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That's not at all how racism and sexism work. Racism and sexism depend on power imbalance, and calling out centuries of existence of either when exploring if t
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
That's not at all how racism and sexism work.
Racism and sexism depend on power imbalance, and calling out centuries of existence of either when exploring if there is a power imbalance at play is not related.
Saying "This race is inferior" is vastly different than saying, "This race was and is still exploited by power structures." Do you understand difference?
- zozbot234 5y agoThe smallest, most vulnerable, most powerless minority of them all is the individual. So parent's point is still very relevant.
- exporectomy 5y agoFor social media outrage, women seem to have more power than men (eg. this article), so your claims about men are sexist due to the power imbalance. I'll also demonstrate the equivalence of your statement to racism by changing some words: "What makes more sense? Some black person has been violent and only showed the positive side in his defense, or three random unrelated white people -- who he claims only ever had lovely, adoring exchanges with him -- decided to destroy his life for no apparent reason."
- zzzeek 5y agoall major social media companies are literally owned and run by men
- exporectomy 5y agoCan you connect that claim with a conclusion using some logic? For example - and I know this probably isn't what you're implying but I don't know what it actually is - "They are run by men and the sex who's members run them is the one with the most power, therefore all men have more power than all women.
- donw 5y agoYours is neo-nazi thinking: "Look at all those banks and media companies, so many Jewish last names..." Anti-black racists have the same mindset: "Hmmm... what do all those looters and criminals have in common?" Of course, your mindset totally ignores the millions of people that don't fit your stereotypes.
- mike_d 5y ago-isms are a belief that "$group does $thing, so $person who is a part of $group probably $thing" held or supported by a large enough group of people that it out-powers $person. Saying only long-held -isms somehow pass your bar is gatekeeping and not ok. Victims don't need your approval.
- OminousWeapons 5y agoRacism depends on making assumptions or judgements about other people based on their skin color. It has nothing to do with power. Minorities don't have a free pass to be racist towards White people, and women don't have a free pass to be sexist towards men.