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It depends on how you define racism. The meaning people use when calling stuff like this racist is not meant as an insult, and it's not even a comment on the ch
by rainbowmverse 9y ago
It depends on how you define racism. The meaning people use when calling stuff like this racist is not meant as an insult, and it's not even a comment on the character of the people doing it. Good people can do racist things by this definition since it's focused on systems instead of individuals.
Unfortunately, people rarely define their terms when talking about sensitive subjects. It'd save a lot of people a lot of stress.
- Banthum 9y agoLots of people don't agree on exactly what racism means, but one thing that is always true is that it's evil. That's the core, most powerful, most enduring meaning of the word. You're just making the motte of the motte-any-bailey argument: Oh, racism isn't an insult, just a neutral description of something. The goal here is to make the word as widely applicable as possible. The bailey is, of course, that the company is racist! And that's evil! So it needs to shift resources towards whatever the accuser wants them to do.
- rainbowmverse 9y agoI can't tell whether you misread or are intentionally misrepresenting my words.