text: please give some methods to overcome being racist.? i have race problems with whites and hispanics/latinos. but i do have many white friends. the main reason i feel racist towards hispanics is because of the way they act on my street. i know it's not fair to judge an entire people group by the small amount that live on my street, but since i have very few positive encounters with latinos, i start thinking of them all being rude. which i know can't be true, because i've had several friends who where latino.  the school i go to everyone (except my sister) is white. and many are racist. again this leads to me making to generalizations about all white people. i try to tell myself that most white people aren't racist and what not, but i still have to constantly battle those thoughts.  i don't want to be a racist person, please give me advice. thanks. i'm white, and i understand you completely. you just need to think that just because the people you have been experiencing are bad, they don't represent their whole race. the thing is, the white people you experience who are racist are just idiots. i have nothing against any race. i hate black idiots. i hate hispanic idiots. and i hate white idiots. it has nothing to with race. you can dislike the hispanics on your street and dislike the racist whites at your school, but don't dislike the entire race just because of one person (or a small group of people).