It's totally possible, depending on what you would consider "racist". For example, being racist against black people could be "What a dirty, inferior race of animals" or it could be "Good athletes, they all can dance, but they tend to be dumb, lazy, and bad fathers". Both are racist and unhealthy, but one is pure evil and the other is dumb and offensive blanket statements drawn from the media and possibly personal experience. I think someone with absolute, pure hatred of another race could not possibly be friends with someone who belonged to that race (or religion, that garners a lot of hatred too). But most racist individuals I know are not actually awful people, but b/c of certain life experiences, they see the world a certain way that can sometimes offend others and not even realize it. I have two friends, one who is prejudiced against Germans (but honestly doesn't see it; they MUST be awful, damn Germans started WWII!) and another who is prejudiced against religious individuals (he routinely offends me as a Christian, and a Muslim friend, but has no idea he's being an ass; he thinks he is just being rational). Most of us like to believe we are open-minded, but in reality we all have prejudices we may not even be aware of. As long as we are able to grow up and re-evaluate our world view from time to time, these prejudices are not particularly harmful and make for great discussions :)
Is it possible to be racist and be friends with people of other races?
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It's totally possible, depending on what you would consider "racist". For example, being racist against black people could be "What a dirty, inferior race of animals" or it could be "Good athletes, they all can dance, but they tend to be dumb, lazy, and bad fathers". Both are racist and unhealthy, but one is pure evil and the other is dumb and offensive blanket statements drawn from the media and possibly personal experience. I think someone with absolute, pure hatred of another race could not possibly be friends with someone who belonged to that race (or religion, that garners a lot of hatred too). But most racist individuals I know are not actually awful people, but b/c of certain life experiences, they see the world a certain way that can sometimes offend others and not even realize it. I have two friends, one who is prejudiced against Germans (but honestly doesn't see it; they MUST be awful, damn Germans started WWII!) and another who is prejudiced against religious individuals (he routinely offends me as a Christian, and a Muslim friend, but has no idea he's being an ass; he thinks he is just being rational). Most of us like to believe we are open-minded, but in reality we all have prejudices we may not even be aware of. As long as we are able to grow up and re-evaluate our world view from time to time, these prejudices are not particularly harmful and make for great discussions :)