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I was wondering why anyone is actually racist.

Do you know? Seriously.

Is it a lack of self identity?
Lack of self worth?

It's got to be a lack of something.


@yo-its-me said
I was wondering why anyone is actually racist.

Do you know? Seriously.

Is it a lack of self identity?
Lack of self worth?

It's got to be a lack of something.
Very small penisses, I think.

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@yo-its-me said
I was wondering why anyone is actually racist.

Do you know? Seriously.

Is it a lack of self identity?
Lack of self worth?

It's got to be a lack of something.
There could be many reasons and not only to races but to people being different from you: culture, tradition, fear etc. Protectionism. And, as you say, low self-esteem.


Lack of education and a lack of respect for others.



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I can only testify to the real jingoism between football fans, I am happy to see any north eastern team do well but many fans of the boro hate sunderland & newcastle fans and visa versa they even organise punch ups between each other.


@shavixmir said
Very small penisses, I think.
Who are you calling a racist!

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racist

what could ever go wrong here

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@earl-of-trumps said
racist

what could ever go wrong here
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@divegeester

"And we are all guilty of it to some extent."

I think you are right.


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This is exactly correct. Nicely done on a Monday.

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I'm 68 and was born in the deep south, USA.
I grew up in a racist era, a racist town, and a racist family.

The racism was always there under the surface, but it might not show up everyday. The area was segregated as were the schools. Everyone knew that 'DewBerry' was the Black section and Fort Oglethorpe was for Whites. The first time I sat in a school classroom with a Black person was my freshman year in college.

So where did the racism come from? Tradition and fear.

Tradition, because this is what was passed down from at least Civil War times. The area is home to Chickamauga National Park the largest military battlefield in the US. A place of beauty and history, but in some ways a testimony to the racism that was a root cause of the Civil War. And tradition at the family level kept the racism alive. My great-grandfather was a dirt farmer who lived in a wooden cabin on a dirt road. He was racist. As the 1960's started, he would rant about the 'niggers' and 'coons' protesting. My grandfather followed that tradition as did my father. It was rarely overt, but at any family gathering there would be talk and whispers.

Fear is the other reason. Then Blacks and Whites never mingled or spoke to each other. That made it easy to look at Blacks with suspicion because it wasn't individuals, but a group of people that didn't look like you. Again the start of the 1960's civil rights protests put fear in people's heart. That fear can still be flamed today as Donald Trump has shown.

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