Is racism as American as baseball?

[Venant]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...P=share_btn_tw

Some people unfurled a large banner at a Red Sox game last night with the words 'Racism is as American as Baseball' on it. My initial reaction was to feel contempt for people who would attempt to push an agenda of normalizing racism in such a manner, as I always considered racism anathema to living a life rooted in ethical behavior. And yes, even though the people who held up the sign are apparently white SJWs, what they are doing is just as bad (and probably worse than), those who want to LARP as tiki torch wielding Nazis. At least with the Nazis its obvious what they are about, people have natural mental defenses against Nazis.

The 'politics of racism' has become an intrinsic part of American culture, and what it's really about is telling people that its fine to be racist, because everyone else is. In this way, advocating that 'racism is everywhere' is the most racist thing that you can do, because it is practically a universal justification for racism.

[grexly75]

Lets just say that racism has been around since the dawn of time, and will always be there no matter how hard you try to hide it away..

[Deleted]

What they consider racism isn't actually racism.

[Rennadrel]

I believe that racism is just part of who we are as humans. You can't not be at least a little bit racist. I think we are just born with the ability to indiscriminately dislike someone for their skin colour.

[ItachiZaku]

I can't hear them over the sound of how white they are.

[ParanoiD84]

Lets just say that racism has been around since the dawn of time, and will always be there no matter how hard you try to hide it away..

Pretty much.

[Rend Blackhand]

Why is it always middle class leftie white people that pull these stupid stunts?

Keep politics out of sport, in fact get it or if everyone's daily life.

[Slush]

No.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...hnic-cleansing

The link kinda says it all.. one of these genocides still happens in Asia/Africa every 5-10 years.

[Seranthor]

Yes, Racism exists, it exists in each and every person's heart. Anyone that tells you they aren't at least a little racist and biased is a liar. Everyone has biases, the question becomes how do we deal with our own biases against others?

The word itself is becoming so overused and misused that people hear it now and go, 'it was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches last time, what is it going to be this time?' We are fast approaching the point where everything will be labelled as 'racist', and then the race peddlers will have nothing else to label as 'racist'

[urasim]

Yes, Racism exists, it exists in each and every person's heart. Anyone that tells you they aren't at least a little racist and biased is a liar. Everyone has biases, the question becomes how do we deal with our own biases against others?

The word itself is becoming so overused and misused that people hear it now and go, 'it was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches last time, what is it going to be this time?' We are fast approaching the point where everything will be labelled as 'racist', and then the race peddlers will have nothing else to label as 'racist'

I have a feeling you don't know what racism means(which is funny because you go on to tell us that it's overused and misused).

I have never held a racist thought. I have never stereotyped someone based on their race. So, yeah, I'm not even close to a racist. I am biased, everyone has their biases, but it never has anything to do with race or gender.

[Deleted]

nothing wrong with racism or baseball , just stop crying so much

you dont see chiouaouas protesting because they were born slow and ugly

[Najnaj]

Given that racism is about as American as apple pie, not at all, you would have to say yes. Both are global and were around long before America was even discovered.

I never understood that saying "As American As Apple Pie". why pick something that is demonstratively not American. You have peanut butter which is totally American and fing brilliant, use that.

[Machismo]

Racism isn't just an American thing, so the banner is rather strange.

That being said, I think the OP is off the mark in saying they are trying to normalize racism. I think the point was to highlight that it is latent within our culture.

[unbound]

Racism is an aspect of tribalism. We want to support our own group, even if our group isn't very good. It is just easier to want to be around people that are like us.

Ultimately, that is what it is about. Most people want the lazy way out. Being racist is easy when you are surrounded by people of the same color. Being sexist is easy when you are surrounded by sexist comments. Being racist is hard when you live in a diverse area because you know it doesn't work. Being sexist is hard when you work with both sexes and see the reality that most sexist tropes don't stand up to scrutiny.

It takes work to consider being put in other people's shoes. As a white male, I have only ever been harassed once unfairly by a police officer in my lifetime because I was riding a motorcycle (therefore, the cop assumed I was a trouble-maker). An idiot would conclude, "See it happens to white people too"; a smart person concludes, "That sucked, and if that happened to me weekly or daily, I'd be pissed too".

Racism is easy. Understanding and learning is hard. Americans are largely lazy.

[Machismo]

nothing wrong with racism or baseball , just stop crying so much

you dont see chiouaouas protesting because they were born slow and ugly

There's plenty wrong with racism, if people try to legislate such things, or use it as a justification to harm others.

[Deleted]

[IMG]advocating that 'racism is everywhere' is the most racist thing that you can do, because it is practically a universal justification for racism.

Is this from some fallacy convention?

USA is the newest kid on the block, i can guarantee that you brought nothing new on the topic.

[Delana]

Racism is an aspect of tribalism. We want to support our own group, even if our group isn't very good. It is just easier to want to be around people that are like us.

Ultimately, that is what it is about. Most people want the lazy way out. Being racist is easy when you are surrounded by people of the same color. Being sexist is easy when you are surrounded by sexist comments. Being racist is hard when you live in a diverse area because you know it doesn't work. Being sexist is hard when you work with both sexes and see the reality that most sexist tropes don't stand up to scrutiny.

It takes work to consider being put in other people's shoes. As a white male, I have only ever been harassed once unfairly by a police officer in my lifetime because I was riding a motorcycle (therefore, the cop assumed I was a trouble-maker). An idiot would conclude, "See it happens to white people too"; a smart person concludes, "That sucked, and if that happened to me weekly or daily, I'd be pissed too".

Racism is easy. Understanding and learning is hard. Americans are largely lazy.

>build word hegemon out of undeveloped continent in 200 years
>lazy

pick one

[Deleted]

>build word hegemon out of undeveloped continent in 200 years
>lazy

pick one

just an other liberal that hates himself and his country

[JohnBrown1917]

>Racists do racist shit
>Must be lefties!!


lolMMO-C

[Selky]

Maybe people in the past were just more honest with themselves instead of drinking the liberal coolaid. Modern thought on race/gender/etc is becoming very dishonest and more about virtue signalling than about reality.

Are people really comfortable with having racially mixed grandchildren? Is having women in the workforce instead of being at home really improving society? Does transitioning really make transgender people happy?

Society tells us to think one way, our minds tell us to think another way. Which would you trust?