I am not a racist.
It’s a tired caveat, but nevertheless, given what’s to come in this column, one that I feel obliged to communicate out of the gate. Of course, everyone’s definition of the word ‘racist’ is different, rendering the term mostly meaningless, but I still insist that I’m not a racist by MY definition, which in the end is all that matters (to me, anyway).
If you’re a leftist of any stripe, you’re probably expecting me to write something, well, racist. No, I didn’t follow my declaration with a ‘but,’ but I’ll admit it’s certainly implied. Sort of like the inevitable ‘but’ that comes after saying “I’ve got black friends …”
If your definition of the term is broad, which if you’re a leftist I’m sure it is, you wouldn’t be crazy to expect to eventually read something that fits it and get your feathers in a ruffle. Maybe you’ll even try to cancel me, if such a thing can still be done in an America where some semblance of sanity is finally in charge.
Don’t worry though, I don’t intend to disappoint. I have zero doubt that you’ll soon read something that brainwashed people would consider racist. You probably already have. However, I can also say that I’m not going to write anything that **I** would consider racist. Because, well, I am not a racist (nor am I brainwashed).
By now you’re probably asking: “What even is a racist anyway?” Maybe you thought you knew, but you’re questioning your previous paradigm. Good. The answer, or my answer, really is simple, but for various reasons everyone makes it far more complicated than it needs to be. First, since it IS 2025, it seems appropriate to pay homage to our robot overlords and check with AI first to get a summary of the lay of the land.
According to Grok, a racist is “a person who believes in or promotes the superiority of one race over others, often exhibiting behavior or attitudes that reflect racial discrimination or prejudice.”
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ChatGPT says, “A racist is someone who believes that people of different races are inherently superior or inferior to one another, or who discriminates against, mistreats, or shows prejudice toward others based on their race, ethnicity, or skin color.”
Google’s AI summary defines a racist as “a person who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.”
I like Google’s better than the others, except for what comes after “typically.” There are racists of every race. Why do non-white racists get a pass, especially considering that, since whites are an extreme minority of the world’s population, there are undoubtedly far more of them?
As to the other definitions, what is “superiority” anyway? With obvious exceptions, blacks are generally superior to whites in certain arts and music and sports that require a specific kind of athleticism. Is it racist to notice this? Whites, believe it or not, as a group tend to be better at some things too, despite the fact that we’re still, even in Trump’s America, probably not supposed to think or say that. (I won’t go into what I think those things are because I don’t want you to think I’m a racist, but you get the drift.)
The left famously defines a racist as … you guessed it … anyone who disagrees with them. In other words, it has become an all-encompassing smear. They, and even some elements on the right, have weaponized the term, broadening it to absurdity and thus rendering it meaningless. I guess real racists should thank them, if most people even knew what a real racist was.
Allow me to take a stab at it, because I think my definition is the best: To me, a racist is someone who hates people of other races and wishes them ill-will simply on the basis of that immutable characteristic.
Now that’s a narrow, but I believe accurate, definition. Yes, there are real racists out there, of all races, and they are wrong to feel that way. No matter what generalities exist among the various people groups on earth, there are always exceptions and the only proper way to treat other people is as individuals, not as members of a group. Nobody deserves to be mistreated based on how God made them.
What is NOT racist? I would submit that several things currently considered racist by most of society is not, in fact, actually racist based on my accurate, unassailable definition. Here are a few of those:
Is it racist to want to end race-based preferences imposed by governments?
Is it racist to oppose Third World immigration?
Is it racist to avoid certain, uh, dangerous parts of town that happen to be inhabited by persons of another race?
Is it racist to prefer your children marry someone of your own race so your descendants look like your ancestors?
Is it racist to notice and even call out patterns of behavior, like crime, that seem far too predominant in certain racial groups (without being disparaging or unnecessarily cruel, of course)?
Is it racist to observe and understand average racial differences, understanding that there are always exceptions?
Is it racist to prefer to live in a country or area with a majority (but not exclusive) population of your own race?
Is it racist to desire your own race to survive and even thrive?
You might disagree, but I firmly believe the answer is ‘no’ to all of those questions and plenty of others. It is certainly possible to generally agree with all those concepts without having true animosity towards other races or desiring to harm them in any way.
Do people who DO hate other races also believe those things? Perhaps, but believing those things does not inherently make someone a racist. After all, real racists probably would answer a hearty “yes” to those questions and not be the least bit ashamed.
It’s time to stop allowing the left and the quisling right to define terms like this for us and then weaponize them against us. A racist is a very specific thing. If you don’t believe you are one, you probably aren’t. So stand for what you believe, unashamedly, and don’t let them convince you differently.
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