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This must be satire... someone remarked about the guy being darker than she thought. I am not sure why that's supposed to be a negative remark someone should be

by brabel 6y ago

This must be satire... someone remarked about the guy being darker than she thought. I am not sure why that's supposed to be a negative remark someone should be offended by?! I had people tell me something like that when I come back from a sunny vacation, and I actually take that as a compliment, bronze skin looks to me healthier than never-seen-sun-in-my-life skin :D (BTW I am darker than the person in question, and I get very dark after being exposed to a lot of sun)... They then make sure you know the guy prefers pronouns they/them, and dutifully follows on with awkward English sentences like "Cruz went on medical leave, and hoped to take the company up on its offer for a new position, they said. But Cruz was turned down from every role they applied for, so they were forced to quit." Wow.

M2Ys4U 6y ago
Colourism is a thing. Depending on one's culture it can be a form of racism or classism, or both. Have a skim of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_c... to see some examples of this.
- brabel 6y ago
  According to this, every single part of the world sees whiter skin color as being "better" than darker skin color. This is true since antiquity, and even in completely different places like Japan and Africa. Well, that sucks for me as I am darker than most where I live :D but to be honest, I have very rarely felt discriminated... when I do, I actually pitty the person who is doing it, because they are clearly being an ignorant douchebag and while that may momentarily give them some kind of good feeling for displaying their supposed superiority, I can only imagine how sad they are later when they realize they have nothing to actually show for why they might be better than anyone else, on the contrary, they are just showing how stupid they are from thinking that the color of their skin (or hair, or eye color or whatever) actually makes them better somehow. I know because I'm guilty too... why can't we see someone of a different race/color/style and just NOT start thinking they are bad for being different?!!? Given how widespread this is , I think we should stop trying to pretend we don't do it and that we can treat people equally... clearly, we can't. We need to come to terms with this and find a solution that actually works. No idea what that may be, but waiting for people to behave properly will absolutely never work, not when this behaviour is so bloody widespread in every single culture, even children as old as 2 or 3yo displaying preferences for whites.

by brabel 6y ago

M2Ys4U 6y ago

Colourism is a thing. Depending on one's culture it can be a form of racism or classism, or both. Have a skim of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_c... to see some examples of this.

brabel 6y ago
According to this, every single part of the world sees whiter skin color as being "better" than darker skin color. This is true since antiquity, and even in completely different places like Japan and Africa. Well, that sucks for me as I am darker than most where I live :D but to be honest, I have very rarely felt discriminated... when I do, I actually pitty the person who is doing it, because they are clearly being an ignorant douchebag and while that may momentarily give them some kind of good feeling for displaying their supposed superiority, I can only imagine how sad they are later when they realize they have nothing to actually show for why they might be better than anyone else, on the contrary, they are just showing how stupid they are from thinking that the color of their skin (or hair, or eye color or whatever) actually makes them better somehow. I know because I'm guilty too... why can't we see someone of a different race/color/style and just NOT start thinking they are bad for being different?!!? Given how widespread this is , I think we should stop trying to pretend we don't do it and that we can treat people equally... clearly, we can't. We need to come to terms with this and find a solution that actually works. No idea what that may be, but waiting for people to behave properly will absolutely never work, not when this behaviour is so bloody widespread in every single culture, even children as old as 2 or 3yo displaying preferences for whites.