Coworker said "Im not racist, i just prefer spending time w/ my own race"

Prob just let it go and not speak with her much. She's too ignorant to realize those sentiments are indeed racist. She doesn't happen to be older than 60, does she?

People are always more comfortable spending time around other people of their own race. To think otherwise is being naive. Kudos to your coworker for being honest.

Have you looked around? Most blacks, and a significant number of Asians pretty much only hang out with their own race. As a significant majority in many areas of the country, white people often don't have much choice. However, when your racial group consists of 10% or 20% of the population and that's all you hang around, that ain't a coincidence.

No good ! 2/10

person wrote:

Prob just let it go and not speak with her much. She's too ignorant to realize those sentiments are indeed racist. She doesn't happen to be older than 60, does she?

yea, racist people who look at color might. Our family is Hispanic. My brother married a white girl and they have a biracial baby (gorgeous). Another brother is dating an Asian girl, another brother another white girl, my sister, myself, and another brother have significant others who are Hispanic just like us.

When we get together, we feel like family. We don't see our in-laws as white or Asian or anything else. We're just family and have always been ever since they were first presented to us. People have to live life and quit making issues of stupid things like race. If you really get to know people of other races you will see there is no significant difference between races. At the end of the day we all eat, sh1t, love, laugh, cry, sleep, etc. We are all the same. Really we are.

Nothing racist. She was not saying she was better because of her skin color.

say what???? wrote:

People are always more comfortable spending time around other people of their own race. To think otherwise is being naive. Kudos to your coworker for being honest.

That's not always true. I'm a naturalized American with Asian heritage. I definitely feel more comfortable around white people than Asians. I have Asian friends, but I just get this impression from a lot of the Asian people I just met that they expect me to give them preferential treatment because we have the same skin color. "Hey bro, we Asians gotta stick together" umm... sorry no.

funny white guy wrote:

Have you looked around? Most blacks, and a significant number of Asians pretty much only hang out with their own race. As a significant majority in many areas of the country, white people often don't have much choice. However, when your racial group consists of 10% or 20% of the population and that's all you hang around, that ain't a coincidence.

That might be the case where you live but your experience doesnt speak for every region. I'm black, for instance, and dont have one other black friend. Nearly all of them are white. And that's the norm with most minorities where I live.

I'm Hispanic and I hate hanging out with my ethnicity. Maybe it's an elitist thing...

So are gays sexist for not wanting to try women?

unreal people. unreal wrote:

How do I respond to that? I was shocked. She is white, and trying to defend the idea that they aren't racist, that "Lynching, now THAT'S racist." I am honestly disgusted.

It seems as though you are a clown yourself and you are the one with the problem. So what if she doesn't hang out with black people and may not have any black friends? Who cares? Maybe she doesn't have anything in common with them and unlike you, doesn't feel obligated to hang out with someone simply because they are of a different race.

You're disgusted? haha, really? How racially diverse is it where you live? Every race of people I've observed seem to prefer spending time mostly with people of their own race. That doesn't mean they don't have friends of other races or don't spend time with people of other races, just that most of their friends are of the same race as themselves.

white indian asian wrote:

You're disgusted? haha, really? How racially diverse is it where you live? Every race of people I've observed seem to prefer spending time mostly with people of their own race. That doesn't mean they don't have friends of other races or don't spend time with people of other races, just that most of their friends are of the same race as themselves.

I've always seen that too, & I've lived in various states. Some ignorants point to times when it's not the case. Hey ignorants, those are called "exceptions" to the norm.

I've always wondered why so many athletes always talk about concentrating on their own race; that just seems like the wrong thing to say, I think.

Hispanic is not a race.

When I was coaching it was generally the case the after practice the boys would congregate with members of their own race. There were exceptions, of course. For example, Jerry Tarr.

My black neighbors seem very unfriendly towards me, and are less likely to say hello. WTF? Is it because of Travon?

wtfunny wrote:

I've always wondered why so many athletes always talk about concentrating on their own race; that just seems like the wrong thing to say, I think.

Well played, sir/ma'am.

There is a difference between racism and feeling more comfortable around people of your own race. Why do you care?