| My parents migrated from England to australia due to the "White Australia policy". They were so sick of England being so many Pakistanis and other black skinned people, they decided to move to a more white country. The joke is on them now! We are very multicultural in Australia, and we love it that way. But yes, growing up there was some racism that I acquired. I didn't think it was there until it started to surface, and I didn't like what I saw in myself. Now, nearly 50 years later, I am very inclusive. I still do tend to generalise people by my own percieved national characteristics, but as long as I treat everyone as an individual, there is no issue. |
| idk about you but the closer a girl gets to looking like ronald mcdonald, the more aroused i become. CAV where can we cast our eyes to @PoruMairu who thinks of himself a member of the true church. Helion. |
| Apparently a lot of the Japanese side of my family were openly racist to my mom and my grandfather for being Filipino. We didn't really associate with them very much when I was growing up because of that and many of them were from the older generation and have since passed away. At least that’s the story I have been told. I have yet to go to the Motherland and see for myself so who knows. |
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| well, my parents were hippies and like a good hippie obsessed w indian culture and native american cultures, and did not hate any races. but they are quite orientalist especially regarding places they know less abt like china. am i racist? yeah probably, i havent exactly put effort in overcoming whatever i picked up from culture and society at large. if there are a lot of black ppl in a room i will be constantly thinking "holy shit ive never seen so many in my life" (this was me visiting the south once). on an intellectual level i think im pretty firmly not racist, though |
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| Pretty much only my grandparents. My grandfather was really funny back in the day. We are Italians so some of us have darker skin like my younger brother. When he was born his hair was black and my grandfather told my mom: "How the hell did you give birth to a Mexican baby" I shit you not lol. He also rooted for the Packers during the super bowl because I quote: "They had more white people". It's like bruh you are so old and you are a dark Italian. You tell me stories how people would call you an ape man or Tarzan for being Italian lol. |
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| No, my Mom is rather Liberal, and my dad never gave me the impression. |
 This ground is soiled by those before me and their lies. I dare not look up for on me I feel their eyes |
| Yes, all my family members were racist so i believed so many racist stuff cause i thought they were normal, until i actually learnt about racism and unlearnt it, we even have internalized racism, im mixed, mom married a black man and we’re north Africans, yet they still think yt people are superior, they were even glad that i turned out to be lighter than my mom and him |
| Nope, my extended family is pretty diverse, and almost everyone in my family speaks multiple languages. I'm really glad though because I think it helped me learn to appreciate other cultures at a young age |
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| My family is Mexican, so naturally, yes, especially my dad lmao (his jokes about white people, black people, and asain people are godly). It doesn't matter what race someone is, a Mexican, just like a white guy, has an offensive joke for them. You think white people are racist? Mexicans can be just as, if not, more racist! I think the same rule can apply to most other races as well. |
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| It's like everyone that I grew up knowing has this closet racism and it does feel hard to compartmentalize such an inevitable environment. |
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| No I wasn't, despite having a Welsh mother and an English father. |
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| My dad, no. My mom, hell yes. We were living in a tropical island where all kinds of people lived together, and there wasn't a week where she wouldn't say some stupid racist shit about creoles, malgaches, malbars (descendants of indian people) or arabs. I was so fucking done with her shit... Worst part : she would not even admit her racism, even seconds after said rant. |
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| Not really. They can be ignorant at times, but they're never down right racist. However, they do have their biases. My parents, especially my dad, hates muslims. And while I try to open minded, a lot of the shit he says makes sense as I see it unfold in front my very eyes, so I just keep quiet when he's going off about his religious prejudices. Other than that, despite being fairly conservative, they are pretty liberal when it comes to my sister and I. As long as we don't get married to a muslim and keep things hetero, they don't mind whatever we do with our lives. |
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| From the people that raised me, only my father was proud of being racist to anyone that isn't a white European. With time, he matured as a person and evolved from such a narrow-minded perspective. Now he keeps on priding himself in being racist to anyone except fair-skinned people, regardless of ethnicity. Growth is such a beautiful thing. |
