I know! It's like when Seth McFarlane or any of those other trendy shock-comedians seem to think that being really, really, really racist means it's satire and therefore you're not racist at all. Because that's how racism and satire works! The more racist you are, the LESS racist you are! Because LOGIC!!

The only definitions that measures up to the reality of the phenomenon (racism) are the relatively broad ones. The "only if you join the KKK or explicitly avow the moral salience of racial hierarchy" variety is pretty unfit for the task.

From what I hear it's pretty bad in Russia. You may deal with assholes making racist jokes in the U.S.A. but from what I hear, in Russia you may have to fear for your life.

The richest thing about this is that this comes from a Flemish newspaper: as a woman in France, you are probably aware of the disdain Francophones have historically had for the Flemish (thinking them peasants, uncultured, that their language is ugly, etc.). If I were to mock the Flemish using a Parisian accent, very…

TROLOLOLOLOLOL Because once slavery stopped, and once owning humans and the right to their lives, bodies, children and futures stopped being officially legal after a mere 100 years, everything was totes fine and didn't affect any future aspect of american life, especially since past slaves were just able to leave…

If a poc is telling you something you're doing is racist and even takes the time to explain why, and you're all "BUT IM NOT RACIST!!!1!!!!, STOP THROWING AROUND THE TERM! ITS RACIST OF YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY RACISM!" then you're racist. If you continue to argue that something that literally has at least a hundred years…

I grew up in a racist culture, so yes, pretty likely that a number of my sub-conscious behaviors and unconsidered or unarticulated modes of perceiving and acting are structured by racism. Fortunately, I have enough sense to strive to be anti-racist in my conscious actions and to otherwise work to recognize and…

Ok, benefit of the doubt on the one-liners down thread. Done. I think it can be possible to misperceive something as racist, sure. But just because something isn't blatantly racist (which Hedgehog mentioned) doesn't mean words and actions that are more subtle can't be informed by someone's lingering hangups about…

Oh, the "you see racism; therefore, you're the racist" argument that has been noted for its stupidity and ignorance. I see you've yet to receive the memo.

That person's intentions don't matter. Their damaging words and the message associated have already caused the damage. It's like accidentally dropping something heavy on someone's foot. It doesn't matter that you didn't mean to drop. You did. And you caused someone pain. Own up to it.

He called you a petite black woman, not nigger, as though you were an exotic species for the taking. Not that it changes things. It's just a difference of words and meanings. (Sorry, it's like a nervous tic to me.) He's vile and I'm sorry you had to deal with that. (I'm a black woman by the way and I've dealt with the…

If you have to say, "I'm not dumb, but..." before a statement, chances are that statement is pretty fucking dumb, and you are being dumb by saying it. And if you have to say, "I'm not racist, but..." before a statement, chances are that statement is pretty fucking racist, and you are being racist by stating it. And…

How did you manage to make it this far in life with such little self-awareness, a lack of social skills and the reasoning and logic skills of piece of plywood? Why do you appear where you are not needed or wanted? Why do you feel the need to share your basic ass, racist ass opinions with everyone? Why do you make…

If you're walking down the street, clothed from head to foot without a bare patch of skin showing when a man runs up to you and declares "this person, sight unseen, is a racist", you may not in fact be a racist.

Thats like saying only dumb people do dumb things. Everyone does stupid shit sometimes. And everyone is a little bit racist.

I see nothing has changed in Belgian media in the past 80 years.

Because being, either passively or actively, prejudiced against groups of people who are a different ethnicity than yourself is EXACTLY like being a witch. Exactly.

Highly unlikely, since most people are (unconsciously, at minimum) racists.

To say that nobody gets misperceived as racist would be silly.

Excuse me Belgium, the Congo called. What were you saying about racism?