What’s racist?
A partial listing.
TL;DR: Anything that exists or can be imagined, and that can be linked however tenuously to white people, is racist. Note that it is not racist for non-white persons to engage in activities or use speech that is considered racist for white persons.
| This is racist | Source(s) |
|---|---|
| 911 calls | vox.com/first-person/2018/5/30/17406092/racial-profiling-911-bbq-becky-living-while-black-babysitting-while-black |
| a large rock in Wisconsin | breitbart.com/education/2020/11/18/university-of-wisconsin-declares-large-rock-to-be-racist-votes-to-remove/ |
| ACT tests | fairtest.org/act-biased-inaccurate-and-misused tcpress.com/blog/dismantling-white-supremacy-includes-racist-tests-sat-act/ |
| action orientation | |
| America | nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html |
| anti-racism | libertyunyielding.com/2020/07/22/anti-racism-is-racism-in-disguise/ |
| anti-white watch groups | |
| archaeology | jstor.org/stable/40023591?seq=1 |
| art history | |
| asking someone where they are from | |
| avoiding conflict | |
| avoiding intimacy | |
| being white | medium.com/age-of-awareness/yes-all-white-people-are-racist-eefa97cc5605 |
| Betsy Ross flag | |
| black female obesity | campusreform.org/?ID=13866 |
| black holes in space | preusspodcast.com/video/throwback-the-term-black-hole-is-racist |
| blondes | |
| border control | |
| calling the English Department the English Department | campusreform.org/article?id=16112 |
| camping | |
| cause and effect | |
| celebrating the 4th of July | |
| chess | npcdaily.com/1728/classic-board-game-chess-is-problematic-racist-and-bigoted-and-heres-why/ |
| Christianity | |
| Christopher Columbus | elitedaily.com/news/world/happy-columbus-day-the-day-we-celebrate-a-racist-crusading-murderer |
| claiming that police deter crime | |
| classical literature | |
| cleanliness / neatness | eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ032771 |
| climate change | sierraclub.org/articles/2020/06/climate-crisis-racist-answer-anti-racism washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/06/29/climate-change-racism/ |
| Columbus Day | |
| comparing or referring to Blacks as apes | |
| comparing or referring to Blacks as rhinoceroses | |
| Confederate battle flags | thesun.co.uk/news/3621818/confederate-flag-racist-banned-symbol-white-supremacy/ |
| conservatives | |
| Constitutional originalism | jonathanturley.org/2020/10/27/markey-originalism-is-racist-sexist-homophobic/ |
| cotton | |
| crack baby | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| crime rates | |
| cultural appropriation | |
| decision-making | |
| delayed gratification | |
| desegregation | |
| disagreeing with non-whites about non-racial matters | |
| discipline | |
| dismissing other cultures | |
| doing something about situations | |
| Donald Trump | |
| Dr. Seuss | people.com/books/dr-seuss-books-racist-problematic/ |
| drug laws | |
| eating Mexican food | |
| Electoral College | |
| emphasizing the scientific method | |
| English common law | |
| equal treatment before the law | |
| equal treatment in hiring | |
| equal treatment in school admissions | |
| equality | |
| exams in school | |
| expecting others to speak English | |
| facts | |
| fine art | |
| freeways in Los Angeles | latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-24/bulldoze-la-freeways-racism-monument |
| genealogy research | |
| Gone With The Wind | |
| grandfathering (legal term) | |
| Hamilton (the play) | |
| handouts | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| hard work as the key to success | |
| healthcare | tcf.org/content/report/racism-inequality-health-care-african-americans/ |
| hiding emotions | |
| history | lifezette.com/2020/08/democrat-demands-history-classes-be-abolished-in-public-schools-because-they-lead-to-white-privilege-and-a-racist-society/ |
| holidays | |
| holidays based on white history | |
| holidays based on white men | |
| housing policies | |
| Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain | |
| husband as the head of the household | |
| ice hockey | |
| ignorance of other cultures | |
| illegal alien | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| immigration policies | |
| individual control over your life | |
| individualism | |
| inequality | |
| intensions | |
| Jesus | |
| law enforcement | |
| laws | |
| legal voting | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| Lego figures | |
| linear thinking | |
| literary history | |
| majority rules | |
| making American great again | |
| mastering and controlling nature | |
| math | nationalreview.com/2017/10/math-racist-university-illinois-professor/ |
| Mickey Mouse | melmagazine.com/en-us/story/mickey-mouse-proves-you-cant-erase-the-racism-of-blackface |
| milk | twitter.com/peta/status/1053073317786198022 peta.org/blog/cows-milk-perfect-drink-supremacists/ wnd.com/2018/10/now-drinking-milk-a-symbol-of-white-supremacy nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html |
| monotheism | |
| moving into a non-white neighborhood (gentrification) | accredited-times.com/2017/02/01/gentrification-is-deeply-racist-and-needs-to-be-reversed/ |
| moving out of a non-white neighborhood (white flight) | qz.com/1251974/white-people-leave-diverse-neighborhoods-for-racial-reasons-not-economic-ones/ |
