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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8508989" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Also just to weigh in further, as I was viewing this in my car at the parking lot and now I am home and can better absorb the post. The intent of this statement made by the white character does seem to be racist. The character in question is expressing racist ideas that it seems he believes. Now if he didn't believe that black people are lesser, and if didn't mean to express an idea that conveys that meaning, then his intent would matter in that situation. For example if it were a bad attempt at a joke (the other character still might take exception but I think it changes the egregiousness of it). But just looking at the statement, it seems like he is someone who has very low expectations of black people and he is telling the other character that he is exceptional for his race. That is a pretty racist idea, and it appears to be something he is intending to convey. But I think in real life, you are still generally wanting to know the intention. I've been in situations where someone dropped something bigoted my way, directed at my background, and my response was to figure out what the person intended because I wanted to know if there were beliefs undergirding the statement.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8508989, member: 85555"] Also just to weigh in further, as I was viewing this in my car at the parking lot and now I am home and can better absorb the post. The intent of this statement made by the white character does seem to be racist. The character in question is expressing racist ideas that it seems he believes. Now if he didn't believe that black people are lesser, and if didn't mean to express an idea that conveys that meaning, then his intent would matter in that situation. For example if it were a bad attempt at a joke (the other character still might take exception but I think it changes the egregiousness of it). But just looking at the statement, it seems like he is someone who has very low expectations of black people and he is telling the other character that he is exceptional for his race. That is a pretty racist idea, and it appears to be something he is intending to convey. But I think in real life, you are still generally wanting to know the intention. I've been in situations where someone dropped something bigoted my way, directed at my background, and my response was to figure out what the person intended because I wanted to know if there were beliefs undergirding the statement. [/QUOTE]

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