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Stereotypes

Okay, so I've run into a few racist individuals in my life and what bothers me most is after they make their racist comments, they'll say or write, "I'm not racist." I even read a post not long ago on a website, where a guy wrote about stereotypes, claiming they were funny. He continued on by saying that it's not him and those constantly speaking stereotypical jargon that are racist, but the people who complain about these stereotypes. So, let me get this straight. It's those that don't use stereotypes, derogatory, or discriminatory language, when speaking about people of different backgrounds than they, that are racist. But, those that continually use negative language to label these individuals are not. They are just finding the humor in it all. Ah, yes, that makes perfect sense. If that is the truth, I could probably use that form of logic in other arenas as well, right? So, since Gandhi and Martin Luther King were anti-violence, does that mean th...