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Absurd. Indians are very racist towards Africans. Where exactly does whiteness come in here? Simultaneously denying the agency of Indian people and ignoring th

Absurd. Indians are very racist towards Africans. Where exactly does whiteness come in here? Simultaneously denying the agency of Indian people and ignoring the plight of the (small) African community in India.

yummypaint 4y ago
That is still considered racism. Don't shoot the messenger. You can read up on how the concept of whiteness fits in on your own time.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  Even more absurd. There are no Indians who are white in any sense of the word.
  - versteegen 4y ago
    I don't know about India, but races/racial terms like "white" are culturally defined. E.g. apparently Americans (sometimes?) refer to Pacific Islanders as "black"? That's absurd to me.
    - yummypaint 4y ago
      It's all absurd. There is no biological basis for any of it. The concept of "whiteness" was invented to justify enslaving "non-white" people for profit. Full stop. Who is considered white has changed over time, mostly by slow expansion as groups seek to gain the priviledges associated with it. Again there is a broad wealth of literature about this written from all kinds of perspectives from the time when slavery was formally the law of the land until today. It's quite disappointing that some people feel so threatened by the historical record and thereby deny themselves the opportunity to learn.
      - cuteboy19 4y ago
        >Who is considered white has changed over time, mostly by slow expansion as groups seek Ah so since a few people became white, we can extrapolate that to say that anyone can become white. > broad wealth of literature I have no interest in reading pseudoscience, let alone indoctrinate myself with this ideology. There are no falsifiable predictions here, all these people do is redefine words to suit whatever political ideology is in vogue.
MonkeyClub 4y ago
> Absurd. Indians are very racist towards Africans. Where exactly does whiteness come in here? To clarify, it’s North Indians (who wouldn’t like to think of themselves as aryans in the local terminology, descendants of the Aryan invaders) who prefer fair over dark skin. Those North Indians that exhibit such traits are also discriminatory (racist) against South Indians, who are much darker in skin tone. To wit, the beauty industry is cashing in heavily on this, selling make up, scrubs, and other products that can make the skin tone fairer. Sort of like the bleached blonde archetype covered by IC1 and IC2 people.

yummypaint 4y ago

That is still considered racism. Don't shoot the messenger. You can read up on how the concept of whiteness fits in on your own time.

cuteboy19 4y ago
Even more absurd. There are no Indians who are white in any sense of the word.
- versteegen 4y ago
  I don't know about India, but races/racial terms like "white" are culturally defined. E.g. apparently Americans (sometimes?) refer to Pacific Islanders as "black"? That's absurd to me.
  - yummypaint 4y ago
    It's all absurd. There is no biological basis for any of it. The concept of "whiteness" was invented to justify enslaving "non-white" people for profit. Full stop. Who is considered white has changed over time, mostly by slow expansion as groups seek to gain the priviledges associated with it. Again there is a broad wealth of literature about this written from all kinds of perspectives from the time when slavery was formally the law of the land until today. It's quite disappointing that some people feel so threatened by the historical record and thereby deny themselves the opportunity to learn.
    - cuteboy19 4y ago
      >Who is considered white has changed over time, mostly by slow expansion as groups seek Ah so since a few people became white, we can extrapolate that to say that anyone can become white. > broad wealth of literature I have no interest in reading pseudoscience, let alone indoctrinate myself with this ideology. There are no falsifiable predictions here, all these people do is redefine words to suit whatever political ideology is in vogue.

MonkeyClub 4y ago

> Absurd. Indians are very racist towards Africans. Where exactly does whiteness come in here? To clarify, it’s North Indians (who wouldn’t like to think of themselves as aryans in the local terminology, descendants of the Aryan invaders) who prefer fair over dark skin. Those North Indians that exhibit such traits are also discriminatory (racist) against South Indians, who are much darker in skin tone. To wit, the beauty industry is cashing in heavily on this, selling make up, scrubs, and other products that can make the skin tone fairer. Sort of like the bleached blonde archetype covered by IC1 and IC2 people.