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> No surprise racism is as strong and prevalent as ever Funny, I feel the same way about your comment. The regressive, dehumanizing impulse most people have to
by wutbrodo 6y ago
> No surprise racism is as strong and prevalent as ever
Funny, I feel the same way about your comment. The regressive, dehumanizing impulse most people have to squash everyone into "black guy" or "Asian woman" instead of "full human being whose life can't be reductively captured by their skin color or genitals" is at the root of both old-fashioned racism and the newfangled form you're so enthusiastic about.
> the idea that white nationalists separatists do not view white people as superior is nonsensical on its face.
I'd imagine the overlap is significant with white supremacists, yes. But racial-/ethnonationalists of every race and ethnicity exist, and they're not all supremacists. There's a memeplex out there that races shouldn't mix that's decoupled from any notion of superiority: for anyone not rightly ensconced in their bubble it's not very difficult to come across this in the wild in, eg, the black community. I'm assuming you don't think that every African-American or Japanese or Indian or Arab or Burundian racial essentialist also thinks that they happen to be the master race? If not, it seems absurd to conclude that whites are the one race for whom this belief exists but _never_ among people who doesn't also believe in racial supremacy.
(For what it's worth, I'm pretty opposed to racial separatism, but I'm not ignorant enough to think that it's the same thing as white supremacy. There's a difference between modern Japan and the Third Reich's views on race)
- jmull 6y ago> newfangled form you're so enthusiastic about I am not redefining racism. Just look it up. Superiority based on race. Merriam-Webster: : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race I’m not going to post a link. Just type racism into your favorite search engine. You’ve got to decide if you want to learn or not. > I'm assuming you don't think that every African-American or Japanese or Indian or Arab or Burundian racial essentialist also thinks that they happen to be the master race? Yes, people who are not white can be racist. > There's a difference between modern Japan and the Third Reich's views on race) Absolutely. It’s not like Nazi Germany owned a patent on racism. It could, and does, exist in Japan.