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If racism was about intellectual arguments this would be an interesting article, and it is astonishing that the author should imagine that it is. Racism is xeno
by beardyw 2y ago
If racism was about intellectual arguments this would be an interesting article, and it is astonishing that the author should imagine that it is. Racism is xenophobia, with fear rationalised as hatred.
- bell-cot 2y agoThe author is identified as a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy. Acknowledging any reality outside of intellectual arguments would run contrary to his current #1 goal. Emotionally, one could argue that racism starts in xenophobia. But fear and hatred are powerful human motivators, and human nature abhors a power vacuum. And the further (and thus more profitably) that Race2 is subjugated to Race1, the more rational reason Race1 has to fear an uprising by Race2...
- alan-hn 2y agoThey aren't modern day intellectual arguments and the author explains how the old rationalizations have contributed to current day ideas, which are definitely not intellectual