You may be racist if…

If you write an article that results in a mass of people denouncing your article and possibly yourself as racist, it’s not going to be for some arbitrary reason. Though it won’t be comfortable, you need to accept the idea that you may have done what it is you are being accused. Calling the large group of people whom you offended irrational is not going to help.

[Source: Race-Talk] Amen. The first and only refuge of a racist is to claim that he isn’t one. The next one is to claim that he has black friends even though it might be just one and he hasn’t spoken to him in ages.


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  • http://pikeyspeak.blogspot.com Piker

    That rule doesn’t apply in India for instance where, for anything, you will have large masses of people taking offence. And in many cases they are irrational.

    • http://www.ipatrix.com Patrix

      There are plenty of rules that don’t apply to India. Taking offense is a national sport now.