racism today is based largely on steryotypes created by the victims of said racism

YAY! Good grammar now! :D Okay back to seriousness. I thank my opponent for responding despite the sudden closure of his account and wish him good luck throughout this debate. ----------------- Refutation ----------------- Refutation 1: "True indeed that it is not the stereotype that gives EVERYONE *that is key* the impression of a certain race, but the majority of people in today's society who are racist, or are called racist do base their racism off of the stereotype. " This is where most others get confused. Racism is not solely based on stereotypes. For instance, a man works in Factory X in New Mexico. Then Factory X hires Illegal Immigrants and fires the current workers. This is where a base for racism is shown. As a matter of fact, this is actually a main cause of racism, especially in the current state of the economy. So it is not stereotypes that cause racism but personal hatred, which I prove later in my arguments ahead. Refutation 2: "It is truly common sense, and more so it's cause and effect. That stereotype (blacks being criminals, lets say) gives people a reason to hate or dislike blacks based on the stereotype that the blacks have created. I understand it may be hard to grasp, and many people wonder "How exactly could you think that someone would create their own racism and not take action against it. ?" It is indeed cause and effect, and the result is indirect, so they probably cannot see the reason why, especially if they are not criminals, they are perceived as such. " First off, I would like to point out that my opponent says that this form of racism is indirect and as the resolution states, it is supposed to be "largely based". Second, the only reason that black are considered criminals is because of the large population of black in prison. Also, we must look at historical facts to support my argument. In the 1960s ('s I'm not too sure), blacks were being denied the civil rights as other races received daily. However, Blacks weren't accountable for jail population at all back then. So why then were they discriminated against? The answer is simple. Personal Hatred. When blacks in the 1960s were offering to take less money for jobs and asking for more rights, people believed them to be inferior merely because they had less rights at the time. So, racism wasn't based off a stereotype then. The fact of the matter is however, relevant to today as well. Maybe perhaps from revenge from the 60s or merely because someone was literally raised to hate blacks. Stereotypes are not nearly a large enough of a factor to be considered as a "base" for racism. Refutation 3: "As for the mention of comedians, there is a fine line between "comedy" and racism, and I cite the actions of Michael Richards, even though it may help your point. In a state of blind anger from being heckled by fans, he verbally attacked a group of blacks in the stands using racial slurs including the N word. " Again as you said, there is a fine line in which Comedy and racism have its bounds. However, comedians use stereotypes on a daily basis. They come up with new ones. But yet, nobody has ever started a racist movement nearly based off a comedians remarks. So regardless, stereotypes do not FUEL or start racism. Refutation 4: ""This proves absolutely nothing. Just because you showed a population of jails in the US, you are in no way proving how "racism today is based largely on steryotypes created by the victims of said racism". " Yeah, I know. Its not ment to do anything but back up the statement with a statistic. With the statement backed up, however, the statement becomes a powerful tool to show a common stereotype of blacks today. That stereotype is an example I will now use to show how stereotypes influence racism:" I appreciate you admitting that your statistic had absolutely nothing to do with your argument. I hope voters will take this into consideration. Reagrdless though, even if it is a unrelevant statistic, then it doesnt belong there period. It is like using an unloaded gun to protect yourself. It won't work. Refutation 5: "Say there an African American teen walking down the street in the normal clothes of a teenager, slightly baggy jeans, a hoodie, sneakers, etc. On the otherside of the street, there is a white teen dressed the same way. They both stop directly opposite of eachother to help an elderly woman cross the street. Bystanders who have a fairly good view of the situation call the police and report that the African American teen is robbing an elderly woman, and the white teen has no such calls reported against him. This is exactly the type of racist stereotyping I am talking about. If you would like the real life equivialent of my example, go to www. youtube. com. Search ABC - 20/20 What would you do/racism in america. That racism was not based on hate, but on preconcieved notions caused by stereotypes of African American teens as common criminals. " First off, I have no idea how there are two old ladies that both need walking across the street, how these two are wearing the exact same thing, and how helping an old lady across the street looks like a mugging. I know its just hypothetical but (again another tip, this doesnt count) make your analogies realistic to where the voters can say "Oh, I get it. " Again, that was just another helpful tip. To address your source, indeed it does expose racism caused by stereotypes, but what is VERY misleading about that show, is that they only show the videos where racism was successfully noticed or stopped. As a matter of fact, at the end of the show, it ALWAYS states that all results are edited to meet within the time constraints of the programming. Due to a character limit, I'll have to end it there. However I will expand more in the final round.