What actually is a racist these days?

I’ll start by trying to make something abundantly clear: I do not in any way consider myself to be a racist, as a matter of fact; I can’t stand the people that are. The thing that confuses me nowadays is what actually is and is not racist? By common stereotype; racists would be middle-aged corporate White men sat in a high-rise building stroking their beards and thinking of new ways to halt the progress of the ethnic minorities. These days in reality, there are just as many Black or Asian racists out there, yet somehow their views are not as damned as their White counterparts. My personal hatred to do with racism is that its somehow not deemed as bad, or even acceptable if the person expressing racist views is not a White man. Racists should be treated with equal disgust.

Take the Rodney King beating: 4 White cops beat the shit out of a Black man on camera. OK, so at face value it’s pretty much unforgivable, but ask yourself; does someone who’s been caught driving at speeds in excess of 100mph whilst coked of his tits who then attacks the police not deserve a fucking good beating, regardless of skin colour? Would there of been as much out-cry and rioting had it been 4 Black cops beating the shit out of a White man for the same reason? I’ve been sat in the stands at a football match and heard Black men shout abuse toward the White players, would they be treated with the same contempt I would have had I been doing the opposite? They should be looked upon with the same repulsion an idiotic White man would be for making that kind of remark. I’ve seen racism toward Black people, and it’s as pathetic as anything I’ve witnessed, usually stemming from idiots who refuse to look at life with an open mind, and I hate it the other way around in equal measure.

Why does racism itself seem dependant on skin colour?

Look at Black American comedians: their acts more often than not contain jokes about the white community, they’re usually funny observations that are jokes and nothing else. Switch the scenario around and all of a sudden it’s racist. A joke should be a joke, regardless of the person telling it. If people could use the humour we gain from each other differences it would be so much simpler. Asian men are normally short. Black men do have big lips, White men are terrible dancers. Why not just see the funny side of that? If a Black man is in love with a White woman, or vice versa, then why the fuck should either group see this as a bad thing? If they love each, then creed, class or background should not apply.

Before I go on, I’d like to point out that I do agree that as a Caucasian male, I’ve probably not had similar experiences to racism as my Black or Asian counterparts. There are more than enough examples out there to prove that as a people, the Black or Asian community have every right to feel oppressed or picked on, as that can often be the case. However, it does not give them the right to behave in a similar manner to the very people they complain about.

It’s just so easy to be branded a racist in today’s climate for making even the most innocent of statements, and whether they care to admit it or not, some black and Asians thrive on the ‘get out of jail free’ card that is the accusation of racism. I’ve seen Asians brand the police racist for no other reason that the social permutations such accusations have, something that couldn’t happen from a mirrored perspective. History tells us that White men are the chief perpetrators of racism, and whilst I don’t dispute this fact at all, I don’t agree it gives any minority group who may of once been the victims of such abuse the right to use it as an excuse to get themselves out of trouble.

Perhaps now even I’ll be branded racist for the opinion I’m expressing, and to those people I’ll say this: I hate racists, whatever the colour of their skin maybe. White, Black or Asian – a racist is a racist.