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| Yes, and I can't help but feel like some of it rubbed off on me as a youth. Let me tell you about my parents: My dad is loving and accepting of everyone, he is the embodiment of kindness and service to others. He does not care about race or religion. He will literally give you the shirt off his back if you are cold, give you a ride if you are broken down on the side of the road, give you money if you need it. My dad is very Christ like. Then there is my mom. She is still a great person, my favorite woman in the whole world. No one could replace my mother and I would give my life for her... buuuuuuuut she's kinda racist. Like she is paranoid about illegal Mexicans, she thinks most Asians are gross because of weird ass mukbangs, she assumes a lot of tech support stuff about Indians, and yes, she is 1,000% against the BLM movement. Doesn't help that we lived with my grandparents, who are also very racist. I wouldn't say she is completely racist. Like I would make fun of a stereotype and she would tell me to stop and she would defend that race I made fun of. But there were times where she would say something racist and I would think "Hold up, that doesn't sound right." Since my parents are divorced, and my mother got sole custody of me growing up, I feel like some of her parents beliefs rubbed off on me and her. Doesn't help that I hated political correctness and hated seeing it on TV everywhere. When I was in high school, I was a full on, hardcore, right wing to the death republican. Like OP said, " You're free to put what race/ethnicity which was despised and you guys were prejudice of in the comments (If you're feeling brave)" Well I'm feeling brave, so I'll confess: I hated most races. I hated people in general. I despised BLM, I made fun of Asians and their eyes, I assumed all Mexicans in America cleaned toilets and did construction for a living, I adored the police, hated the lgbt movement, made fun of gun control, and I made fun of the Indian accent so much. Yeah, I feel scummy looking back on it. But I've had a few years to grow as a person. I took time off of making any kind of presence on the internet to help me grow. And during that time, I worked for a Mexican restaurant, studied black history, and I currently work for an Indian family. And I look back at high school me and realize how ignorant I was, how I let my prejudices judge people who were a race that is different from mine. My beliefs still lean towards republican because those are the beliefs I grew up with. I would say I'm not racist anymore. I love people now. I think people are great, and I don't care about race anymore. Apologies in advance, but I'm about to get a little cheesy here. At this point in my life, I feel like people are just people. We shouldn't focus so much on race, because we are all one race, the human race. Silly analogy, but humans are like eggs. Some eggs are white, some eggs are brown. But inside of every egg, it's always the same, egg whites and egg yolks. What I'm trying to get at is some humans are white, some humans are brown, but inside we all bleed the same color of blood. We all have the same anatomy. |
violadimAug 3, 2022 5:19 AM
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violadim said: Yes, and I can't help but feel like some of it rubbed off on me as a youth. Let me tell you about my parents: My dad is loving and accepting of everyone, he is the embodiment of kindness and service to others. He does not care about race or religion. He will literally give you the shirt off his back if you are cold, give you a ride if you are broken down on the side of the road, give you money if you need it. My dad is very Christ like. Then there is my mom. She is still a great person, my favorite woman in the whole world. No one could replace my mother and I would give my life for her... buuuuuuuut she's kinda racist. Like she is paranoid about illegal Mexicans, she thinks most Asians are gross because of weird ass mukbangs, she assumes a lot of tech support stuff about Indians, and yes, she is 1,000% against the BLM movement. Doesn't help that we lived with my grandparents, who are also very racist. I wouldn't say she is completely racist. Like I would make fun of a stereotype and she would tell me to stop and she would defend that race I made fun of. But there were times where she would say something racist and I would think "Hold up, that doesn't sound right." Since my parents are divorced, and my mother got sole custody of me growing up, I feel like some of her parents beliefs rubbed off on me and her. Doesn't help that I hated political correctness and hated seeing it on TV everywhere. When I was in high school, I was a full on, hardcore, right wing to the death republican. Like OP said, " You're free to put what race/ethnicity which was despised and you guys were prejudice of in the comments (If you're feeling brave)" Well I'm feeling brave, so I'll confess: I hated most races. I hated people in general. I despised BLM, I made fun of Asians and their eyes, I assumed all Mexicans in America cleaned toilets and did construction for a living, I adored the