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Is being a racist normal? I think everyone has racist thoughts when they see someone who is "different" to themselves. They may not say anything but they feel it or think it. That ,surely, means that they are racist. Is it not "normal" to feel or think like this? Is it not in all humans. It is certainly in all other animals.
People think "racist" means noticing racial differences or joking about stereotypes. nah, that is completely normal, remember being a kid and seeing another race for the first time, you were probably confused or worried (thinking they had some medical disorder). if you actually hate or discriminate other races, that is not normal
"remember being a kid and seeing another race for the first time, you were probably confused or worried (thinking they had some medical disorder)."
The first time I saw a black person (at 7) I thought They were a burn victim.
The tendency to prefer your own race as a first reaction is natural, but racist attitudes aren’t. First of all race is a social construction, not a biological one. And anti-Afro American beliefs make no sense, because every person alive today is of African descent.
I think everyone is a little racist. In 2021 its not something people admit. But other races act different it annoys you sometimes. Was watching boxing last night and they had a concert, it was a black person concert and there was like 50 girls twerking, with god awful music, rapping about booty smacks. It was fuckin retarded.
Depends did you spend your entire life exclusively with one race well into your adulthood long enough and are under the belief that your group in superior? If so yes.
Yes, I think it’s normal to have the automatic reaction that people who look different are different. I just make sure to correct myself and treat everyone the same within reason.
Yes, it's normal. But most people make effort to consciously counter this sort of primal racism—I certainly do. We don't really call this racism in practice though, because it's best to judge racism on one's actions, not thoughts.
TL;DR don't get too metaphysical about it. Think more about whether your actions have racist outcomes.