Louisiana JP Refuses Interracial Marriage License

[xxChrisxx]

You still don't get the fact that to be racist means to hate and be intolerant do you? Generally hateful and intolerant people don't concern themselves with the welfare of the people whom they hate. How about fearful people? Would you call a black person who is afraid of white people because he is worried that they may call the police on him or have him arrested a racist? He is discriminating based on race. And he is even having negative thoughts about people of a certain race. But wait, he's not being hateful is he? Or intolerant? He's just worried and afraid and maybe out of experience or from some things that people have told him. He doesn't actually hate these people. So no we won't call him a racist. He is just misguided by stereotypes or had particularly bad experiences, and maybe he even knows better than I do the likelihood that he will be arrested for no particular reason.

Would you call him a racist? And please explain your answer.

Considering the fact that the meanings of racism and racialism have changed over the years there is no wonder that there is confusion.

Racialism and racism are now used as synonyms for each other, meaning that they must include the definitions of both.

In some dictionaries the definition of racialism remains separate from racism, in others you just get a referral to racism. However their definiton of racism then ususally includes a racially based motive for decidsion making as racist, not just hate and intolerance.

Racialism

1. An emphasis on race or racial considerations, as in determining policy or interpreting events.
2. Policy or practice based on racial considerations.
2. Chiefly British. Variant of racism.

By this definition, then yes he is being racist/racialist. As he took into consideration ethnicity when he made his decision.

By your definiton of racism being hateful only, then no. With the caveat that we are assuming he is being honest.

Si i'll stick with my jugement, either a lying racist or a misguided moron.

 

[Kurdt]

I think this thread has run its course. Everyone has had their say.