Is there a word or a phrase for when a person sees racism where there is none?
And are people who do that somewhat racist themselves?
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Paranoia.
Likewise, denying that something is racist, when it clearly is, is called Denial.
I should have clarified some. Like, if a person inadvertently uses an non-PC word to describe someone, like uses the word “Indian” to describe native Americans, many people are just so ready to jump down that person’s throat with accusations of racism, when it’s not. It was just the “wrong” choice of words (in their opinion.)
Or when a person uses ethnicity to describe a person, they’re accused of being racist,which is SO stupid.
@Adirondackwannabe Yeah, but he has a motive. I’m referring to regular people. What is their motive? I mean, they’ll come running to the “defense” of a race of people they don’t even belong to.
@Dutchess_III I get your Sharpton comment. I’m not sure I understand where you’re going with the other angle.
@Dutchess_III Are you saying Sharpton isn’t a “regular” person? That’s racist!
“Half-breed”.
That’s the word that kicked me out of Yahoo! Answer.
As an Asian, that word means nothing to me, other than just a person whose parents are Native American and European. But when I posted a question included that word there, I received a handful of flame and attacks from many. I was mostly accused of racism.
And generally, I don’t understand most Western jokes that are considered racist by many. I really have no problem reading Lucky Luke while many claim it to contain many racist elements.
So, I think whether something is racist or not depends on the culture of those who view it.
I second “paranoia” and “hypersensitivity.”
They’ll come running to the “defense” of a race of people they don’t even belong to.
That’s called moral courage. It may not always be justified, but generally, it’s applauded. For good reason.
A black white person, or a white black person
This subject really interests me. I was wondering the other day about the song ‘Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist’ from Avenue Q and trying to decide whether that is true or whether we just see racism where it’s not because we are so sensitive about ‘race’ in general. I don’t know the answer to your question but I am interested in people’s thoughts on this.
Me too @Leanne1986.
The reason I asked this is because I once got in trouble here for using the word “Indian,” to refer to Native Americans. I was accused of being racist. (Two of my grandkids,my daughter in law AND my husband have Native American genes floating around in them, so that presents a real problem for my racist self, you know?)
The other day a new jelly jumped on me for describing in the details of this question that in the early 70’s, in Jr. High, in Health Class, I sat behind a black girl with a huge afro. Couldn’t see a thing. For some reason the jelly thought I must be racist because I mentioned her color.
Personally I think a person who throws out the “R” word all the time is actually the one who has the problem with Race. Today a lot of people call others “Racists” just to shut them up and stop the debate.
Or maybe they just have a need to be outraged every day.
Who’s view are we referring to? A person might not think they are being racist, but another person might feel slighted by a comment or something else.
Racism can’t be decided by the one who made the perceived slight. Kind of like a slave owner saying their not racist. It means nothing.
SOME PEOPLE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A DICTIONARY
The moment I saw this Q my mind immediately went back to the initial brouhaha over the use of the word “niggardly” (which means stingy or excessively penurious.) has nothing to do with race whatsoever.
Someone actually got fired because he had a decent vocabulary.
It was all over the news, so you’d think that people would pay attention in the future.
But years later, a school teacher was disciplined for being “offensive”.
Read all about it here:
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http://www.webpronews.com/senator-says-niggardly-2012-03
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When the massively ignorant climb up on their high horse of moral superiority its not a pretty picture.
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A couple of my kids are Mexican.
And your lawn really well trimmed, ey, ey?
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