Is this post racist?

Whether it is racist depends on the picture, which we don't get to see. If it seems to be agreeing with this guy, then yes, it is racist. If he looks like a dumb, bigoted jerk, then it is making fun of racism. Impossible to judge without looking at the cartoon.
 

@wcwbf I see you joined SF 09/11/2020. I thought you were a new member but I see you've been around for a while. I guess I didn't notice until this, your latest post. Sorry.. I am Mr. Ed, good to meet you.
 
My neck is a little red, and I grew up in Appalachia, and I disagree with the idea that being racist automatically makes a person stupid, any more than voting for XXX instead of YYY makes you stupid. I've known some very smart people who held strong opinions about interracial dating and marriage, based on what they have observed and what the data shows. For example, white women who go with black men have a 70% chance of ending up an abandoned single mother. OTOH, couples with a white husband and a black wife have the lowest divorce rates. So what is wrong with wanting what is best (or at least what you think is best) for your own child?
 

I remain convinced that racism is, across the board, a stupid view. It supposes that people of a certain skin color come with different values, intelligence, worth than people of another skin color.

Your statistics on divorce don't account for cultural, educational, or financial circumstances. If your hypothetical daughter wanted to marry a black man from one of the islands, where all those conditions, along with others such as work ethics, are very different than what is current in many American big cities, then she would probably have a better chance of staying married to him, than with a typical white man.

Each person should be judged as an individual and not based on any group.

I grew up in West Virginia. That didn't make me racist.
 
I'd say the joke is borderline and could be construed differently depending on who looks at it.

It is better to not post something like this IMHO. In the back of my mind would always be thought that the person who posted it did not mean well.
 
First, does racism exist?
If you heard that in a "bad" neighborhood, two guys robbed a convenience store, what race do you envision the robbers to be?
So, to make fun of obvious racism in a cartoon is not racist.
 
Della said:
I remain convinced that racism is, across the board, a stupid view. It supposes that people of a certain skin color come with different values, intelligence, worth than people of another skin color.

Your statistics on divorce don't account for cultural, educational, or financial circumstances. If your hypothetical daughter wanted to marry a black man from one of the islands, where all those conditions, along with others such as work ethics, are very different than what is current in many American big cities, then she would probably have a better chance of staying married to him, than with a typical white man.

Each person should be judged as an individual and not based on any group.

I grew up in West Virginia. That didn't make me racis
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{shrug} I believe a parent has a moral right and obligation to do what they think is best for their child. You clearly do not. The numbers are what they are, and you are free to ignore them. For myself, it is telling that you keep yelling "stupid" about folks with whom you disagree, which clearly displays your own bias.

Maybe someone on here can help me recall a phrase that describes folks who pander to minorities, and will put a BLM sign in the front yard, but would call the police if a black man or woman dared to ring the doorbell. "Social Justice Warrior" is close, but not it.
 
wcwbf said:
picture this meme. yellow lab, laid-back at the bar, wearing a camo ball cap and plaid flannel shirt, drinking a cold Budweiser. he says... "no daughter of mine if gonna go out with a chocolate lab!"

I say it's extremely racist and an admin (on a different board) is telling me i'm being "too sensitive"?!
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yes
 
Buckeye said:
My neck is a little red, and I grew up in Appalachia, and I disagree with the idea that being racist automatically makes a person stupid, any more than voting for XXX instead of YYY makes you stupid. I've known some very smart people who held strong opinions about interracial dating and marriage, based on what they have observed and what the data shows. For example, white women who go with black men have a 70% chance of ending up an abandoned single mother. OTOH, couples with a white husband and a black wife have the lowest divorce rates. So what is wrong with wanting what is best (or at least what you think is best) for your own child?
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Just having racist views isn't exactly a sign of intelligence.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
Just having racist views isn't exactly a sign of intelligence.
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It isn't a sign of anything, other than that person's own view. I have some very smart friends who are Pittsburgh Steelers fans, which is, of course, an abysmal aberration, but it is not a sign of anything else. However, assuming people who have alternate points of view are less intelligent isn't exactly a sign of intelligence.
 
Buckeye said:
{shrug} *I believe a parent has a moral right and obligation to do what they think is best for their child. You clearly do not. *The numbers are what they are, and you are free to ignore them. For myself,* it is telling that you keep yelling "stupid" *about folks with whom you disagree, which clearly displays your own bias.

Maybe someone on here can help me recall a phrase that describes folks who pander to minorities, and will put a BLM sign in the front yard, but would call the police if a black man or woman dared to ring the doorbell. "Social Justice Warrior" is close, but not it.
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*I, too, believe a parent has a moral right and obligation to do what is best for their child. Not a word I said disputed that.

