You can call one anything but not racist and/or bigot
Among several words we prefer to be called and/or associated with such as kind, caring, loving, beautiful, wonderful, sexy, intelligent, brilliant, smart, innovative and so on, often times we’re not entirely what we are told to be, but aspiring to be. A truly smart person will learn to be better in being a caring, loving [etc] person than they currently are. But those who really don’t go through a thorough thinking process, they’ll just grab the credit and move ahead with our pumped up egos.
On the other hand, among several words we can easily stomach such as procrastinator, player/Casanova, provocative, opinionated, controversial, confused and so on, often times we are pretty much either that or very close to being that. Again, one may perfect his Casanova image until it perfects him in various or any way. The other may decide to be more controversial and confused, just like several public figures such as Beck, Sarah Palin, and so forth. A procrastinator, I mean, a perfected one doesn’t end up anywhere else than his comfy couch and being a scumbag.
Two of the worse words that get us going are “bigot” and/or a racist.” We engage in “serious” talks to show that we are not bigots and nor racists. Often times those with hidden traits make references as “I’m racist, my girlfriend is Black,” or “I’m not racist my friends are White,” or how about this one, “I’m not racist I employ a lot of Blacks and give so much of my money to them.”
Who truly wants to be called racist or a bigot? Nobody! Not even me, I’ll go at length [if I'm in my best mood] telling you why I’m not a racist. But if there’s anything ever to hear from you is telling you that ‘I’m not racist because my best friends are White and my partner is White.’
What is a bigot and or a racist, or racism has become overused, over-defined, stretched to such an extent that, the true meaning of these terms as social conditions, and not just as mere terms, have lost a chance of being considered on contextual basis. Running at the risk of disregarding popular definitions: Allow me to say that being a racist or a bigot does not just depend on what a dictionary says, instead should be more than that. But again, whose definition of these terms should be considered is such a way that we’re able to talk and use these words without being seen as divisive racists? Why are people so afraid of talking about racism, their differing stance on things in fear of being considered as racist because they are of different races?
