of course, I've not escaped my karma. RichardRay Aug 2019 #20

I went to Anti-Racism Training 6 months ago. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #21

I once had "sensitivity training" at a state job WestLosAngelesGal Aug 2019 #22

I grew up in a racist family. procon Aug 2019 #23

Not willfully uponit7771 Aug 2019 #24

I have had critical thoughts of POC through the years but, like True Dough, it was always Xtermin8 H8 Aug 2019 #25

Welcome to DU wryter2000 Aug 2019 #32

Hey wryter2000, thank you for the welcome! Yea, our moms taught us well. Hope you Xtermin8 H8 Aug 2019 #38

Am I racist if I hate everyone the same? n/t zackymilly Aug 2019 #26

As a white male Norbert Aug 2019 #27

In my youth Cartoonist Aug 2019 #28

I was not raised to be racist wryter2000 Aug 2019 #29

Remember Michael Moore's book "Stupid Whit Men"? Was he being racist? In which direction tblue37 Aug 2019 #30

The morning after the 2016 election wryter2000 Aug 2019 #33

Racist is a new media term,, kozar Aug 2019 #35

Of course we are! My wife is African (I am white), but having lived in Dubai JCMach1 Aug 2019 #36

If your old (almost 70), grew up in white suburbia and your honest, you have to admit NoMoreRepugs Aug 2019 #37