If I asked you to come with me to New York to live what would you say.

[ash_castle]

So this is something that I have been thinking about a lot and just feel like communicating it on a wide scale

Comments

[rowan9]

aww, well said andrew walter!

[pndeering18]

..i'm not saying that i've never experienced any of those subconcious reactions you spoke of, obviously, having come from mississippi and even some of my family up here has racist tendencies that drive me insane...however, i have known and interacted with enough people from different races to where it's no longer a fear or reaction really..i find that now the people that i stereotype the most are young people...if i see someone walking down the same street as me and they're older, i'm fine..but if i saw some from the age of probably 15-26 walking on the same street, i would definitely become nervous...i'm sure there are reasons, maybe i just assume that they're young and dumb enough to do something to me, but race itself really doesn't play a hand in those reactions anymore...

something similar....

[velvet_childe]

regarding how racisim is defined, the part about "how you look."

It's also quite unfair that a more attractive person has an unfair advantage over an unattractive person. Studies have actually been done to prove this. Cuter babies are cuddled more. More attractive children tend to excel in school. Being pulled over by a policeman - you have a better chance of being let off with a warning if you are attractive versus being unattractive. You're given more leeway. It's assumed you are the better athlete, more intelligent, etc., simply based on your looks.

I didn't really have a point, other than illustrating and supporting your statements with a different twist.

[anababe420]

I'd go to New York with you...:)

PS...I think I may have a trace of most possible races in me...so if I have these thoughts unknowingly...does that mean I hate myself?! haha