Racism, Neo-Nazism, and Catholic Teaching

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brian_custer said:
i am more concerned about secularism & atheism
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Well, the bishops are telling you that racism is a sin, too.
(Not to mention a sin that would increase atheism, when the atheists see that religious people are not bothered by gross injustice that anyone else can easily recognize as an affront to the plain message of the Gospel.)
 
That you had to go the literal Nazi Party to find an example shows that this is a complete non-issue.

Though it should be pointed out that even they (as far as I can tell from the quotes you provided) don’t adhere to “racism” or “white supremacism” as defined in the dictionary.

You’ve still not explained why its wrong for white people (or black people for that matter) to want to continue existing.
 
I was an English major. I took sociology classes. Educational psychology, women’s studies, gender studies, world politics, American politics. My classes mentioned things like the educational gap. The difference between criminalization of Caucasian versus African Americans. As for the news being biased, of course, but that doesn’t make Foxnews somehow the fountain of truth because it’s not liberal leaning.
 
That leads to hatred. Believing or associating negative characteristics to certain race leads to hatred thereby violence. I am not sure how that wasn’t clear in my initial definition. Ethnic cleansing is an example of that.
 
Jump4Joy said:
Believing or associating negative characteristics to certain race leads to hatred thereby violence.
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That’s an effect not a cause.

One should hold a belief or not based on whether or not its true, not based on what the consequences of holding the belief will be.
 
I agree with that. I’ve encountered very liberal professors had open biases. Use my college textbooks on Sociology, World Politics, Gender Studies as references for my beliefs. I am not how they are liberal slanted. What does the conservative or unbiased textbook look like?
 
What’s your point? Are people justified in their potentially racist beliefs because they believe it is true?
 
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Annie said:
We kniw that Downs Syndrome is not hereditary, so I am not sure that aborting a a Downs Syndrome baby is actually eugenic, although it is horrifying
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Persons with Downs have exceedingly high rates of infertility, because their eggs and sperm don’t develop properly.
 
Jump4Joy said:
What does the conservative or unbiased textbook look like?
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A conservative textbook should be exactly like an unbiased textbook.

Like a conservative Supreme Court Judge should be someone loyal to the constitution without bias.
 
I’ve never known anyone to believe in “racism”, as you defined it. And you have not provided any examples.

One should believe what seems to be true, not what will be considered inoffensive.
 
Can’t the American constitution be interpreted in various ways? Our forefathers didn’t spell out the answer for everything.
 
"A conservative textbook should be exactly like an unbiased textbook.

Like a conservative Supreme Court Judge should be someone loyal to the constitution without bias."

This is what you said. I didn’t. Your answer suggests the conservative way is the truthful way.
 
Jump4Joy said:
Can’t the American constitution be interpreted in various ways? Our forefathers didn’t spell out the answer for everything.
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It depends if you are reading the constitution in an honest way in what the writers wanted instead or you are critical of those writers and believe you can do better. That is not the role of a judge’s bias.

It is the role of the elected executive branch.
 
What’s the honest way of reading the constitution? What’s the untruthful way? How do we know what our forefather’s intended? The American Constitution is treated like the ten commandments or the bible. Most importantly, what does this have to do with being Catholic?
 
There’s actually a lot of data out there regarding gender and racial bias in science textbooks and curriculum.
 
To some people it is their truth that some people over other races are inferior. To some people, minorities are the problem with society and they use statistical evidence to prove their points.
I think we differing opinions on what it means to be racist. At the very least, people are indeed prejudice. There are hate groups that exist for so-called beliefs.
 
I did not say science is racist. I said texts and curriculums have been shown to show gender and racial bias.
 
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