Is it normal i think being racist could be considered a minor mental disability

I don't think so. I think it's our natural instinct to be racist and that, individually, we reason with ourselves that it's unfair and irrelevant in our mixed societies.

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No.

There are multiple reasons for racism. Some of it is basic fear of the unfamiliar and different, some of it is personal experience, some of it is ignorance, some of it is misinformation and propaganda.

Just as sexism isn't a 'mental disability', just as ageism isn't a 'mental disability'. Racism is one of many prejudices we experience in society.

I understand your point - that harbouring unpopular views can cause people to become recluses - however you'd have to look at the cause of the racism. You could then determine if it's a symptom of some wider psychological problem or not. Either way, the racism in itself would NOT be the 'mental disability'.

No, IT IS THEIR FAULT AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!! Is every bad thing you do a "disease" now? I wasn't racist, but I used to hate another group of people, and that was a FLAW, a bad thing that I was, not a sickness I had!

I'm racist primarily against blacks (I am not white) but it doesn't interfere with me working with them or getting along with them for the most part. I simply despise the black race and feel they should stop reproducing or just go live in Africa.

Over my long life I've found that blacks as a race the worst group of humans you could ever know (aside from muslims-but they're not a race). A few individuals are nice and I can tolerate them, but I prefer that they date/marry their own race-but sterilization would be better.

I'm not alone in my thinking, many friends and co-workers think alike, including non-white cop friends of mine.

I'd save a black person from drowning if I could, but I wouldn't keep them as friends and I'd never let my daughter/son (if/when I have kids) date them. I used to be more open-minded but the more I got to know blacks over time, the less I grew to like them.

Don't get me wrong, I dislike other people as well, there are socioeconomic classes of whites I'd never associate with and that I find repugnant, but blacks take the cake for me. Also I despise black culture, that whole thug/rap shit, it's garbage.

Oh and in response to the OP, I'm quite happy and content with my life, despite being a racist. So much for your silly notion of what we're like.

Really? You want to make this a disorder? We already have enough bullshit disorders. Yes racism is very unpleasant but I do not think its a mental disorder. Also can you imagine trying to enforce this?

One person makes a slightly racist joke with friends and suddenly he is on medication. Forcing people to sleep with a race they don't find attractive. People being too scared to mention what a criminal looks like to the police since they don't want to be in an asylum.

Do we need more ways of restricting a persons rights? We all drug up children for bull shit like ADD/ADHD against their will. Instead of teaching them coping skills instead.

I hate racism yes but labeling it as a mental disorder has very dangerous outcomes. Now no if someone is going around in a white cloke saying "Kill all black people!" clearly they have a serious problem.

However this is way too easy to abuse. I have seen people of colour pick on people and when you ask them to stop they call you a racist. I have seen people tell people off for using the term "Gay" when referring to a homosexual person.

Even though they made a commercial saying its rude to use "Gay" as a doregitory term since it offends "Gay" people. So does that mean we are suddenly able to use gay as a bad term now? Since gays do not want it to have anything to do with them?

I disagree with racism but I don't see this going down well. People can say you are racist since you told them the person who attacked you was White, African, Hispanic. Since you are apparently saying all people of that race are bad since you said ONE person of that race harmed you.

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According to the third person effect it's normal.

There was this Woody Allen movie in which a guy had been a republican his whole life, then doctors found he wasn't getting enough oxygen to his brain, fixed his condition, and then he turned into a democrat. Just saying.

The American founding fathers were racist by our standards today.

Do you think they were mentally ill?

Racism lapses into fear which lapses into xenophobia. It's a slippery slope that erodes your mental health.

I think you have a point that the consequences of being racist can be disabling to the racist. But it is not a disability in the sense that one can not choose to be or not be disabled, whereas one is quite capable of choosing to be or not be racist.

It could be considered a symptom of lack of/reduced empathy, which could be considered a symptom of mental illness. But no, being racist doesn't mean you are mentally ill.

Hitler seemed pretty happy.

They ARE mentally ill.