# Are you a racist? Warning signs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519 "2014-07-07T08:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/21 "2014-07-07T15:10:38Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Are **Shodan** , **Chief Pedant** and **Chen019** still posters in good standing here? Then there’s nothing particularly anti-racist about this place. Define “good standing”. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/22 "2014-07-07T15:33:32Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Define “good standing”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/23 "2014-07-07T15:34:25Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Someone makes a pretty blatant racist remark, which I turn it on its ear, and I get a Hiss from you? I resemble that remark. \ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/24 "2014-07-07T16:08:51Z")
**Little Nemo** should work the OP into a “You Might Be Redneck” routine, I hear Foxworthy buys material. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/25 "2014-07-07T16:46:33Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Is this a poll, or did somebody here piss you off and you forgot to link to the thread? > [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m not the OP but the list did remind me of [this thread about Anthony Cumia, formerly of Opie and Anthony.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727668) That thread was part of it. But there was also: [About voter ID laws…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727303) [Can we all agree that this is reason enough to have the border locked down and secure?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726701) [Caucasian a group of Vikings?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727281) [Did Obama lessen his kids chances in life by having children with a black woman instead of…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=725795) [Different races DO have different ways of speaking even with the same accent?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727421) [foolsguinea, get your worthless self down here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726860) [Gary Oldman defends Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726810) [I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=655025) [I would like to apologize to the Jewish people…the rest of you are on a case-by-case basis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726920) [Political correctness is cowardice.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724963) [Poll: Your reaction to “If Black People Said the Stuff White People Say”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726527) [Redskins Win!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=532887) [Since trademarks can be revoked because of offensiveness, can copyrights be voided for offensiveness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726377) [The federal government made a serious mistake by caving in to Cliven Bundy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720786) [White Police Lieutenant Awarded $1.35 Million In Racial Discrimination Lawsuit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724756) [Why is Little Black Sambo racist?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482625) [WTF is Donald Sterling’s deal?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722112) ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/26 "2014-07-07T17:15:44Z")
The best argument I’ve heard is “Racism in America is gone. We’ve even elected a black president.” Bonus points if it’s from a person who voted against him. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/27 "2014-07-07T17:33:54Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > The best argument I’ve heard is "Racism in America is gone. We’ve even elected a black president. Who exactly has claimed that racism is defunct because of Obama’s election? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/28 "2014-07-07T17:36:38Z")
[Eric Bolling](http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/01/22/foxs-bolling-i-dont-think-theres-racism-because/197698), for one. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/29 "2014-07-07T18:05:16Z")
Even if Obama had been elected with 100% of the vote, it wouldn’t prove racism was gone (maybe he was running against Satan in this alternate universe?). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/30 "2014-07-07T18:32:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When you hear people calling somebody else racist, do you find yourself thinking that you’ve said or done the same thing that other person did? > > Do you think that other people agree with your views on race but are afraid to say so? These are the ones I find the most striking. There seems to be this assumption among many of the racists on the dope that they are the silent majority, that everyone else is just as eager to say “nigger” as they are, and that being racist is bad while they are good people therefore they cannot be racist. It actually reminds me of the people who seem to think that everyone is secretly gay, and the only thing preventing all men from running off to have sex with other men is moral opprobrium and religion. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/31 "2014-07-07T19:03:27Z")
You forgot “Have you ever been on the other side of a debate with a liberal who has run out of arguments?” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/32 "2014-07-07T19:05:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You forgot “Have you ever been on the other side of a debate with a liberal who has run out of arguments?” Touched a nerve, I see. > [@Jackmanii](#): > > Who exactly has claimed that racism is defunct because of Obama’s election? A couple of my uncles at last week’s family reunion, for one. (Well, for two.) ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/33 "2014-07-07T19:10:08Z")
Hmmm… Now where did I put that rat’s ass I could give?.. Can we just merge all the threads on racism into one so we don’t keep beating this topic to death every week or two please? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/34 "2014-07-07T19:18:41Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You forgot “Have you ever been on the other side of a debate with a liberal who has run out of arguments?” So you’re saying that when a liberal who has run out of arguments accuses his opponent of being a racist, it’s a sign that his opponent really is a racist? Or did you misunderstand the topic here? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/35 "2014-07-07T19:26:26Z")
> [@Lydia\_Phalfav](#): > > Hmmm… Now where did I put that rat’s ass I could give?.. > > Can we just merge all the threads on racism into one so we don’t keep beating this topic to death every week or two please? I’ll stop talking about racism when people stop being racist. I think that’s a fair deal. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/36 "2014-07-07T19:32:12Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You forgot “Have you ever been on the other side of a debate with a liberal who has run out of arguments?” Answers my question: “What kind of idjit deliberately steps on a landmine?” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/37 "2014-07-07T19:34:07Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Answers my question: “What kind of idjit deliberately steps on a landmine?” He’s doing it to protect the freedom of the white race to be deliberately offensive without catching any flak for it. He’s like a hero or something! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/38 "2014-07-07T19:40:38Z")
> [@Lydia\_Phalfav](#): > > Can we just merge all the threads on racism into one so we don’t keep beating this topic to death every week or two please? In other words, all these threads on racism look the same to you. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/39 "2014-07-07T19:43:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Are you a racist? As many posts in this board have shown, some people are racists without knowing it. So here’s a handy list of warning signs. > > Do other people accuse you of being a racist? > > Do you start statements with the words “I’m not a racist but…”? > > Are there things you say about other races that you wouldn’t say in front of somebody belonging to that race? > > Do you check to see if anybody of another race is in earshot before saying things about that race? > > When you make comments or tell jokes about other races, do the people around you look at you strangely and leave the area? > > Do you find yourself defending other people who have been accused of racism? > > Do you base these arguments on unusual definitions of terms like race, racism, racist, or other words? > > When you hear that somebody has been accused of racism, do you instinctively take the side of the accused over the accuser? > > When you hear people calling somebody else racist, do you find yourself thinking that you’ve said or done the same thing that other person did? > > Do you think that other people agree with your views on race but are afraid to say so? > > Do you think there’s a double standard on race? > > Do you ever ask how far anti-racism is going to go? > > Do you have views on subjects that aren’t racial - freedom of speech, freedom of association, property rights, states rights, heritage - that you only care about in racial terms? Have you ever done any of these things? I would think every person in every race has done stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/40 "2014-07-07T19:44:43Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > In other words, all these threads on racism look the same to you. Nice. Cmon, this stuff does get old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519.md?page=3)