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dballance

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5. That does sound very racist

Reply to Erose999 (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 05:42 PM

Dec 2012

Could you please provide a link to the comment so I can read the whole thing and appropriately respond?

I can't think of any context in which a person would use a term like "race realist" that is not racist and demeaning to people whose race is not in the majority. Perhaps I'm just not imaginative enough.

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I saw a racist poster on my local newspapers comments section refer to himself as a "race realist".. [View all] Erose999 Dec 2012 OP

apparently now? underoath Dec 2012 #1

This is new to you? Scootaloo Dec 2012 #2

Some time in the 70s, I think. JHB Dec 2012 #3

I've seen an honest to god KKK "wizard" who claimed to be a "civil rights leader." Hoyt Dec 2012 #4

That does sound very racist dballance Dec 2012 #5

What the heck is a race realist????? loyalkydem Dec 2012 #6

A racist ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #11

Well if we're going to play that game, a real 'race realist' ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #7

I always ask them if they personally know more White assholes than those of any other race. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #12

Heh ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #14

Bad translation. He obviously meant 'real racist.' nt pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #8

LOL! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #9

Just think of it as a whog distle. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #13

One thing the racists all have in common is that they believe there is such a thing as "race" struggle4progress Dec 2012 #10

Sounds like a dude with both racial and bestiality issues. I wonder if he has ... 11 Bravo Dec 2012 #15