Why are some people racist?

[zheer]

Well, the fact that people are using the terms 'black' and 'white' is really something to think about...

   Not really, where are you from?. I have black friends and white friends. If i were to describe them i would start with , oh he/she is white or he/she is black. Nothing wrong with that.

[gilad]

Well, the fact that people are using the terms 'black' and 'white' is really something to think about...

to stop using them would be a failure to recognise the beauty of diversity and the culture inherent in all people.
there is no reason why it should be dirty to call someone black when they are black and white when they are white.
i do understand what you're saying, and ahve consedered it myself, just feel it's impractical and overly politically correct.

[randmc]

Racism is just a prejudice. Someone who is racist is no lower than the next person. Racism is just one of those prejudices that are considered 'politically incorrect,' so of course a majority of society is going to frown upon it to avoid being tagged a social outcast. Your prejudice against the heavy-set lady across the street is no better than your fathers prejudice against Koreans. The preachers prejudice against sinners is no better than the poor mans prejudice against bankers. And the environmentalists prejudice against lumberjack's is no better than the American governments prejudice against communism.
The question should not be "Why are some people prejudice?", but, "How many prejudices?" Most are even prejudiced against the word prejudice because they are taught that it is 'politically incorrect.' A great man once taught me about the 'cluster concept.' "People's personalities, their likes and dislikes, their attidues, and viewpoints, their prejudices come in clusters, as grapes come in bunches. If you examine one grape you will know pretty much what the rest of the grapes on the cluster look like. If you taste one you know how the others will taste. There may be minute defferences from grape to grape, but you can bet that the grape you didn't taste does not taste like beefsteak." The word prejudice, pretty much to me, is based on the 'cluster concept.'
In the world we live in today, it is pretty much impossible not be prejudice against something. Prejudice, by itself, is just another imperfection of the human race.

[cfortunato]

to stop using them would be a failure to recognise the beauty of diversity and the culture inherent in all people.
there is no reason why it should be dirty to call someone black when they are black and white when they are white.

But black people AREN'T black and white people aren't white.

[randmc]

But black people AREN'T black and white people aren't white.

I don't think he was speaking literal, but more general.

[gilad]

I don't think he was speaking literal, but more general.

true

[mycrabface]

   Not really, where are you from?.

singapore

[contrapunctus]

Don't you ever get tired of being a dumbass?

Can you please explain how I am a dumbass? Thank you.

[mycrabface]

Can you please explain how I am a dumbass? Thank you.

lol

[contrapunctus]

Don't you ever get tired of being a dumbass?

How am I a dumbass? please explain. thankyou

[rob47]

Since I live in the southern part of the USA, there is quite a lot of racist talk, especially against Blacks. But, the talk is not against Blacks themselves, it is against their culture. (note: not all have that horrible culture). There is no racism against the actual people themselves.

Don't you ever get tired of being a dumbass?

[maxy]

some people?

most people are... even most that will swear that they are not.

why?  many reasons: observations, previous experiences, influences, pride of being part of some ethnical/cultural/religious group.