Anyone taught hate, can hate.

It seems to me that racists use religion as a basis for their nastiness. What rationale would an atheist have?

Of course. Atheism and racism are separate issues. Being an atheist I don't believe in God. Being a racist is behaving in a manner that says to you people with skin color or ethnicity unlike your own are not equal to you and sub human. To me racism is the ultimate ignorance, whereas to be atheist is a measure of intelligence.

Those two things aren't connected. You could be a white supremacist and not believe in the supernatural.

There is no need for ugliness. Being an Athiest does not mean that we don't have morals and values. I feel that there is ugliness either way.

anyone can be racist it has no bearing on their religiousbeliefs. racism is a learned behavior.

An atheist can be anything they want to be. I suppose the question is, do you want to be an asshole? Racism exists in all groups of people with all different schools of thought. But I can only speak for myself and say that I am not racist and I don’t particularly care to be in the company of one.

Apparently they can because I saw a racist comment posted here. You would hope that an enlightened individual regarding religion would also be enlightened as to race but having faith in humanity is many times a losing bet.

Truth there is very little difference in genetics between the racis of man so I see it as pathetic. I Judge an individual on their own individual actions. That is all.

Of course they can-- the two subjects are not mutually exclusive. You don't have to be religious to be a hater!