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Dew wrote:
I would rather have my feelings hurt on the internet than have my people be killed, oppressed and degraded for the colour of their skin.Â
heist wrote:
i'd argue yes it's "racist" by pure definition but i think the point most people are getting at when saying you can't be racist against white people is that language is usually way more than the dictionary definition
not that non systemic racism isn't "valid" but that it like, doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things
if someone says white people have thin lips like, ok, it might be rude but no one's dying or losing a job or what have you
whereas a similar "discriminatory" statement against a historically oppressed person sort of calls back to and reinforces a tradition of oppression in a way that a comment against white people would not
and so when people press back against someone calling a comment like that against white people "racist" it's not so much about the statement not being discriminatory but about that never really being the point of what anyone's talking about when they talk about racism (except for people who let idpol consume their brains and purely focus on microaggressions) but that when most people are discussing racism it's about the larger system, like it's just a stand in term for saying systemic racism
does that make any sense at all
Thank you. In the end, it's the difference between hurt feelings and systemic oppression. People of colour would trade with white people in a heartbeat. ouch wrote:
Im more confused abt ppl going away from the defenition of racism n only validating systematical racism like ??? How is it not racist to discrimate against someone purely based on their race, no matter if they white oe black or whatever they rÂ
Im more confused abt ppl going away from the defenition of racism n only validating systematical racism like ??? How is it not racist to discrimate against someone purely based on their race, no matter if they white oe black or whatever they rÂ
i'd argue yes it's "racist" by pure definition but i think the point most people are getting at when saying you can't be racist against white people is that language is usually way more than the dictionary definition
not that non systemic racism isn't "valid" but that it like, doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things
if someone says white people have thin lips like, ok, it might be rude but no one's dying or losing a job or what have you
whereas a similar "discriminatory" statement against a historically oppressed person sort of calls back to and reinforces a tradition of oppression in a way that a comment against white people would not
and so when people press back against someone calling a comment like that against white people "racist" it's not so much about the statement not being discriminatory but about that never really being the point of what anyone's talking about when they talk about racism (except for people who let idpol consume their brains and purely focus on microaggressions) but that when most people are discussing racism it's about the larger system, like it's just a stand in term for saying systemic racism
does that make any sense at all
I would rather have my feelings hurt on the internet than have my people be killed, oppressed and degraded for the colour of their skin.Â
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