http://www.reallyrich.com/ask/my-best-friend-is-racist?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-best-friend-is-racist Online Women's Magazine: Fashion, Beauty, Health, Relationships Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.reallyrich.com/ask/my-best-friend-is-racist/comment-page-1#comment-149 Debbie Marsden Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:45:18 +0000 http://www.reallyrich.com/?p=3119#comment-149 Hi, I find that there are two types of racists in life, the ignorant racist and the one that knows exactly what they are doing. The first type, I find, are just spouting what they see or hear in certain newspapers or from friends or family, but haven't really thought about the consequences of this belief. They assume that if they are in "white", anglo-saxon company then those around them share the same views. The second type, the more unacceptable, one could argue, are those that know exactly what they are saying and have deeply inbuilt prejudices, normally not just about race, but are sexist, ageist, just about every "ist" you can imagine. You can normally discuss the unacceptable behaviour with an "ignorant" racist and after some persuasion they can see the error of their ways and that in today's society people will not put up with such comments. However, in my experience, the second type will die for their cause and are not even willing to debate this issue as their prejudice is so deep rooted and they consider that they are "right". Good luck to you and I hope your friends fall into the first category and that they are nice people, but with old fashioned and uninformed views. If they are the second type, well you may as well give up now! Hi, I find that there are two types of racists in life, the ignorant racist and the one that knows exactly what they are doing. The first type, I find, are just spouting what they see or hear in certain newspapers or from friends or family, but haven’t really thought about the consequences of this belief. They assume that if they are in “white”, anglo-saxon company then those around them share the same views. The second type, the more unacceptable, one could argue, are those that know exactly what they are saying and have deeply inbuilt prejudices, normally not just about race, but are sexist, ageist, just about every “ist” you can imagine. You can normally discuss the unacceptable behaviour with an “ignorant” racist and after some persuasion they can see the error of their ways and that in today’s society people will not put up with such comments. However, in my experience, the second type will die for their cause and are not even willing to debate this issue as their prejudice is so deep rooted and they consider that they are “right”. Good luck to you and I hope your friends fall into the first category and that they are nice people, but with old fashioned and uninformed views. If they are the second type, well you may as well give up now!

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