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> Like when someone performs a racist act, how should we respond in a modern society? You'd first have to define what a racist act is and who gets to decide th
by alexashka 6y ago
> Like when someone performs a racist act, how should we respond in a modern society?
You'd first have to define what a racist act is and who gets to decide that it is so.
We have a working system for these matters - legislative and judicial branches of government.
- mhoad 6y agoI feel like you're trying to look at this from a very abstract place where it is impossible to come to some all encompassing grand unifying theory and it feels like without that we shouldn't act until we have an answer to that question. I'm asking a question that says in spite of not having a perfect answer when you are in a situation and you watch a friend do a racist act, what response if any do you think is appropriate? What if it's not a single act that might be considered racist but a whole string of them? Do you think there is any kind of moral or social obligation to do anything or is ignoring it ok?
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- alexashka 6y agoI personally haven't witnessed a single racist act in the 20+ years that I've lived in Toronto, a very diverse, multi-cultural city. Which leads me to believe that my definition of a racist act, is different from yours. Please provide your definition.