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Originally Posted by lostalex
i think unfortunately people have confused the meaning of racist. often what people call racist these days is actually just prejudice.
It's like the boy who cried wolf.
What alot of people cry as racist these days, is actually just prejudice.
Racism is an actual ideology, like religion, it's something you believe in. when epople use the word racism these days, they are actually talking about prejudice, and prejudice is not the same as racism.
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That's true as in the views of the BNP and the KLU KLUX KLan in the USA of course, which shows true racist belief.
However,having said that, I do think that when someone is uncomfortable around someone and cannot speak to them or moves away that shows real racist belief beneath.
And where do you draw the line.
Of course the Nazis, or groups like the BNP or the Kan we would fight to the death against if we had to to stop them controlling things, however, even with people who are just prejudiced it is still really bad, and it is still racist they way they treat people even if it is just based on ignorance, and blind sheepish following of racism in national papers or by the members of the BNP etc which is actual belief.
That ignorance if allowed to spread can lead to attacks and even murders on more people not just abuse or mal treatment.Racism should be opposed in any guise it exists and opposed at every turn