Can you consider racism intelligent to any degree?

Intelligent people would realize that the source of their frustration comes not from a certain race, but from a certain subculture or scenario.

I don't think it's racist to have repeated bad encounters with say, black people wearing do-rags listening to hip-hop and hanging out around your parked car in a sketchy part of town while smoking pot, and then to avoid that situation as best as you can. That's common sense. I apologize if it *sounds* racist, but the point has nothing to do with race. If someone then were to see a black man in a suit with a briefcase typing on his PDA in the subway and think "Man! I better avoid that damn black person because I'm racist!" that would be utter stupidity.

It's about pattern recognition, and anyone with a strong mind capable of objective rationalization would effortlessly be able to separate their "warning signs" from race, applying them instead to the scenario at hand.

The same thing goes for seeing a bunch of bearded white guys wearing flannel and camo, drinking bud light, fiddling with shotguns, and shouting about how evil being gay is at random passerby, and then going on to assume the next white oxford professor you see is racist. It's not intelligent.

The most noble thing to do is to use what intelligence you have, to notice "warning signs" (i.e., country accent, camo outfit), and give the benefit of the doubt and not assume that person is a bigoted redneck. From scenario to scenario one has to make judgment calls based on how much data they've collected. A gay man wearing neon colors and glitter on their face might do well to avoid a group of camo-wearing, gun-toting, country-accented men even without having collected the data that one would by hearing them talk about how evil gays are. That wouldn't be racist, that would be using deductive reasoning based on collected data at-hand to weigh risk.

If I'm walking alone at 2am down a deserted street in a bad part of town and there are a bunch of black men in their teens / early 20's hanging out on one side and I hear aggressive sounding voices and gangster rap coming from them... I walk on the other side of the street and avoid them.

If I'm walking through campus in broad daylight and see a classmate of mine hanging out in front of the dining hall wearing a do-rag, big gold chains, listening to hip-hop with some similarly attired friends, I go over and say hey and hang out for a bit.

Personally, I don't consider those actions "racist" but I do take into account all relevant factors when making judgments about situations. I suppose it depends on what way you look at it.

just doesn't make sense hating a few billion other people because of a few bad experiences with people that happen to be a particular colour. hating those individuals makes sense but not people that weren't even involved.

the "i was brought up racist" line people use is WEAK. they need to form their own thoughts & opinions about life like everyone else. if you've never had a bad experience with another race would it be ok to still be racist because "i was brought up racist " no.

I'd find it difficult to argue "intelligent". Instinctive, maybe. Most species shun difference for self-interest. I remember seeing an albino gazelle forcibly ejected from the herd and effectively used as lion bait. While the albino was the target, the other gazelles lived another day.

But humans have a level of intelligence which permits us to act against instinct for the sake of fairness. If I have an instinct to have sex (which I often do) and can't find anyone who'll agree to it, do I force them? No. If I am angry and have an instinct to hurt someone or maybe end their life, do I? No. Do vegetarians eat meat just because they have canine teeth? No.

If you consider morality to be a kind of social intelligence (which I do) then it is more intelligent not to be racist even if, instinctively, we sometimes are. People should be more honest about stuff like this. Especially the PC brigade who imply they are instinctively non-racist. I think they are lying.

This is one of my old posts. Hello again.

yes racism can be intelligent
however a real intelligent person would have figured out that not all people from that ethnic back aground are like that.

That people regardless of culture can be jerks.

I have had to deal with all kinds of bad people, but I have never said that ALL PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN CATEGORY act badly in the same manner.

Good post this post demonstrates exactly why I haven't been on this website in months a legitimate sincere question that has to be prefaced and continuously interrupted with a disclaimer saying that he's not racist because of how absurdly politically correct everyone is on this site I can't stand those people also the 20 something male virgins who claim they are waiting for the right person. Everyone is capable of seeing the world as it is but so few people actually do religion politics and optimism has them lost in a maze of bull shit beliefs the sad thing is if they let go of these things they would realize at every turn there is a door that exits the maze and meaningful discussion would be abundant on any forum.

It's not intelligence, it's classical conditioning. Like Ivan Pavlov's experiments where a dog was classically conditioned to salivate after hearing a bell that came before meals, people (especially younger ones) can become classically conditioned to become racist after they are abused or whatever by the same race after countless times. Intelligence would be to realize what is happening and rise above their preconceived notions into not being racists. (I voted the first option)

I am not racist I am culturalist, I hate people who come from the black 'gang banging' culture. People who do dumb things rob, steal, kill and all that or ones who listen to bad music that promotes robbing, stealing, and killing. Those people I do hate, it just so happens that most people into that are black don't get me wrong there are a few whites and I hate them just as much.

FUCK RACISM (exept in checkers i hate being black team)