Do You Have Any Racists In Your Family?

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I did have through marriage but fortunately they are ALL DEAD now. Before they all died I think that they discovered that it was Socially Unacceptable. It just took them since the mid 50's when I first met them. Prior to that most of them were involved in the most despicable acts against Blacks and bragged about it. Several were Klan members. Because I was from California they viewed me as a YANKEE and referred to me
(but not to my face) as that n-----lovin queer from California.

I could never understand why my wife at that time despite growing up around this group was never influenced. That was a good thing because when she was with me in California she became good friends with all my Asian & Fillipino friends.
 

No Lon, there are/were no racists in my family that I was aware of. I never heard any negative racial comments as a child or adult in my family, people are people and all deserve equal treatment and respect regardless of race or ethnicity. Whether it's family or friends, if they are racist I will have nothing to do with them...period. Zero tolerance for people like that.
 
Racism is a tough one,

I tend to believe that if people need to identify people that they know by race or ethnicity they may in fact be racist. I know a couple of folks that seem to be quite nice on the surface but they always talk about their Gay friend, African American co-worker, Latino SIL, etc... It makes me wonder why they need to stress the labels when they talk about people.
 

Aunt Bea said:
Racism is a tough one,

I tend to believe that if people need to identify people that they know by race or ethnicity they may in fact be racist. I know a couple of folks that seem to be quite nice on the surface but they always talk about their Gay friend, African American co-worker, Latino SIL, etc... It makes me wonder why they need to stress the labels when they talk about people.
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Your post is Politically Correct in the extreme and totally unreasonable.
 
Lon said:
Your post is Politically Correct in the extreme and totally unreasonable.
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Lon - I disagree. A non-racist (sexist, homophobe, all all the rest of the litany of the left) tends to see people as people.

Those who tend to divide our nation along all these artificial lines are the true bigots. Example - if one considers believing "black lives matter to by the ultimate of non-racism and see believing "all lives matter" as racist - that is your modern, up to date, left wing bigot.

I agree with Aunt Bea. If you see people as people, you don't add all those unnecessary qualifiers.
 
I'm proud to be a racist. I love them all. NASCAR, Indy cars, dirt track, modifieds, local high school track, trotters, Kentucky Derby, soap box derby, etc. If it's a race, I love it. My dad raced dirt track midgets in the early 1950s when I was just a little fella. Loved them ever since. (p.s. - "midgets" is not a reference to little people - they were/are smaller race cars with (usually) 4 cylinder engines.)speed adrian.jpg btw, this is not my dad's car. Only picture I could find at the moment.
 
Are there any racists in our family? Yes... Me! My wife and I were just talking about this today. I was born and raised in a small Midwest farm town. Playing sports through high school, we never had a person of color on our team or on any team we played against. We had no people of color in our community. I was never around people of color until I went to college. Even the small college I attended had very few people of color and we did not associate with them... or they with us.

In 1967, shortly after we were married, we moved to a town with a fairly significant black population. Met some exceptional people of color, even having some in our home. Eventually, we became foster parents and had a number of black children under our care. A couple of them still correspond with us at holiday time... 30 years after we gave them a temporary home for a short while.

And, yet, I still look at people of color... or Mexican Americans... or Asian Americans... or Native Americans... or.... as "different". They have different customs, culture, use of the English language, religious practices... they are different. Does that make them less of a human being? Does that make them less deserving of the same freedoms and liberties we enjoy? Of course not!!!

As my wife and I concluded, the thing that causes us angst with those who are "different" are the "takers". We get upset with those who use their color or race as an excuse to fraudulently take from the social service programs designed for genuine needy people. We get upset at those who..... Then, we think about those of our own race we have seen taking advantage of "the system"... scamming and preying on what should be going to those who have fallen on difficult times.

So, I am racist... I guess. I do look at people who are different than me with a questioning of their thoughts or actions or culture. And, so many of those "different" practices I applaud and envy. If that makes me "racist", I apologize.
 
Hoot N Annie said:
I'm proud to be a racist. I love them all. NASCAR, Indy cars, dirt track, modifieds, local high school track, trotters, Kentucky Derby, soap box derby, etc. If it's a race, I love it. My dad raced dirt track midgets in the early 1950s when I was just a little fella. Loved them ever since. (p.s. - "midgets" is not a reference to little people - they were/are smaller race cars with (usually) 4 cylinder engines.)View attachment 32663 btw, this is not my dad's car. Only picture I could find at the moment.
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Thanks so much for the laugh! I needed this! Cool car!
 
