New Posts For Thread: I'm a bit confused - am I a racist?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racistIs there a committee who decides on these things? Is it the Guardian or the BBC?I don't like cats - is that ok? or racistI don't like Americans - I think that's very PC these daysI don't like Indian food - I think that's okI don't like Indians - thatThe new world order seems to think the western world needs to live in a nanny state, no name calling or bullying.Worrying thing for me is that we are being groomed by the EU of all people, the political wing of the treacherous Nazi movement.They arehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541322009#541322009The new world order seems to think the western world needs to live in a nanny state, no name calling or bullying.Worrying thing for me is that we are being groomed by the EU of all people, the political wing of the treacherous Nazi movement.They areSat, 06 Sep 2014 04:00:12 -0500I would say, no, you are not racist ... it's a word I think should be banned and never mentioned again ... we are allowed to dislike anything we want on this planet. Why should I be told who, or what I have to likehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541320923#541320923I would say, no, you are not racist ... it's a word I think should be banned and never mentioned again ... we are allowed to dislike anything we want on this planet. Why should I be told who, or what I have to likeFri, 05 Sep 2014 23:39:32 -0500Charlie was relatively quiet for 13 years.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541319641#541319641Charlie was relatively quiet for 13 years.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:52:45 -0500EVERYONE is racist to some extent - even if they deny it!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541319103#541319103EVERYONE is racist to some extent - even if they deny it!Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:57:43 -0500Charlie,No problem.OK, I've just had another look at the book (Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell), and then I went to the actual website (implicit.harvard.edu) and did the test itself (you don't have to give your email address). Basically, you've got to sorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541317813#541317813Charlie,No problem.OK, I've just had another look at the book (Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell), and then I went to the actual website (implicit.harvard.edu) and did the test itself (you don't have to give your email address). Basically, you've got to sorFri, 05 Sep 2014 17:24:23 -0500PatraApologies by the way if I appear a bit aggressive with replies, I don't mean to be it's just my style of writing.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541314361#541314361PatraApologies by the way if I appear a bit aggressive with replies, I don't mean to be it's just my style of writing.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:42:24 -0500Patra"psychologists have demonstrated that showing photos of black men bring to mind more negative images and words than with white men. I can't rememeber the details of the experiments but they were fairly convincing." The details are important Whohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541314227#541314227Patra"psychologists have demonstrated that showing photos of black men bring to mind more negative images and words than with white men. I can't rememeber the details of the experiments but they were fairly convincing." The details are important WhoFri, 05 Sep 2014 14:31:48 -0500Regarding your last point, fair enough.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541313725#541313725Regarding your last point, fair enough.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:03:55 -0500Charlie,Regarding your first point, psychologists have demonstrated that showing photos of black men bring to mind more negative images and words than with white men. I can't rememeber the details of the experiments but they were fairly convincing. Thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541313717#541313717Charlie,Regarding your first point, psychologists have demonstrated that showing photos of black men bring to mind more negative images and words than with white men. I can't rememeber the details of the experiments but they were fairly convincing. TFri, 05 Sep 2014 14:03:34 -0500ChaserYou're suffering from white Dimnaliphobia. Definitely racist.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30342137/im-a-bit-confused---am-i-a-racist?post_id=541313285#541313285ChaserYou're suffering from white Dimnaliphobia. Definitely racist.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:39:52 -0500