mharris i don’t get a flying F for all what you wrote, if you honestly believe every body is a little racist, you have problems with racism. Period. End stop. That is the truth. Period. It is your thoughts, I am just repeating them back to you. Get over yourself.

I stand by my comment. In my experience everyone is racist — including me — and those racist “stereotypes” prove it to me. It is just a matter to what degree. For the record when I was working at my first credit union I had a black employee express shock when I admitted that fact — I guess I didn’t come across as racist to her either. This same employee went to bat for me (although technically I was her supervisor in many situations) when a loan we held went into collections and the debtor started accusing everyone involved of racism (I drew the short straw in that one and had to deal with the mess) and that if she weren’t black we wouldn’t have repossessed her car and went after her for the deficiency balance. I could prove that everyone involved if anything treated her favorably because she was also disabled so her accusations went nowhere (if anything we were guilty of giving those less fortunate an extra chance or two when that person was disabled or has just lost his/her job with the full permission of both my boss and the governing board of directors). Just because someone is outwardly not racist doesn’t mean that person doesn’t harbor some racist thoughts and beliefs. I don’t believe I ever treated anyone at the CU differently because of his/her race and everyone working there at the time would likely back me up on that but I do harbor some racist “stereotypes” from experiences throughout my life, especially growing up and IMO that makes me at least somewhat racist.

For the record a sociology class was required for high school graduation even in the early 60’s. I graduated HS so I definitely took that class way back when. I also had to take a sociology course to complete my bachelor’s degree (no further sociology classes were required back then for an advanced degree). Nowadays the sociology requirement for a bachelor’s degree is more than one related course so most of the people posting here have taken one — probably more than one. I also do challenge racist “stereotypes” — probably just about every day but what is ingrained into a person growing up is always there (if anything because of black riots like Black Lives Matter, the Ferguson riots as well as the Watts riots in the late 60’s that is more of an issue today than it was in my childhood).

Ok no not every body is racist. that’s fucked up. People learn racism. People can unlearn racism with challenging racial stereotypes and assumptions.

People like to fit people in boxes, because it’s useful in sizing someone up, and people tend to go with their gut or past experiences. Yes people have bias’s, and further, people tend to believe the stereotypes they have been culturally influenced by, whether its by media, family, friends or what have you.

So, there is a giant fucking difference between stereotypes and racism. Stereotypes, we are all humans and we are all social creatures and nobody is ever going live life without experiencing, or believing or repeating stereotypes. Challenging your worldview is fucking hard, but it can be worth it if your being sincere.

Challenge your bias, challenge your world view and remember to check your privilege if you give one iota of a fuck about that sort of thing. Again, NO EVERY BODY IS NOT RACIST, if you say that your the racist one. Geez have some self respect for your fellow human being.

Phew. (/end rant)

How much for a Crown Royal and Diet Coke, Crunkle? I am not much of a beer or wine person. 🙂

I guess it did, BT.

All I can say is: Damn! Did this topic go off the rails.

I was trying to explain why FuckGeek wouldn’t be able to get into child porn. The majority of white people don’t want to see African porn (yes, I concede that interracial porn sells but even adult on adult black on black porn only sells to a small niche of porn customers). Since the vast majority of people in this world are white (and child porn production is only legal/tacitly allowed in some third-world countries made up of blacks and all civilized countries have laws banning their residents from participating in child porn even in another country) even if they did make child porn they couldn’t get viewers for it.

I will also confirm that I think anyone fucking little kids needs to be tortured to death — no ifs, ands or buts. Frankly, no one should be having sex before the age of 16, period — whether it is with another minor or with an adult.