*Yes the numbers are what they are. I like statistics, but I've never believed that statistics meant to prove averages within a group, apply to every single person in that group. The average person who refers to herself as "Buckeye," usually lives in Ohio. You live in Florida. Did the numbers lie or are you an exception? I'm saying that there are thousands of young black men who marry and stay married and the one dating your daughter might be one of those.

*I'm not yelling. If I were yelling my post would be in all caps.

*I don't call people stupid for disagreeing with me, but for believing racist views. There are differences of opinion, like the sports team opinions you mentioned, and then there are sweeping denials of obvious facts. If someone told me the moon was made of green cheese I would think they were stupid, I wouldn't just think, well that's their opinion. If someone believes no dark skinned man will stay married, I tend to think they're stupid. It's not just an opinion it's a lack of logic.
 
Cornhusker said:
I was told once that calling anybody who isn't white "racist" is racist.
Apparently only whites can be racist.
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Whoever told you that was ignorant, or a racist their selves. When I lived in New York City, I experienced racism all the time when I walked through black or Hispanic neighborhoods. I worked at a place in Manhattan, one time, I over heard a young black woman talk about someone calling her "racist". She then said one of the dumbest things I ever heard. She said, "I can't be a racist, I'm black." I was on the receiving end of racist remarks from non white people.

I worked at a factory in Brooklyn back in the 1970's. Every day when I went to work, I passed by this old abandoned building. Someone painted a clearly racist comment on it. "Kill a white today!" Every time I saw that, I got so mad that I thought, "I don't know who painted that on the top of that old building, but whoever it was, I hope they lost their balance and fell to their death." I never felt guilty thinking that, because I knew I was in the right. My race was being discriminated against.
 
We all have different views and many of our views are based on our own personal experiences. Therefore do not condemn someone who has a differing opinion from yours. They may have very good reasons for their views.
 
Buckeye said:
My neck is a little red, and I grew up in Appalachia, and I disagree with the idea that being racist automatically makes a person stupid, any more than voting for XXX instead of YYY makes you stupid. I've known some very smart people who held strong opinions about interracial dating and marriage, based on what they have observed and what the data shows. For example, white women who go with black men have a 70% chance of ending up an abandoned single mother. OTOH, couples with a white husband and a black wife have the lowest divorce rates. So what is wrong with wanting what is best (or at least what you think is best) for your own child?
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I hear ya!

We all have a variety of biases, conscious and unconscious, racial and otherwise.

IMO it’s how we choose to manage those biases that matters.

If you honestly have concerns over your child’s choice of SO and you believe that sharing that with them will be helpful then by all means do so, keep it between the two of you and then let It go.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I hear ya!

We all have a variety of biases, conscious and unconscious, racial and otherwise.

IMO it’s how we choose to manage those biases that matters.

If you honestly have concerns over your child’s choice of SO and you believe that sharing that with them will be helpful then by all means do so, keep it between the two of you and then let It go.
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This isn't about me. It's about any parent having the right and obligation to steer their children in way they believe is best for the child, and that the parent is the sole decision maker. Some posters apparently believe that the parent should only be allowed choices that they (poster) approve. So if Dad (or Mom), based on their own experiences, and what the actual data shows, believe it would be best for their white son to marry a black woman, or for their white daughter to not marry a black man, what is wrong with that? The child (having attained adulthood) will do what they want anyhow.

To me, all this shouting and name-calling because you disagree with someone else's point of view is just as bad and evil, if not worse, as overt racism or misogyny, etc. You are exemplifying that very thing you claim to disdain.

Have a nice day.
 
Buckeye said:
This isn't about me. It's about any parent having the right and obligation to steer their children in way they believe is best for the child, and that the parent is the sole decision maker. Some posters apparently believe that the parent should only be allowed choices that they (poster) approve. So if Dad (or Mom), based on their own experiences, and what the actual data shows, believe it would be best for their white son to marry a black woman, or for their white daughter to not marry a black man, what is wrong with that? The child (having attained adulthood) will do what they want anyhow.

To me, all this shouting and name-calling because you disagree with someone else's point of view is just as bad and evil, if not worse, as overt racism or misogyny, etc. You are exemplifying that very thing you claim to disdain.

Have a nice day.
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Wonder who she's talking about? Do you really think she wants them to have a nice day?

Maybe it's just me, but rating insults on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd put stupid at about a five and evil at ten.
 
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