Is it racism?

[Dylflon]

I was playing a game online and this guy was harassing me for 45 minutes because I was Canadian. He'd yell at me for every typo or anything I did or said. He called me all sorts of names and used canadian stereotypes against me.

Now, I couldn't care less because obviously this guy is a retard. But I told him he was being racist and he called me a homo and said canadians aren't a race so it can't be racism.
But I don't think that actually matters. I still find it to be racist.

Do you guys think it's racism or not?

[Typhoid]

Its not racism unless hes black....Somehow they cant be the same race as you. It should be something else like "Stereotypeism" or "Im a fu**ing retardism". You should have not payed attentiont to him. Or started to make Country slurs about him. It cant be Racism because Racism has to do with the colour of your skin, not your Nationality. I say we all act american and Go Drive-By shoot him......j/k





What a F***ing moron

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Its not racism unless hes black....Somehow they cant be the same race as you. It should be something else like "Stereotypeism" or "Im a fu**ing retardism". You should have not payed attentiont to him. Or started to make Country slurs about him. It cant be Racism because Racism has to do with the colour of your skin, not your Nationality. I say we all act american and Go Drive-By shoot him......j/k





What a F***ing moron

I don't believe racism is just the color of your skin. Like...I'm white...and if I call a British person a Limey, that's still considered a racist remark.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

I don't believe racism is just the color of your skin. Like...I'm white...and if I call a British person a Limey, that's still considered a racist remark.

make a poll.........with the same name.....let the others decide....

[The Germanator]

rac·ism
n.

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

No, it isn't racism. It's silly to make fun of Canada, but not all Canadians are of the same race, so it can't be classified as racism. Stupidy? Sure. Other than that, don't know what else to say.

[Typhoid]

Thank you for looking it up in the dictionary.....saved me the time....lol....its just prejudice or something...Or maybe....just maybe hes an asshole.

[Jonbo298]

An asshole and a major ass.

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

I don't believe racism is just the color of your skin. Like...I'm white...and if I call a British person a Limey, that's still considered a racist remark.

No, I don't believe that is a racist remark. Some people may be offended by it, but that doesn't mean that it is racist. Again, like calling a French person a frog....It's a disparaging term, but since it contains no insult directly against a race, that isn't racist...

[Hero2]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

rac·ism
n.

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

No, it isn't racism. It's silly to make fun of Canada, but not all Canadians are of the same race, so it can't be classified as racism. Stupidy? Sure. Other than that, don't know what else to say.

race

a : an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species; also : a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a group
b : BREED
c : a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type

race dosent have to do with the color of your skin but what group you fall into. since he was putting you into a group and making fun or insulting you because your in that group. yes it was racist to say that stuff.

[Typhoid]

Make a god dam poll...and no it wasnt racism....ask someone what the first thing that pops into their head is when you say race. They'll usually say something along the lines of the colour of your skin. What this guy did was more of slandering Canada, not racism. But for the slandering of Canada he must pay... <----No one uses that

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Hero2

race

a : an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species; also : a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a group
b : BREED
c : a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type

race dosent have to do with the color of your skin but what group you fall into. since he was putting you into a group and making fun or insulting you because your in that group. yes it was racist to say that stuff.

I disagree still. Look at definition three. "A division of mankind possesing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize a distinct human type." This is to say that someone is of Asian descent, African-American descent, Caucasian descent, Native American descent, etc. Can someone be of Candian descent? Sure, but how people see you is based off of preliminary descent. If your parents are from Japan, and you are born and raised in Canada, what are you? Candian, right? Well, what do you put down on your college application for race? Asian...There is a difference between nationality and race. Again, a race just isn't a "group" as you say...I see that you play FFXI. Let's say I hate FFXI and everyone that plays it for unjust reasons...Is that racist of me? No, it's just an unjust classification...

[Hero2]

point taken I would still call it racism though. just because I have nothing else to call it. except "Im a fu**ing retardism" like typhoid said.

[Canyarion]

You mean discrimination. Just like when they make fun of me because I'm a witness of Jehova.

[Professor S]

The fact that it is even a question of whether or not anti-CANADIAN remarks are RACIST shows how the Politically Correct Gestapo have gotten completely out of control.

Insults to Canadians, Americans, Brits based on NATIONALITY are NATIONALIST, not RACIST.

If he were to call you a Canadian honkey, then you may have a point, but making fun of the way you pronounce the letter "O" does not make anyone a racist.

[TheGame]

Race is an illusion. It's a tool that people use to classify others and themselves that is 100% subjective. There is no way to define a "black" person or a "white" person, because no matter how you do it you will always find someone who fits the bill 100% and who woudn't call themselves what you label them as. (unless you include nationality in your definition of what makes them black or white, and the nationality would be Ameri... err, from US)