[Joey-B]

I’m white and I have racist tendencies, especially when I get mad at another race of people who cut me off in traffic. Like me, lots of people have this tendency regardless of background. I know this is a dark side of my personality, and I don’t like it. Where did this come from? Why can’t we all just get on with our lives and get past the skin color thing?

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Name : Joey-B, City : Santa Ana, State : CA, Country : United States, 

[Dan27389]

Perhaps when someone offends you, you notice it more if they happen to be a minority, and then take note of the fact that they are a minority. For example, if someone was cut off on the 405 by someone of the same race, they’d scream ‘you jerk!’. But if that same person was cut off by a Latino driver in the exact same manner, and they scream ‘you should be deported, you jerk!’, then they are in error. For every minority person that does a number over on you, there’s a white person out there who would do the same, no better or worse.

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Name : Dan27389, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal Christian, Age : 21, City : L.A. area, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : student/dishwasher, Social class : Lower middle class, 

[Robert L. Reed]

It is not your fault that you have these racist tendencies. The reason why you have them is because of your conditioning. As you were being raised, you were continuously bombarded with stereotypes. These stereotypes might come from the media, from television, movies, books, peers, parents, the teachers, and even political leaders. These images were subconsciously embedded into your head. It’s just a fact of everyday American life. All 273 million Americans have been exposed to these stereotypes. The sad thing it that most people don’t even know that they have these racist tendencies. I believe that the only way to get rid of these is to remove the illusion that we are all seperate. When we realize that we are all the same being, these tendencies will dissolve.

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Name : Robert L. Reed, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 17, City : St. Louis, State : MO, Country : United States, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Tina24611]

First off, I don’t think it’s a racial issue, I truly believe it’s a self worth issue. For instance, perhaps you’re playing a board game with your friends and it’s males against females, both genders become extremely ‘protective and sensitive’ to their own gender about winning the game. The females want to win and may use excuses such as ‘all men are overly competetive – all men care about is winning’ etc. And the men think ‘All women do is whine about men’ etc. I believe it to be a product of when we get angry, we automatically try to ‘find fault’ with the other person and if they are black, that is the most obvious difference between you and that person.

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Name : Tina24611, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Executive, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[Ashley-M23495]

I don’t want you to get past my skin color. I don’t want that to be something you feel should be overlooked in order to befriend me. I think everyone in America has racist tendencies and more people would do better to admit it the way you have. Hopefully the next time you feel racist you will realize that for everything you say or feel about Black people there is a Black person who says and feels the same thing, and both of you can’t be right.

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Name : Ashley-M23495, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 18, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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