police, hated the lgbt movement, made fun of gun control, and I made fun of the Indian accent so much. Yeah, I feel scummy looking back on it. But I've had a few years to grow as a person. I took time off of making any kind of presence on the internet to help me grow. And during that time, I worked for a Mexican restaurant, studied black history, and I currently work for an Indian family. And I look back at high school me and realize how ignorant I was, how I let my prejudices judge people who were a race that is different from mine. My beliefs still lean towards republican because those are the beliefs I grew up with. I would say I'm not racist anymore. Apologies in advance, but I'm about to get a little cheesy here. At this point in my life, I feel like people are just people. We shouldn't focus so much on race, because we are all one race, the human race. Silly analogy, but humans are like eggs. Some eggs are white, some eggs are brown. But inside of every egg, it's always the same, egg whites and egg yolks. What I'm trying to get at is some humans are white, some humans are brown, but inside we all bleed the same color of blood. We all have the same anatomy. That's some premium character development you got. Also, as an Indian, I won't blame you for making fun of our accent. It does sound kinda dumb. |
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| No, not really, my mom was a hippie and my dad was about as neutral as it gets. I did have a grandma that used to say the german version of the N-word a decent amount, but not really for black people, just for other black things. It was weird, but for example if we were playing a game and there were black figures on the board she'd refer to them with the N-word. I never sensed any malice behind it, it was just a word that meant 'black' to her and she'd use it in any context where the word 'black' would be used. But I did grow up in the 90s so you bet we made a lot of 'racist' jokes when we were kids and a shitton of other offensive stuff. The wilder and the more out there the funnier we found it. But I think it came from a place of knowing how silly and ridiculous racism is to us and not from any genuine belief in these things. The mentality of tip-toeing around any controversial topic just didn't exist back then and if we wanted to 1-up each other with the most gruesome holocaust jokes or poking fun at immigrants or whatever, we just did it. Nobody cared back then if they knew your heart was in the right place and you're just fucking around. So lots of 'offensive' stuff probably came out of my mouth when I was a kid but I never actually had any racist thoughts. Maybe slight xenophobia towards certain kinds of immigrants (turkish people in particular) but that was also because as a kid we kept getting beat up and robbed by gangs of turkish immigrants which bred some resentment for sure. I do like to make fun of americans tho, if that counts as racism. America is such a fucked up country, I can't help myself :> |
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| My father never states his opinion about these things but my mother is racist or rather casteist since we have casts instead of races. She looks down on anyone who marries outside their caste or religion as something bad and questions the reputation of the family for not being able to find someone of the same caste. I don't understand her obsession with it since I've never really cared about these things. |
| Funnily enough my Asian mother was far more racist then my White Australian Dad. Mum always seemed to have some sort of actual dislike towards black people while dad was always quite amiable with other cultures, I love my mum but i'm happy in that sense that I didn't turn out like her. my old man was definitely a "live and let live" type of bloke, not to mention he worked with indigenous australians and even befriended a lot of them working in the Freemantle prison. That being said racism was still defnitely a prevelant issue in his generation and subsequently mine. anyway 1/2 aint bad. |
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BukkakeBubbles said: As the question asks ,were you raised by racist family members? Could be mom ,dad ,Aunt, uncle etc. Growing up around racist family ,were you racist at a point in time or are you still are racist? There are no wrong answers......just honest Raised well no, especially that the typical Polish statement on everything is something like this "I am not racist BUT...." you can say thousands of exceptions and still consider yourself as tolerant or nonrasict. The only one who's the closest to be racist at least in the dialogues which we hold during xmass, easter or any other occassion would be my Uncle. Am I racist? For this I remember one quote but I can't say who said that or if this went exactly how I will write so here's the quote "Everyone are racist untill they visit abroad countries", so I wouldn't say that I am racist as I've visited other countries and cultures while I did encounter other races, relligion or other difference such as in North Africa, West Europe, Balkans etc. Did meet and had some buddy relations with the people whom I met there, unfortunately I never had a closer relation to Asian people or never spoke with them personally. The only "racist" thing you might consider inside me is the fact that I would only search for a girlfriend/wife material in Slavic culture, for one night adventure Asian, Arabic, White (other cultures as Slavs are also White) etc. and I wouldn't feel any affection towards Latino/Black people if you consider that as being racist than I am fine with it but it is how it is I know who is attractive to me in romantic context. |
