Hard to say if they're not SAYING anything bluntly racist, more their attitude. Usually negative but the message is obvious.
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Once I have this feeling there is something suspicious on the individual I simply prove. I do not prove asking a bunch of obvious questions. It may take some time as I ask questions and may bring up situations to see what are the answers and opinions of the individual. The individual will show some subtle clues even if he does not want to discluse his racist biases.
I may do this but not with everybody even with some that may be obvious on their beliefs. I do not mind or care is someone is racist, actually. People are entitled to their beliefs as long as they are not interfering with my rights and the rights of others because of their beliefs. I have met some that have told me they have certain racists attitudes and yet they do threat others fairly by not allowing their beliefs or feeling to get the best of them.
Example: Back around 1980 I was stationed in Fort Hood. I was a Private in the Army and one day I went to my Section Sergeant home. We talked and in the converstaion he expressed that if his daugther were to date or marry a black guy he would disown her. He believe the Bible said God wanted the races separated. I did try to show him he was wrong about the Bible. I did realize he was not going to change so I dropped the subject.
Now here is the interesting part. We had two other Privates and both were black. The First Sergeant had it against them and you could see he was racist by the way he talked to them and treated them. Well, one day he was trying to find a way to demote them both. The Sergeant who had told me he would diswon his daughter put his neck on the line by openly challenging the First Sergeant as being unfair on the two black guys. You do not stand up in a shouting match with a First Sergeant in those days! The First Sergeant did back off. So yes, someone can be racist but at the same time in some ways be fair. This Sergeant would not stop his daughter from marrying anyone she wanted and respected her wish to do so and also stood up for those two black guys at the expense of the possiblity of hurting his career. Even though I did not agree with his beliefs I respected and admired his honesty and courage.
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Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 at 3:47PM
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