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There's nothing racist about acknowledging and respecting the fact that BIPOC people have different experiences and are marginalized. You seem to be making an a

There's nothing racist about acknowledging and respecting the fact that BIPOC people have different experiences and are marginalized. You seem to be making an argument that that's prejudiced, but in America it's inescapable. If you're born Black in the US, you had a way higher chance of dying and your mother had a way higher chance of dying than if you were born white. And besides, race is more than skin/eye color. It's culture and experience. For example, there are higher rates of asthma in Black Americans because we tend to put polluting things by their neighborhoods and schools. But, broadly I think you're just being disingenuous. You can't seriously think this stuff is just about the color of someone's skin.

anoncake 6y ago
It is just the colour of someone's skin. Or aren't dark-skinned people who grew up outside the USA black? > If you're born Black in the US, you had a way higher chance of dying and your mother had a way higher chance of dying than if you were born white. Poor people have a higher chance of being criminal. Black people have a higher chance of being poor. Therefore (I assume) black people have a higher chance of being criminal. Treating black people like criminals because crime is correlated with being black is textbook racism. Treating them differently because of any correlated trait is also racism. > For example, there are higher rates of asthma in Black Americans because we tend to put polluting things by their neighborhoods and schools. Why? - If it's because they're poor, the root cause is not racism but poverty (or how the poor are treated). - If it's because of their skin colour, the root cause is that treating people differently based on their skin colour is considered acceptable. Treating people differently based on their skin colour will not exactly help.
- camgunz 6y ago
  Someone I'm very close to is white. They're legitimately pale. They have blue eyes. But their father was Black, and where they grew up, that made them Black too. As a result, much of their experience was the Black experience, they married a Black partner, had Black kids, have Black grandkids, etc. But they have to tell people they're Black, because their skin and eye color pass them. This isn't anecdata. This is using one case to show you that race isn't (ahem) black and white, or solely about skin color. It's about culture and experience.

anoncake 6y ago

It is just the colour of someone's skin. Or aren't dark-skinned people who grew up outside the USA black? > If you're born Black in the US, you had a way higher chance of dying and your mother had a way higher chance of dying than if you were born white. Poor people have a higher chance of being criminal. Black people have a higher chance of being poor. Therefore (I assume) black people have a higher chance of being criminal. Treating black people like criminals because crime is correlated with being black is textbook racism. Treating them differently because of any correlated trait is also racism. > For example, there are higher rates of asthma in Black Americans because we tend to put polluting things by their neighborhoods and schools. Why? - If it's because they're poor, the root cause is not racism but poverty (or how the poor are treated). - If it's because of their skin colour, the root cause is that treating people differently based on their skin colour is considered acceptable. Treating people differently based on their skin colour will not exactly help.

camgunz 6y ago
Someone I'm very close to is white. They're legitimately pale. They have blue eyes. But their father was Black, and where they grew up, that made them Black too. As a result, much of their experience was the Black experience, they married a Black partner, had Black kids, have Black grandkids, etc. But they have to tell people they're Black, because their skin and eye color pass them. This isn't anecdata. This is using one case to show you that race isn't (ahem) black and white, or solely about skin color. It's about culture and experience.