| mug shots | |
| national parks | |
| Nick Sandmann | crooksandliars.com/2019/02/nick-sandmann-cov-cath-smirking-darling |
| nooses | cnn.com/2020/06/23/us/noose-hate-symbol-racism-trnd/index.html |
| not accepting what non-whites say about "hate crimes" | |
| not accepting what non-whites say about racism | |
| not adopting aspects of other cultures | |
| not being interested in other cultures | |
| not correcting the racism in other white people | |
| not enforcing diversity quotas | |
| not valuing other cultures | |
| not wanting to discuss racial issues | amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414 |
| noticing bad behavior by non-whites | |
| nuclear family | |
| objective thinking | |
| objective truth | dailywire.com/news/college-students-say-truth-racist-myth-amanda-prestigiacomo |
| Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck | theblaze.com/news/california-school-district-bans-classic-books-racism |
| old movies | filmdaily.co/news/racist-classic-movies/ |
| old TV shows | eskify.com/10-racist-tv-shows-ever/ complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/most-racist-tv-shows/ |
| opposing "affirmative action" | |
| opposing "reparations" | |
| outdoors | |
| peace | breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/13/seattle-teacher-tells-8th-graders-that-peace-is-racist-art-history-is-white-supremacist/ |
| personal responsibility | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| planning for the future | |
| police shows | |
| politeness | |
| pollution | |
| post-racial | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| private property | |
| progress | |
| proper grammar | |
| quantitative emphasis | |
| race neutral | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| rational thinking | |
| red-lining | |
| referring to a non-white person as being "street smart" | |
| refusing to feel guilty for being white | |
| reporting black crime(s) | |
| Republicans | |
| respect for authority | |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor | theblaze.com/news/california-school-district-bans-classic-books-racism |
| rugged individualism | |
| same-race sex partners | |
| SAT tests | |
| saying it’s OK to be white | |
| saying that Western civilization was built by white people | |
| saying you don’t see skin color | |
| saying you’re not a racist | |
| schedules | |
| school behavior | foxnews.com/us/san-diego-school-districts-grading-system-racism |
| school grades | foxnews.com/us/san-diego-school-districts-grading-system-racism |
| science | |
| Scrabble words | |
| segregation | |
| self-reliance | |
| separate rooms for children | |
| silence | |
| slavery (from hundreds of years ago, not current-day slavery) | |
| sleep | |
| solar eclipses | theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/american-totality-eclipse-race/537318/ |
| speaking English | |
| super predator | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| surfing | |
| Splash Mountain | |
| stopping shoplifting | nypost.com/2020/10/10/grab-and-run-shoplifters-terrorize-luxury-nyc-boutiques/ |
| swastikas | news.avclub.com/fox-news-cant-even-bring-itself-to-say-swastikas-are-ra-1840458820 |
| talking during pauses in conversations | |
| Tea Party | |
| tennis | |
| tennis fans | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain | theblaze.com/news/california-school-district-bans-classic-books-racism |
| The Cay, by Theodore Taylor | theblaze.com/news/california-school-district-bans-classic-books-racism |
| the Circle Game (whites only) | |
| The Dixie Chicks band name | |
| The Dukes of Hazard tv show | |
| The Little Mermaid | |
| the nuclear family | |
| the number 14 | |
| the number 88 | |
| the OK hand sign (whites only) | |
| the word blacklist | |
| the word ghetto | |
| the word nigga (whites only) | |
| the word niggardly (whites only) | |
| the word nigger (whites only) | |
| the word "prolife" | |
| the word "riot" | |
| thin women | |
| thinking there is a white race | |
| time as a commodity | |
| timeliness | foxnews.com/us/san-diego-school-districts-grading-system-racism |
| To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee | theblaze.com/news/california-school-district-bans-classic-books-racism |
| traffic signals | |
| truth | dailywire.com/news/college-students-say-truth-racist-myth-amanda-prestigiacomo |
| unequal outcomes | |
| valuing and rewarding autonomy | |
| valuing and rewarding independence | |
| voter ID | |
| wealth equals worth | |
| wearing a prom dress made of Asian-looking material | |
| welfare queen | theblaze.com/news/professor-legal-vote-racist-term |
| Western philosophy | |
| Western traditions | |
| white congressional caucus | |
| white culture | |
| white in-group self-interests | |
| white pride | |
| white safe spaces | |
| white sheets | |
| white student unions | |
| white supremacy | |
| white TV channel | |
| whites-only dating sites | |
| whites-only meetings, groups, or associations | |
| white people supporting black activists | |
| wife as the homemaker | |
| winners and losers | |
| winter Olympics | slate.com/culture/2010/02/white-snow-brown-rage-the-racial-case-against-the-winter-olympics.html |
| work before play | |
| written tradition | |
| your job is who you are |