Re: Definition of Racism (was "Vicious Racism")

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 15:09:56 MDT


Loree Thomas wrote:
> As long as he wasn't USING racial profiling, he could
> certainly think that way and not be acting racist...
> however the first time he stops a black person for no
> other reason than he IS black he has then acted racist
> against blacks.
>
> Racial profiling is racist. Making true statistical
> statements based on race isn't racist... actions based
> on those statistics and aimed at individuals is
> racist.
>
> Is this making sense yet?

Fully understood. Now lets paraphrase a favorite saying of liberals: if
a black individual isn't a criminal, then they have nothing to fear from
profiling.

> Discriminating (def 1.) based on race IS racist.
> Based on sex it is sexist, based on sexual orientation
> it is heterosexist.
>
> Discriminating (def 2.) is simply acknowledging
> reality no matter what traits or characteristics you
> are observing.
>
> Racists (and their apologists) tend to conflate
> definitions 1 and 2.
>
> I have a hard time believing that there would be
> anyone on THIS list arguing in favor of racial
> profiling.

What about profiling of other sorts, like geographic profiling, which
results in more blacks being stopped because police set up more
roadblocks around predominantly black neighborhoods?



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