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Is There A Distinct Difference Between Bigotry And Racism ?
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People can be racist too with someone of the same colour as themselves ie German , French etc
So what’s the difference between being a bigot to being a racist?
Racism to a black person is classed as a hate crime and rightly so,
Is it because a bigoted person either doesn’t know or doesn’t admit to being that?
So what’s the difference between being a bigot to being a racist?
Racism to a black person is classed as a hate crime and rightly so,
Is it because a bigoted person either doesn’t know or doesn’t admit to being that?
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I don’t really see a great difference. Both bigotry and racism equate to objection for no rational reason. I think most people who are charged with bigotry or racism don’t object to colour or nationality, but rather to cultures far removed from their own. Bigotry and racism are both terms too often employed to silence justified concerns.
Andy Hughes @10.47:
//All bigotry is born of ignorance and fear.//
Could it not be born of knowledge about things, which then brings fear? Such as what, you say.
Such as living and working among groups of people and seeing the reality, unlike people posting on websites who only read about these things and become all precious and sanctimoniuos because they've seen it in the media and it must be true. Got to be, hasn't it?
//All bigotry is born of ignorance and fear.//
Could it not be born of knowledge about things, which then brings fear? Such as what, you say.
Such as living and working among groups of people and seeing the reality, unlike people posting on websites who only read about these things and become all precious and sanctimoniuos because they've seen it in the media and it must be true. Got to be, hasn't it?
10 Clarion - // Andy Hughes @10.47:
//All bigotry is born of ignorance and fear.//
Could it not be born of knowledge about things, which then brings fear? Such as what, you say.
Such as living and working among groups of people and seeing the reality, unlike people posting on websites who only read about these things and become all precious and sanctimoniuos because they've seen it in the media and it must be true. Got to be, hasn't it? //
Mozz has it spot on.
If you live and work among people and 'see the reality', then your negative attitude, if that's what you have, is based on personal experience, which cannot be ignorance.
For example, the city I live in has one of the largest pro rata Muslim communities in the country - so my attitude towards Muslim people is unlikely to be formed from reading about them on the internet.
//All bigotry is born of ignorance and fear.//
Could it not be born of knowledge about things, which then brings fear? Such as what, you say.
Such as living and working among groups of people and seeing the reality, unlike people posting on websites who only read about these things and become all precious and sanctimoniuos because they've seen it in the media and it must be true. Got to be, hasn't it? //
Mozz has it spot on.
If you live and work among people and 'see the reality', then your negative attitude, if that's what you have, is based on personal experience, which cannot be ignorance.
For example, the city I live in has one of the largest pro rata Muslim communities in the country - so my attitude towards Muslim people is unlikely to be formed from reading about them on the internet.
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