On The Real: Individual Racism

People are the products of the their community. People gain knowledge from society. A person is racist or makes racist comments because of the knowledge that they have gained from society. So when a person makes racist comments or make behaves in a way that demeans "races" or an ethnicity, that person is at fault, but not that much fault. Should you be mad at that person? Of course you should. But you have to understand that those comments or actions were only made because of what society has embedded in that person's mind. For example, there is no way on Earth that a young child, maybe about 2 or 3 years of age would know, or even understand the "N" word. So that word is learned through social interactions such as hearing it on the television, or hearing someone use it. So for a young child to learn anything racist, that child must have learned it through his/her community, so therefore racism is a learned trait. So you shouldn't get that mad when someone is racist, but you should definitely be upset. And on that note, you should be very mad at a racist for not attempting to learn and understand the truth about race. That is what you should be angry about, because everybody has the capability and time to learn about "race" theories and its history. All you really need to do is pick up a book, such as Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr., read it, and that will be enough. You don't need to take a college course to understand race relations.