Not Racest, Culturlest

[GodofMadness]

About 10 years ago I would have happy emitted that I was Racist. Growing up in a small Community in Australia, but spending alot of time overseas visiting varies countries, it was easy for me to see the differences between people of Anglo-Saxon descent and people who won?t. Especially in my town, witch was very multicultural. The different "races" of people probably did not have very Good ambassadors to my Town, I saw the behaviour of people, and saw how there children behaved in my classes, and I saw overseas that this was similar. Most Anglo-Saxon people I met or saw where moderately polite, clean, hard working, so on, and even those who weren?t still where better than members of other races who I had seen or met back home. The Funny thing was that wile I was in this sate of mind, I made many Friends who where of Asian Descent. Being 8 I was more than happy to hold these view, but at the same time consider my Friends and there families very dear to me. It?s only been in the last 3 years that IV sort of had a look at those views of mine. In this time I had travelled more, and had many friends with many different people. I was even living with more Asiatic people than Anglo-Saxon, at a boarding house, and I had really stopped careing. I came to this realisation. I was Not a Raciest I was a Cultralist. To me it matted more how you acted and behaved than anything else. And I saw that it was more your culture that makes you good or bad in my books. I also saw that wile you can?t blame someone for being of a nationality, you can for choosing there culture. shore you are brought up with allot, and that cant be helped, but certainly in Australia, you have exposure to others, and I realised that I hated " White" people who act, in what I believe, as an inferior way, just as much as anyone else.

Now I define Culture in this case as your, Values, manners, stands of presentation, habits and beliefs. And wile there is no Superior Culture, there definitely is Inferior.

Now your thoughts.
I probably haven?t explained it was well as I would like, but this is the advantage of a Forum, so I can try and clarify what I am trying to say.

Also please forgive my poor spelling.

And if you disagree with me, at least do it in a way, that we can have a good Argument about

GM

 

[Nageck]

I agree: I'm not a racist but I dislike anyone to tries to adhere to the "gangsta" stereotype.

 

[quiet_samurai]

It's not a Culturalist, I don't even think that's a word..... the word you're looking for is Ethnocentrist.

 

[sabotstarr]

three and four exactly, but yes if you act like an idiot then people tend to avoid you. that and idiots hang with other idiots.

 

[GodofMadness]

I agree: I'm not a racist but I dislike anyone to tries to adhere to the "gangsta" stereotype.

ooooo I can't Agree more with that. That would be an example of what I consider a Inferior Culture

 

[Odude]

I had a very hard time understanding your grammar, but the end was a bit clearer. I do agree with your conclusion (at least what I THINK it's saying) in that many of us are what you would call "culturalist." I do think this comes from stereotyping though, even if most stereotypes come from at least a small fraction of truth. We all stereotype now and again I think, so I guess we're all "culturalist."

 

[CoronaryThrombosis]

It's not a Culturalist, I don't even think that's a word..... the word you're looking for is Ethnocentrist.

Yes, ethnocentrism is the correct term. Kudos on your sociological reference! Everyone takes that one semester in college just for these kinds of situations

 

[quiet_samurai]

It's not a Culturalist, I don't even think that's a word..... the word you're looking for is Ethnocentrist.

Yes, ethnocentrism is the correct term. Kudos on your sociological reference! Everyone takes that one semester in college just for these kinds of situations

Lol, Cultural Anthropology FTW!

 

[Gavmando]

I couldnt agree with you more. It's not the race of a person, it's how they choose to act. Which is generally based upon which culture they come from.

A lot of it is based on basic psychology. Your tribe is different to my tribe, therefore, I fear the differences between us. This is because your differences may change what I know and am used to. And people dont really like change.

