My friend, Megan Furniss had these questions to help us get thinking and self-examining on this…
If you are worried that you might be a little bit racist there are a few things you can do to check:
# Do you have a natural (and unreasonable) expectation that everyone should be able to communicate with you in English?
# Do you get irritated with Africa Time, because you haven’t taken public transport in a while (or in your life)?
# Do you say ‘they’ or ‘those people’ casually in conversation when talking about other races?
# Do you tell people to ‘get over apartheid’?
# Do you criticise black drivers even in your heart?
# Do you think people are poor because they are lazy?
If you answered yes to any of these you are a little bit racist.
[Megan blogs at Meganshead.co.za]
How about you? Any ideas or thoughts on one way someone can become one bit less racist? Let me know and we can add it to a future post…
[For the next post looking at calling someone ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ click here]
I have heard that expression so many times “I’m not racist but”, it just doesn’t make any sense! Good post to get people thinking, I’m sure ignorance is half the battle sometimes.
Thanks for stopping by. i think the scary problem is that the people who are saying it actually believe it to be true. Keep an eye out for the posts that will be following… and if you have one to share let me know…
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