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Originally Posted by Chaos

I'm not having a go at either of you, but I wanted to know what you'd think if a non-white said 'All white people are disgusting and don't deserve to live' and meant it.

Would that not be racist to you?

Is it not just as bad as a white person saying that to a non-white person? Or do you think it would be worse for a white person to say that about a non-white person?

They would look pretty stupid as it's not a thought that crosses many people's minds. If I was confronted by someone who said that to me, I wouldn't believe that they truly meant it, even if they did. If I was threatened, I would believe them but I wouldn't report it as a racial attack. I would simply report it as harassment. I'm privileged as a white person. I'm not saying it's bad to be any other race, but white people just simple do not face racism.

Saying "All black people are disgusting and don't deserve to live" is completely unacceptable as black people still, to this day, suffer extreme inequality and discrimination. Until it happens to white people, it's not racism. Black people are scared to leave their homes in the U.S. in fear of getting shot. White people do not suffer this fear over their skin colour.

Black people can be racist towards other minorities like the Islamic community as they suffer extreme inequality and discrimination, probably worse in this day and age than black people do. But white people, simply, do not.