Being Labeled Racist

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Without knowing your background I think you'd be taking a big punt. I lived in Japan for a while albeit many years ago and generally I thought the ordinary/fugly ones outnumbered the lookers quite considerably.
Recently got back from there, and would have to agree with you. There are some lookers no doubt, but the ratio of good to bad is heaps better in China or Korea.
 

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Talk about generalization and gross exaggeration

This is self hate and you don’t even know it. How cannot you like your own kind when you are one? How can you want others to respect you when you cannot even respect yourself. I see where you friends are coming from; you are truly a mentally defeated man
Wow. You are unbelievably stupid.
 

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Talk about generalization and gross exaggeration





This is self hate and you don’t even know it. How cannot you like your own kind when you are one? How can you want others to respect you when you cannot even respect yourself. I see where you friends are coming from; you are truly a mentally defeated man
You're right.

As a halfcast he should only be attracted to other halfcasts.
 

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Disagree in regards to China.
Depends I reckon, hang out in Shanghai and hit the clubs and there are stunners everywhere compared to AgeHA or Womb in Tokyo.

Thai chicks are right up there in the looks department too, and those French/Vietnamese mixed types probably take top spot for mine.
 

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Depends I reckon, hang out in Shanghai and hit the clubs and there are stunners everywhere compared to AgeHA or Womb in Tokyo.

Thai chicks are right up there in the looks department too, and those French/Vietnamese mixed types probably take top spot for mine.
Some are but they have their fair share of car chasers too. In fact some of their Lady Boys come up better than some of their chicks.
 

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This is self hate and you don’t even know it. How cannot you like your own kind when you are one? How can you want others to respect you when you cannot even respect yourself. I see where you friends are coming from; you are truly a mentally defeated man
Pop-psychology lives here.
 

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#38
I reckon half the populations head would asplode if they had to live in the same place as someone who is genuinely racist. Not sure how anyone can interpret the OP's comment as racist, if you said "meh, I don't really find *insert hair colour here* attractive" no one would bat an eye-lid.

People are too politically correct and moral outrage seems to be the new black.
 

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I reckon half the populations head would asplode if they had to live in the same place as someone who is genuinely racist. Not sure how anyone can interpret the OP's comment as racist, if you said "meh, I don't really find *insert hair colour here* attractive" no one would bat an eye-lid.

People are too politically correct and moral outrage seems to be the new black.

You can even be branded a Racist if you happen to dislike a certain religion/cult and dare to denigrate it.
I know, I have been.
 

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I find the catch-all statement of "You're a racist" to be highly offensive. I pride myself on treating everyone with the same level of respect on first meeting them and then form an opinion of them based on interaction. If I then find them to be objectionable, it is because they are scary or a moron or some other trait I find to be off-putting. Not because they are black, Asian or Miscellaneous. But you get called racist anyway.

It's like Samuel L Jackson in Die Hard 3 when Bruce Willis says "You don't like me because I'm white. You're a racist" and Sam replies "I don't like you because you're going to get me killed!" Besides the fact that Zeus was a racist, the statement speaks for itself. If a Muslim guy came towards you looking like a black American gangster with his pants around his thighs and his hat on sideways and a snarl on his face, bouncing down the street looking like he wants to fight the world and you either moved to the other side of the street or at the very least kept your distance and watched what he was doing, that's not racism, that is self preservation.

If something looks dangerous, then you have every right to treat it as dangerous. If that same person walked towards you wearing a nice shirt and slacks and had a pleasant outward demeanour and you still had a compulsion to run away, well that would be racism. Because that is not basing your feelings on the situation on anything other than the colour of his skin.

So, in conclusion, even though racism is bad, some people attract negative feelings towards them based on their own demeanour and outward appearance and then have the nerve to cry racism. If you dressed and acted like a normal human being, you would discover very quickly who the real racists are.
 

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I'm sure the next person who gets ejected from a club, or is refused entry, and claims racism on the part of the bouncer/s, will have his/her grievance taken into account.
 

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It isn't racist to not be attracted to certain races; it is racist to treat someone negatively because of their race. The OP did nothing wrong.
 

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Look I've experienced real racism, and seen it. For example, back in the days of Salt nightclub in Melbourne, when they had "international student" night (code for Asian night) I was told that even though I'd arrived with 5 Asian mates, our "ratio of white to Asian isn't high enough to let you in". Admittedly the place was known for knife fights etc. so I just kind of accepted it.

Likewise, I've been at mostly white clubs and had my Asian mates knocked back, or at the very least get padded down much more than my white mates. I've seen this happen to Italians, Middle Easterners, Islanders etc. as well. Sometimes as white blokes we forget how annoying this shit is on a much more regular basis for our ethnic buddies.

And both of those are considered racism by any definition, but as for words? I don't really care unless there's some kind of intent behind it. Someone calls me a white prick and I'll say something equally as stupid back. I've been in confrontations with people before because they were a dickhead, but I wasn't above hurling a racial insult back to 'even the score'. I figure words are fair game, it's really actions that are the problems. And this goes with any kind of political stance someone has.

Its like when I see people whinge that the rich aren't taxed enough, or politicians are bought by corporations etc. I love to say "well what do you do about it?" cause I get out on the streets for the protests as much as I can. I represent my union and my colleagues. It isn't much, but its something. But then you'll see people who do literally nothing, that are just happy to have their stupid, irrelevant, beliefs... and their words. Like it means anything.
 

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We have an Indian at work, i've been thinking of endless Apu from The Simpsons references, but never game enough to say any of them out loud. He himself came out with the funniest reference of all, and everyone LOL'd.

However if any of us were to say such a thing, even if it came from a cartoon, we'd be hung.
 

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#48
Gay men are not attracted to women, and therefore they are sexist. I am outraged.

They should not only tolerate women, but celebrate them, and only through this celebration will we have a truly unified society.

It doesn't matter that they give the appearance of being 'friendly' with women, e.g going shopping, being good at dancing, taking great interest in skin and hair care, and fashion. This is smoke and mirrors, and window dressing. They are not interested in women and therefore subjugate them as a sex.

It's horrible and I am shocked. I'm going to start a rally about this, I'm so offended.

They have to move beyond tolerance and change what they're attracted to for us to move forward.
 

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There is a difference between racism and xenophobia. In Australia, I think there is much more xenophobia than there is racism.

Among the educated inner-city types it is common to think Australia a racist nation. I bought into a similar conception of our country until I actually visited others.

Let's just say any 'racism' in Australia is mild at worst compared to some other places.
 
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