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-- Posted by Anonymous at 7:45 pm on May 9, 2008

whenever i see someone thats really black, like gangster ghetto black ppl i think bad about them, like they shouldnt be here. and when i see arabs all i can think is terrorist and i dont like them.... is there something wrong with me??  


-- Posted by Decadence at 4:08 pm on May 10, 2008

You need to educate yourself on the different races. You're not fully informed about them, so make prejudgements. It could be that you were bought up in a environment that projected this behaviour, but you have the ability to change.
Visit the following websites:
Website 1
Website 2
You may also want to consider attending anti-racism seminars.


-- Posted by holysaiyan1 at 8:55 pm on May 10, 2008

Everyone has those thoughts; they are just thoughts, neither bad or good.  It's practically encoded in our genes to fear or dislike those look different from our "tribe."  What makes you a racist is whether you choose to act upon those thoughts or not.  Humans have xenophobic thoughts, racists act upon xenophobic thoughts.


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