
Originally Posted by
Jotaru
Not sure how I feel about this one. Does defining someone as black or white make you racist? I have a black friend. I'm racist because he's a 'black' friend and not a 'smart' friend or a 'popular' friend?
Or, is racism defined as having something AGAINST someone from another race? Sure, I see Obama as a BLACK president. I can name all my BLACK friends... but I won't buy that I'm racist because of it. I guess I perceive racism as having some sort of feeling of superiority over someone else... otherwise, we're all racist, because I guarantee nobody looks at a black person (being white) or a white person (being black) and never thinks, oh, they are white/black.