Are You Racist?
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If this was an episode of QI, there'd be an alarm sounding now, and your answer would be flashing up on the big screens.
Well, according to Avenue Q, EVERYONE'S a little bit racist. Sometimes.
So, yeah, I'm going with that. I don't think it is possible to be completely non-racist, because we probably all are racist to some extent at the sub-conscience level at least. I think it's a part of our evolution, the whole "Us versus Them" thing. When resources were much harder to come by, you wanted your tribe to outcompete the others, and this has carried over into modern times.
So, yeah, I'm going with that. I don't think it is possible to be completely non-racist, because we probably all are racist to some extent at the sub-conscience level at least. I think it's a part of our evolution, the whole "Us versus Them" thing. When resources were much harder to come by, you wanted your tribe to outcompete the others, and this has carried over into modern times.
Oooh!
realistic conflict theory: The theory that hostility between groups is caused by direct competition for limited resources.
i fucked it up by getting impatient with the psycho-analytical bull-crap and was hammering the E and I keys as fast as i could to get it over with.
apparently i prefer white people. well, yeah, i guess. i live in a predominantly white area so, i guess i see more white people than not.
i ain't racist, i just hate people who move here and then don't learn to speak english and try to tell me what they want in my shop by grunting and gesticulating.
apparently i prefer white people. well, yeah, i guess. i live in a predominantly white area so, i guess i see more white people than not.
i ain't racist, i just hate people who move here and then don't learn to speak english and try to tell me what they want in my shop by grunting and gesticulating.
Meaning what?
it's the obvious comment to make.
a British TV show where the idea is to make your answers Quite Interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI
Sometimes I hate that this is an international board. I never know what's going on.
Wait...does that make me racist?
Yes... Yes it does
Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.
I found it somewhat difficult to distinguish between the words representing good and bad concepts at speed. It's possible I associate green light positively more than I associate each word with its relevant category.
As it happens, I grew up in a town in which people were indifferent to race, then moved to a predominantly African-America community just before high school. The first city was roughly 85% European American, 10% Asian and Middle Eastern, and 1% African American. If anything, I feel somewhat uncomfortable in a nearly uniformly European American/European environment, if only because something seems vaguely off.
When I was little, I wanted to be like Tasha Yar, then (once she died) like Geordi La Forge. I actually once dressed as Geordi for Halloween, using a hair clip and face paint. (It never would've occurred to me that some might think something wrong with that; I just wanted to look as much like him as I could - like painting a gray beard on my face to dress as Obi-Wan Kenobi a few years later.) That one was female and another African American while I was male and European American didn't cross my mind any more than I noticed that one was blond (so was I) and one was blind (actually, I found Geordi's blindness fascinating).
I found it somewhat difficult to distinguish between the words representing good and bad concepts at speed. It's possible I associate green light positively more than I associate each word with its relevant category.
As it happens, I grew up in a town in which people were indifferent to race, then moved to a predominantly African-America community just before high school. The first city was roughly 85% European American, 10% Asian and Middle Eastern, and 1% African American. If anything, I feel somewhat uncomfortable in a nearly uniformly European American/European environment, if only because something seems vaguely off.
When I was little, I wanted to be like Tasha Yar, then (once she died) like Geordi La Forge. I actually once dressed as Geordi for Halloween, using a hair clip and face paint. (It never would've occurred to me that some might think something wrong with that; I just wanted to look as much like him as I could - like painting a gray beard on my face to dress as Obi-Wan Kenobi a few years later.) That one was female and another African American while I was male and European American didn't cross my mind any more than I noticed that one was blond (so was I) and one was blind (actually, I found Geordi's blindness fascinating).
Just to be pedantic (who, me? 
) I'm slightly xenophobic rather than racist. It's got nothing to do with colour of skin - White-American or Black-American or Slightly-Brown-American doesn't make any difference to me, because they're all American. But I do get irrationally (who, me? ) nervous if I have to talk to someone from a non-English-speaking country because I worry I won't understand them, also people from Glasgow, I have trouble understanding them too.
Does that sound as weird as I think it does?
) I'm slightly xenophobic rather than racist. It's got nothing to do with colour of skin - White-American or Black-American or Slightly-Brown-American doesn't make any difference to me, because they're all American. But I do get irrationally (who, me? ) nervous if I have to talk to someone from a non-English-speaking country because I worry I won't understand them, also people from Glasgow, I have trouble understanding them too.Does that sound as weird as I think it does?
Just to be pedantic (who, me?
Does that sound as weird as I think it does?
I get more annoyed that nervous when I have to speak to people from non-English-speaking countries at my restaurant. However, if they know how to say "Beer," I'm usually okay.
Interesting, it says I have a slight preference for European-Americans. Which is surprising because I know no black people and have no affinity for most black culture. I would have thought I would have strongly preferred European-Americans.
The only drawback to the test is I imagine it was computing how fast we were able to make the switch when they switched up the words. The more strongly you associate with one culture the quicker you would have been able to adapt when their faces were paired with good words. But to me it was more of a game. It was just how long you were able to re-adjust to categories belonging to "I" and others to "E".
The only drawback to the test is I imagine it was computing how fast we were able to make the switch when they switched up the words. The more strongly you associate with one culture the quicker you would have been able to adapt when their faces were paired with good words. But to me it was more of a game. It was just how long you were able to re-adjust to categories belonging to "I" and others to "E".
Just to be pedantic (who, me?
Does that sound as weird as I think it does?
I get more annoyed that nervous when I have to speak to people from non-English-speaking countries at my restaurant. However, if they know how to say "Beer," I'm usually okay.
No, but it is an example of how people can incorrectly interpret something in one category belonging to another. People will think you are racist when in reality there is another factor that might not be apparent to the eye that is effecting it. I have social anxiety so there are times when I don't do well in conversation when somebody is speaking English. My nerves get in the way and I find it difficult to process what they are saying the first time. With a foreign language or accent it is at least doubly hard. That is why I am often skeptical of people's interpretations of events. They are too often bringing what they think they see into something.
