How did you learn what racism is?

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I see one person has voted in my poll that they were born racist.

I embrace anybody who deserves to be embraced----I don't care what "color" the person is. "black" people have more pigment than "white" people. That's all.

If a white person is a schmuck, dickhead, etc. then he/she doesn't deserve to be embraced. If he/she is a fine human being, then he/she deserves to be embraced.

Yeah....I grew up in NYC. When a ride on a subway train, I could be in a car where people speak 10 languages or more. Complexions range from almost tarry black to almost albino white.

I think there's an important issue in the 'racism' debate that it is possibly worth addressing.


Let's assume I'm moving to London.

I'm looking at houses, and one of the houses is in a predominantly black neighbourhood.

Most knife crime in London is committed by black people.

For the sake of wanting to minimise the likelihood of being stabbed, I wouldn't move to the black neighbourhood.



...Why does this make me racist, rather than sensible?

...Does it make me racist? By definition you could say it does - as I'm judging a group of people based on the colour of their skin.


If I were asked why I didn't move there, I'd simply reply 'too many black people. Greater chance of being stabbed'.


I don't see this as racism.

I see it as accepting the facts.



Or should I ignore the statistics and hope for the best?


Personally, I'd rather be called racist and have less likelihood of being stabbed than move to a neighbourhood where I'd be living amongst blacks yet have a far greater chance of being stabbed.

I used to live in a neighborhood where the bullies were white people, rather than black people. And the neighborhood was pretty darn black.

I happen to live in a neighborhood where I'm one of the few white people there.

The predominant ethnic/racial group is East Indian, followed by Hispanics from many nations, followed by East Asians.

I left a $10 bill near the door of my house at 7 AM. When I got home at midnight, the $10 bill was in the same place where I left it.

I dropped my glasses once in the snow. Two weeks later, when the snow melted, the glasses were still there.

People respect each other in my neighborhood. And they don't even have to flaunt the fact that they respect the neighborhood.

I used to read everything I could growing up, so that's how I learned about it. Mark Twain especially. Also Jewish, so got some s**t for that, but no so much. I don't think I met a black person until college when I lost my virginity to a black Jew.