A racist problem

[The Stranger]

i'd like to hear your oppinions

there are 2 guys. one is a racist the other is a semi racist (e.g very and little)

they are continuasly making racist jokes. some very annoying some one-ear-in-other-ear-out jokes. well i'm a person that has a high limit. i can take alot of people and till now ive just ignored them. but theyre getting worse, and i'm afraid that if someone doesnt stop m now it might be too late.

option 1: i just hit them in their face when they make a other nasty joke
option 2: i keep ignoring them and do nothing
option 3: ill let the class handle it
option 4: ill tell the teachers

problem 1: theyre good friends a good friend of mine, so i dont want to hit them
problem 2: i'm running out of patience and my limit is almost reached
problem 3: i dont like snitching nor i like the teachers, and i know it wouldnt help much and i only have to talk embarrising convos with teachers etc

[Duke Malcolm]

Ignore them. If jokes aren't about your race then let them have their opinions -- as long as they don't go about attacking folk.

[scooter_the_shooter]

I got a chinese friend that calls me a hill billy/redneck all the time. Makes fun of black people. Says all white people are gay......And when I finally say "shut up you !@#$ing chink(I don't know if i spelled it right) I got a detention for "racial remarks"

[Kralizec]

I am not shy of making or laughing about jokes that are...controversial. Hell, my favourite comedian is Hans Teeuwen :D Though I don't make racist jokes often, that would include those too, as well as woman-unfriendly jokes or jokes that are simply insensitive. It's not that I don't take racism seriously, it's that I don't take jokes seriously.
However I understand that other people don't feel that way, and I only make those kind of jokes when with people that regognise jokes for what they're worth and be able to laugh about it.
So I would either ignore them if were you and if that doesn't work, tell them that you don't like that sort of humor and ask them to tone it down when they're talking to you.

[Fragony]

They probably don't mean any harm since they are still your friends. Have some sense of humour.

[Geoffrey S]

Are the mentioned racist comments/jokes aimed at you personally, or a good friend of yours, or at particular ethnic groups in general?

At the least, don't bottle up such feelings of anger. Usually that only leads to trouble later on, when it can all come up in one big outburst. Share your problems with someone, be it a family member, friends, a teacher you respect, or if you feel up to it the 2 guys themselves. Often you'll find it helps to talk to someone about it; even if it doesn't provide an instant solution it helps to get things off your chest, to know that at least someone knows there's a problem. If no-one knows no-one can help.

[The Stranger]

They probably don't mean any harm since they are still your friends. Have some sense of humour.

People thT SAY SUCH KIND OF THINGS TO ME ARE NOT MY FRIENDS, THEYRE NOT MY FRIENDS, I NEVER SAID THEY WERE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHOS THEIR FRIEND AND BECUZ OF HIM I DONT PUCH M. SOME OF MY FRIENDS ALSO MAKE SOME LIGHT "RACIST" JOKES AND I DONT MIND IT...BUT WHEN SOMEONE STARTS CALLING ME A SLAVE HE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL...I CAN DO CRAZY THINGS WHEN IM MAD

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I got a chinese friend that calls me a hill billy/redneck all the time. Makes fun of black people. Says all white people are gay......And when I finally say "shut up you !@#$ing chink(I don't know if i spelled it right) I got a detention for "racial remarks"

You're white, he's a minority. He can't be rascist, by Government standards. His race was opressed 100 years ago by the evil white man!

[bmolsson]

I got a chinese friend that calls me a hill billy/redneck all the time. Makes fun of black people. Says all white people are gay......And when I finally say "shut up you !@#$ing chink(I don't know if i spelled it right) I got a detention for "racial remarks"

Chinese can never be racist, since after all they are Chinese......

[Divinus Arma]

Only white people can be racist. Because we are white, we are automatically evil. White people are the devil.

[Papewaio]

Racism seems to be a bigger issue in some countries then others. But like a lot of other attributes it ain't race based.

Saw an interesting documentary on the weekend about African-American units in WWII stationed in Australia...

[Goofball]

Only white people can be racist. Because we are white, we are automatically evil. White people are the devil.

Speaking of crybabyism...



You and Kaiser really need to get of the "I'm such a poor, downtrodden white guy" whining train.

We white guys have it pretty much better than everybody else in the world, and have for a long time.

Quit your belly-aching.

As to the main topic/question:

Racist jokes are never funny, IMO.

Whenever somebody tells a racist joke/makes a racist comment in my presence, I tell them that I think that kind of talk is dusgusting and ignorant. It has caused some awkward situations, and even cost me a "friend." I put the word "friend" in quotes because if someone has those kind of beliefs, they really are no friend of mine to start with.

Anyway Stranger, you just need to decide if these guys are worth your time. I suspect they are not. But if you decide they are, then tell them how you feel about what they are saying. If they persist, then they have just proved that they are not worth your time after all, so it's an easy decision to just cut them loose.

[Strike For The South]

confront them

[Quietus]

i'd like to hear your oppinions

there are 2 guys. one is a racist the other is a semi racist (e.g very and little)

they are continuasly making racist jokes. some very annoying some one-ear-in-other-ear-out jokes. well i'm a person that has a high limit. i can take alot of people and till now ive just ignored them. but theyre getting worse, and i'm afraid that if someone doesnt stop m now it might be too late.

option 1: i just hit them in their face when they make a other nasty joke
option 2: i keep ignoring them and do nothing
option 3: ill let the class handle it
option 4: ill tell the teachers

problem 1: theyre good friends a good friend of mine, so i dont want to hit them
problem 2: i'm running out of patience and my limit is almost reached
problem 3: i dont like snitching nor i like the teachers, and i know it wouldnt help much and i only have to talk embarrising convos with teachers etc

Umeu, just tell them straight out, you don't like the racist jokes because it isn't funny. If they continue, repeat the message: it isn't funny. Don't say anything else nor try to insult back.