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While massive structural disadvantages for those who aren't perceived as "white" still exist, your attitude might not be "racist" per se, but it's still privile
by jessaustin 5y ago
While massive structural disadvantages for those who aren't perceived as "white" still exist, your attitude might not be "racist" per se, but it's still privileged and shitty.
- dqpb 5y agoAre you suggesting I don’t believe racism is real? I think you’re confused.
- jessaustin 5y agoYour idiosyncratic definition is fine-tuned to capture both KKK and BLM as "racist". Clearly you haven't suffered the racism of modern American life that gave rise to BLM [0]. If anyone other than yourself used this definition, it would prolong that racism. You have only "confused" yourself. If you meant something else, you should have said something else. [0] https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/
- dqpb 5y ago> Your idiosyncratic definition … is privileged and shitty So you’re not saying it’s wrong, you’re just saying it’s offensive? It’s not that idiosyncratic [0], though even if it were, appeal to the masses is a fallacy. > If anyone other than yourself used this definition, it would prolong that racism. I disagree. I don’t see how you can fight for race and fight against racism at the same time. I also don’t understand why you would want to - science is the ultimate ally. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)