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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
I just ignore it -- no one has ever tried to force me to see their side of things, or involved me in any racist activities, or perhaps I've never met anyone who is a hardcore racist; certainly, I've met tons of people who are a little racist. But, yeah, I haven't lived the life of the people who have formed this opinion, so how can I judge them? Mostly, I just try to mind my own business -- if people get cheated on by women, they'll probably have a bad view on women. If people get shit stolen from them by Mexicans, they'll probably have a bad outlook on Mexicans. That's just how most people are. I don't think most people are really hardcore Nazi racists or something -- at least not around here; the people I've met seem to be insulting towards other races, but also know that you can't base your opinion on an entire race of people because of the fuckheads they've met. People just hate people in general -- people hate their own race probably more than any other race. I mean, people in general are usually bad... so yeah.
...Like I said, as far as my "reaction" goes, I just try to mind my own business -- everyone has political views, outlooks on life, etc. that I don't agree with, but they probably have some reason for getting to that point in their mind. On the other hand, there are people that are completely ignorant and don't seem to have any reason for coming to their conclusions... but that goes with anything. Ultimately, if a person is such a hardcore racist that it influences every facet of their being, of course I couldn't be friends with them... but I've never met anyone like that.
...well, I am friends with a white girl whose mom was raped and chopped up to bits by a black man. Literally cut up to pieces with the body parts put in a garbage bag. So, she's a little racist towards black people now -- mostly stemming from fear. I mean, I can understand that. I'm not racist at all -- but I can see how something traumatic like that could change a person's character... couldn't you?
On the other hand, I know another white girl who was raped by a black guy -- she was 12 at the time. And she's not racist at all... so yeah. Who knows.
If you get to know anyone well enough, you'll probably find a shit-ton of things to hate about them, so my thing in life is to just try not to get too close to anyone else, and hope they don't get too close to me. Makes things a lot simpler.
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