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> Racism is discrimination plus systemic power imbalances that enforce this discrimination. > One can be discriminatory towards the powerful group (e.g. white
by seneca 6y ago
> Racism is discrimination plus systemic power imbalances that enforce this discrimination.
> One can be discriminatory towards the powerful group (e.g. white people in the US for instance), but not racist towards them.
Just for anyone reading this who isn't familiar: this is a radical theory and isn't at all a generally accepted idea.
- Pfhreak 6y agoIt is an academic and critical view, and not what a layperson understands racism to be. I'll acknowledge that. And it's also a viewpoint that is more commonly held by the political left. I'll grant that too. Describing it as 'radical' is something I'd disagree with.