Back in the day the relations all came from small town Pennsylvania...this was a family reunion...
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I don't know? What is racism? Is it recognizing the difference between races and culture?


My grandmother was a racist,she was southern and it was just in her. I know that she was not evil,she had many black friends,(she referred to them as her colored gals) that would have their coffee clatches. Her brother moved had a black woman move in with him in the mid 70's and they were like sisters.

I never saw her do any thing that could remotely be called racist, but there was always the labels and language.

My cousin married a Philippino gal. My aunt cracked us all up one day when she told us that she loved her little brown berries (grandchildren) just like the regular ones.
 
Grumpy - no apology needed. You summarized the life experience and thinking of many, many decent people. No racism but scads of honesty and reality.
 
I have a sister in law with an irrational bigotry towards Muslims who she refers to as 'ragheads'.
Previously she was the same towards Vietnamese migrants.

She is definitely a racist and a bigot but it's all mouth in her case.
She doesn't mouth off in front of me very much.
 
I am an Indigenous South Australian of the Peramangk Mob through my paternal Great-Grandmother Louisa who was born near a Government Waterhole not far from where I live.
I am one of the oldest Traditional Owners of the land where Louisa was born and where I was born and would you believe our house is also on Peramangk Land.
However when I was a child I could never understand why Great-Grandma Louisa's photo had to be kept in a drawer in the sideboard in Grampa's (Louisa's son) front room.
In those days you did not mention you were of Aboriginal Descent or if you had any Convicts in your family. South Australians were all Free Settlers you see.
Louisa's husband George came from England and he met Louisa through his family members who were already settled in South Australia.
Sad to think Grampa could not display his Mother's photo because of racism.
 
But then again it doesn't matter what idiots our relations are. I can say in all honesty I see no one in color...nice folks are nice folks.
 
Lon said:
Do You Have Any Racists In Your Family?
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rac·ist
ˈrāsəst/
noun
noun: racist; plural noun: racists

1.
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
synonyms: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist More
"he was exposed as a racist"
(racially) discriminatory, racialist, prejudiced, bigoted
"a racist society"

adjective
noun: racist; plural noun: racists; adjective: racist

1.
having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another.
"we are investigating complaints about racist abuse at the club"
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No, my parents were humble, religious and lived their lives with respect for other people. During my childhood my Dad would remind me of the "Golden Rule": to treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.

My family is from the South(NC & SC mostly), and as the case with a large percentage of Southerners, follow their Christian values and beliefs. Of course, we all know the history, and the stigma and legacy of slavery and the racial divide that still exists to the present.

That said, there are 'probably' some cousins and relatives-in-law that harbor prejudices. Here's one example: an unnamed step-relative-in law individual told me that rather than vote for the Republican candidate(who is Black), he instead is going to vote for the Democratic candidate(who is White). A bit bizarre statement, but telling. :shrug:
 
No racism in my family. During my early childhood, my mother taught in First Nation schools, I spoke the indigenous language
as well as English. My son's best friend from childhood is Asian Canadian, my son is godfather to his first born son, which did not go down too well with his friend's Chinese family. Truly, they are brothers.
 
tnthomas said:
No, my parents were humble, religious and lived their lives with respect for other people. During my childhood my Dad would remind me of the "Golden Rule": to treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.

My family is from the South(NC & SC mostly), and as the case with a large percentage of Southerners, follow their Christian values and beliefs. Of course, we all know the history, and the stigma and legacy of slavery and the racial divide that still exists to the present.

That said, there are 'probably' some cousins and relatives-in-law that harbor prejudices. Here's one example: an unnamed step-relative-in law individual told me that rather than vote for the Republican candidate(who is Black), he instead is going to vote for the Democratic candidate(who is White). A bit bizarre statement, but telling. :shrug:
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My family was much like yours, from the south, humbly religious and very respectful of others. I never heard anything racist. I grew up in New Mexico, and there was no segregation of any kind here, not in schools, busses, drinking fountains or anything else. I didn't experience any of that stuff until I moved to Washington, DC in the mid-60s.
 
One of my cousins is very racist but I rarely see him. His daughter who is a lovely woman and a great Mum except for her blind and irrational prejudice against Muslims. I just refuse to discuss this with her as she needs her extended family and I have no wish to cause ripples in the family. Sadly her children are starting to show signs of her twisted views. Sigh.
 

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