01-30-2009, 12:04 PM
OnBendedKnee Wrote:LMPP: Thoughts and beliefs are NOT racist. Action is.Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
It is not what you personally think of someone else, otherwise you would be a racist and bigot toward white's and/or cops, It is what you do with those thoughts.
Edited to add: Burn a cross in your black neighbor's lawn? Yeah, that's racist. Jokingly think about doing so? No.
Beliefs and thoughts also make you a racist not just actions.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.