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Would it be racist of me to say that black people are more racist than white people but they tend to get away with it more often because of their "tortured" past?
Wheather or not it's racist really depends on how you mean it. If you're refering to differences in black and white American culture, that's not racist. It still might be wrong, but of course cultures are different.
But if you mean that black people in general are more racist then white people because of who they are, then yes, that would be very racist.
Now, I've never been to America, but I watch a lot of American videos. Judging from that I'd agree that for example black comedians seem to get away with saying very racist things, that a white person might get in trouble for. But is that really because slavery? I think it's more because we (white people) really don't give a sh*t. If you call me "Whitey" or "Cracker", it doesen't affect me at all, because it deosen't mean anything to me. But a black person, especially an older one, might have painful memories where the n-word was used in a very real and hateful way. So it's just riskier to go there.
In the end, those are all words and can't tell you if someone really is a racist. Just because we can't say ignorant things doesen't mean we don't think them.
Yup, it would be. It's still bullshit, but that's the culture right now.
Ummm slavery, lynching, discrimination in every area of life .... you don't know your own country's history?
My great grand parents were Russian serfs; should I be seeking restitution from Russia? Gimme, gimme, gimme because someone in my past had it rough?
And what makes it worst of all is that blacks in the US probably have a better shot at a decent life than 95% of those on earth and yet they bitch more.
And really, most importantly, ask any American black if they would have preferred being born in Africa. Ask, please. There isn't one single functioning country in sub-Saharan Africa, with any kind of social programs to aid the poor and starving masses. The world let them die by the thousands from Ebola; should YOU pay their relatives restitution, because you are a citizen of the world?
It's all a fucking excuse for bad attitude and behavior, IMO.
Well to be fair nobody alive has been a slave likewise no whites have ever owned slaves. It was rich white men who brought spaces over here but it was often other black tribes who sold captured them and sold them to the whites. My point is, there are always excuses for anybody if you want to find them.
Anybody of any race or ethnicity is going face a certain amount of prejudice especially if said person fits the mold of a negative stereotype or caricature.