| The only racist thing I've ever heard from them was that one advise my mom said about not dating westerners |
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| Well, my mother is a conservative, but no signs of blatant racism as far as I know. My father was moderately left-leaning and more supportive of social policies. I have an aunt who is blatantly racist though I don't wanna really talk about her because I have some family issues with her... Yeah, I have some racist family members. What I learned from my parents is that it doesn't matter your skin color what really makes a man are his actions. |
''Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.'' |
| After reading all the comments I've concluded that women are far more racist than men... |
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| Both of my parents say some racist stuff, father even more so and is so called "proud racist" and says the n-word and other racial slurs in my mother tongue. Mother is more like she says some racist stuff with out knowing, or as a joke. Choose one. I usually argue with my father over this, our Christmas family dinners are always such fun. Only thing I can say is at least my father doesn't actually spout his racist shit when interacting with people not part of his friend group. Also I have found out that if he is in bad mood he is more keen on spouting racist stuff, if he's happy everythings more or less sunshine. I know even worst case than him tho, there's this one old grumpy woman in my sis' workplace who refuses to serve Estonian people for who knows what reason. I did say some racist stuff as a kid and I remember I believed some stereotypes about different ethnic groups. But it was really just me repeating stuff I heard. Actually in elementary school age when I said something racist my mom went "but don't you remember that kid you used to play with? She was originally from x country you now insulted." and me going "ah shit I guess I'm dumb then". |
konkeloAug 3, 2022 12:12 PM
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| Not really, they can sometimes be a bit close minded like a lot of people their age/class can be but definitely not racist |
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My uncle used to race motorcycles a lot, so he was definitely a racist. At heart he probably still is, but he's gotten too old - my aunt won't allow him to compete any longer. |
| My father's family are mostly farmers from the countryside. Sadly most of them use the n-word without shame, and so does my father. All my childhood and teenage years, I've tried to civilize him, but all it has done is that he won't use it only when I'm around. It's also only a part of the problem as he's homophobic/transphobic. Let's just say that my relationship with him isn't that great. |
| My grandparents grew up in the south during the Jim Crow period. So yes. I don't want to go into detail but they still have some backwards opinions on certain things like interracial marriage (I dated an asian girl once and they didn't have a problem with it but they did when my cousin brought a black girl home). Sometimes they drop the N Word. Weirdly enough, they're all democrats too. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| Nope and i never heard them saying the n word or something racist. Both my parents are religious, they are most likely homophobic rather than racist |
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| Not racist but definitely homophobic and sexist. |
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| Less racist more subconsciously colorist. Extremely homophobic though. |
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| My parents (white dad, Hispanic mom) have never said anything racist; that said, everyone expresses implicit biases sometimes, and they're no exception. According to my mom, her family had certain reservations about dating non-Hispanics (funny since my uncle married a Filipino woman), and her aunt apparently doesn't like Black people very much unless they play for the Spurs or Cowboys. |
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| Only casual racists, not like, real racists. Mostly complaining about the Chinese and East Indians. I don't hate individuals because of what race they are, but I do have opinions on certain groups of people. |
| I think they're just ignorant of prejudiced comments they'd speak of, and so I try to do my part by informing them. It's good enough that they actually listen. |
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| I won't lie and say that my parents haven't said some borderline racist things before, but I don't believe any of that rubbed off on me, since throughout all my life I grew up around people from different backgrounds, so there was an understanding. |
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| lmao I guess thats right, probably because of the culture. |
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