Spike Lee - "Black People Can't Be Racist - Discuss

[David__77]

53. I think people can be prejudiced against others based on perceived race.

There are various dictionary definitions of racism. Here is the one from dictionary.com:

a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.

I don't think that the basic institutional framework in the US (government, education, etc.) is geared toward reinforcing something that could be conceived of as "black racism."

I think that there are probably people that are perceived as members of different races that might have prejudice against others perceived as of different races or believe in ideas of racial superiority/inferiority.

I think a lot of people in this country define as "racism" as racial prejudice or bigotry. I see that as potentially different than institutionally-reinforced racial discrimination.