Racism

[Yozzer]

Guess what, I'm a racist. So are you. I don't care who you are or what your ethnic, social, religous or cultural background. I try not to be but I'm just an evolved, social ape with an inbred fear of apes from other groups.

For your information you're also age-ist, size-ist, haircolour-ist, height-ist, voice-ist, accent-ist, attractiveness-ist, handshakefirmness-ist and a million other distinguishing features we notice in people-ist. We are genetically programmed to be scared of others and to judge by what we notice about them how scared we should be. We will NEVER train ourselves out of this. All we can do is be aware of it and try to prevent our predjudices from negatively impacting other people.

If I am aware that I don't trust people with a particular accent I can, and do, check myself when dealing with them to make sure I'm not letting this influence me. The reverse is also true. Research shows the English trust the Scottish accent more than any other, so a large number of English TV ads use Scottish accented voice overs and some call centre staff in India are taught to speak with a Scottish accent.

I've started to ramble so I'll finish up now, Follow my simple rule and you won't go far wrong:
"All people are scum, don't trust any off them, this applies to yourself also"

[redbaron]

Originally Posted by Yozzer

For your information you're also age-ist, size-ist, haircolour-ist, height-ist, voice-ist, accent-ist, attractiveness-ist, handshakefirmness-ist and a million other distinguishing features we notice in people-ist. We are genetically programmed to be scared of others and to judge by what we notice about them how scared we should be. We will NEVER train ourselves out of this. All we can do is be aware of it and try to prevent our predjudices from negatively impacting other people.

Mate, there is a difference between "prejudice" and "systematic act". If you think a bit longer before giving your car's key to an asian guy for some reason, that's ok for me. But if you're acting against all asians in your neighborhood and encourage others to do so, this is a problem. All humans have a bit prejudice inside, but if you are able to act against that prejudice using logic, then you're definitely not a Racist.