The other thing that gets to me, is when you say something that is based in fact, and because it's about someone from another race, it is automatically taken as racist. ei: Asians generally need less general anaesthetic as their bodies are usually smaller.
Whether you think it's racist or not, it doesnt change the fact that it's true.
It's a fear drummed into society from the media and pop culture that ANYTHING you say about another race is automatically racist. As long as what you say is based on fact, then how can someone get upset with you? Unless they're just driven by their ego's.
...Hmm. I just described 99% of the worlds population.

 

[The Blue Mongoose]

So basically, you're not a racist - you judge people on how they act and their values.

I don't think that that counts as any form of discrimination...

 

[JRslinger]

Like the OP I'm also a culturist. I tend to dislike religious fundementalist and ghetto cultures. The people from these cultures tend to have culture values that I dislike. For the religious fundementalists it's their intolerance of non believers and desire to force their lifestyles on others. For the ghetto types its their tendency to drop out of school, sexual promiscuity without birth control and sociopathic behavior.

 

[Hoxton]

I'm not racist! They are black!
jk >;3

 

[RebelRising]

You make some pretty good points; I have observed that there are certain traits of various cultures that I can appreciate more than others, and that they don't apply, technically, to race. Values, priorities, and contributions are certainly more subjective (and important) than race is or should be.

For example, I appreciate the Greco-Roman culture and consider to be the height of human civilization, but it doesn't place the Greeks and Romans above, say, the Africans, who have a whole other set of values that the Classical civilization barely even touched upon.

 

[Awesometown]

judging someone by their personaility and behaviour is normal

nobody likes hanging out with a douchebag

 

[saintchristopher]

"Racest"? as in, "the most race?"

no, you're supposed to judge people by the way they conduct themselves toward you and others.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

I agree: I'm not a racist but I dislike anyone to tries to adhere to the "gangsta" stereotype.

ooooo I can't Agree more with that. That would be an example of what I consider a Inferior Culture

An inferior culture spawned from inferior living conditions. It's actually more complicated than it seems. And I'm not entirely sure if I agree with this whole 'inferior culture' thing just yet. Is an african culture (pick one, one of lesser known ones) inferior because they haven't advanced in technology or embraced western values, or superior because they have neither and are actually better off?

Or am I misunderstanding?

 

[Pimppeter2]

People just have to remember when they see some one of a different race act like a jackass, its not because their that said race, they're just a jackass

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Hey it's me, the first dissenting voice in the whole thread, since everyone seems to have their head stuck up their ass.

Any way you try and rationalize it, your belief in "inferior" cultures disgust me.

 

[KingPiccolOwned]

It's not a Culturalist, I don't even think that's a word..... the word you're looking for is Ethnocentrist.

What?

I agree: I'm not a racist but I dislike anyone to tries to adhere to the "gangsta" stereotype.

ooooo I can't Agree more with that. That would be an example of what I consider a Inferior Culture

An inferior culture spawned from inferior living conditions. It's actually more complicated than it seems. And I'm not entirely sure if I agree with this whole 'inferior culture' thing just yet. Is an african culture (pick one, one of lesser known ones) inferior because they haven't advanced in technology or embraced western values, or superior because they have neither and are actually better off?

Or am I misunderstanding?

"Gangsta" culture isn't necessarily an African culture, it is more of a street culture that, yes was spawned from inferior living conditions, but still isn't very good. I judge a culture by how well it allows the people who abide by it to prosper, and in this respect "Gangsta" culture is inferior. It's pretty much a culture that insists that you drop out of school at a very young age, work for a gang until you either A) die, or B) Accumulate enough wealth and standing amongst others in the gang to become lord of the slums. Oh and it is also incredibly self serving and is pretty much designed to drain every bit of hope from the community to elevate those who would be the biggest jerk. So that is why it would be considered an inferior culture.

 

[KingPiccolOwned]

People just have to remember when they see some one of a different race act like a jackass, its not because their that said race, they're just a jackass

Actually that's kind of where I stand myself, I don't think that we can truly classify anything that is a Homonid as another race until we find Orcs, or Twileks.