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Is It Racist to Date Only People of Your Own Race?
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| 04/23/2014
| Reihan Salam
Posted on 04/23/2014 7:21:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I am reminded of what I posted in 2010:
Your comment reminds me of something I heard Dr Martin Luther King Sr say on the Phil Donahue show years ago. He was speaking to the difference between prejudice and racism
[paraphrased]
Prejudice is a normal human emotion in that everyone seeks out people like themselves. It has been that way since the beginning of time. People are more comfortable with people just like them. If one recognizes this and accepts it as normal, one can begin to reach out to others without being coerced or forced to do so. They will reach out because it is the right thing to do.
Racism is defined by hatred.
It was one of the wisest statements I have ever heard and has stayed with me to this day. The term racist has been thrown around so much it has lost its orginal meaning.
So the answer is No. It is not racist.
To: Terry L Smith
The people of the Caucasus Mountains have suffered enough over the years. Don’t add to their woes by moving them to the Balkans.
To: Rembrandt
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:29:15 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I think that’s more of a cultural decision, not a race based one. Like with me (see post 15)
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:41:28 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(God is not dead!)
To: SeekAndFind
how about those television commercials for dating sites that a limited to one particular skin color? Any other group would be called racist.
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:47:40 AM PDT
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longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: SeekAndFind
If you believe that you have Freedom of Association, you are obviously a racist bigoted homophobe.
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:48:12 AM PDT
by
yuleeyahoo
(Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: longtermmemmory
Here's the next question... is it bigoted ( or can we use the word tri-goted?) to NOT RECOGNIZE the marriage of three women to each other?
Meet Doll, Kitten and Brynn Young , America's first THROUPLE
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:51:27 AM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
To: all the best
Great article, thanks for posting.
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posted on
04/24/2014 8:27:54 AM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.-Sowell)
To: School of Rational Thought
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posted on
04/24/2014 8:30:26 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
04/24/2014 8:31:20 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: SeekAndFind
Well you have a white...a black..and a blue!!!
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posted on
04/24/2014 8:34:35 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Nea Wood
“Great article, thanks for posting.”
You are quite welcome. Thanks for appreciating it!
To: SeekAndFind
Ask me if I care what is or isn’t racist.
I prefer white girls.
One in particular these days
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posted on
04/24/2014 8:47:50 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: Verginius Rufus
DearV.R.,
As the German woman had made note in her unrecorded statements .... ‘D’ey’s sho’ ain’t no nears me, is d’ey?!?!’
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