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It's the same as saying all whites are racist. Both are wrong.
by sidcool 2y ago
It's the same as saying all whites are racist. Both are wrong.
- Rinzler89 2y ago[flagged]
- axus 2y agoI'm American and we're infamous for lots of things.
- Rinzler89 2y ago[flagged]
- worthless-trash 2y agoThere are only four things (US) do better than anyone else: music, movies, microcode (software), and high-speed pizza delivery. - Neal Stephenson
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoAnd most of those are being challenged... except maybe high-speed pizza delivery.
- febusravenga 2y agoReading this piece right now. better late than never!
- Rinzler89 2y ago>(US) do better than anyone else: music, movies That was true till 10-20 years ago or so when we had things like the Matrix and Lord of the Rings, but most of the modern entertainment content coming out of the US right now is not only low quality predictable slop but also filled with US-centric political messaging, identity politics and virtue signaling that nobody else outside the US identifies with or wants to pay for. Taht why so many bomb.
- worthless-trash 2y agolets hope that these undesirable elements of movie making are short lived and history sees it as a glitch. I want stories, not politics for my entertainment.
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- actionfromafar 2y agoSome people say it to mean that. But another perspective is that there can be racist structures which do not sit in any one individual. So you can be personally non-racist but somewhat trapped in such structures. If you go against the grain, you can risk life-and-limb (hey, Godwin!) or in a less extreme setting, socially ostracized.
- f1shy 2y ago>> that there can be racist structures which do not sit in any one individual. So you can be personally non-racist This is exactly what I understand under “racist culture”, certainly not “all indians are racist”
- f1shy 2y agoI do not understand “… is in culture X” same as “all X are …”
- iinnPP 2y agoThere's a not insignificant group of people who go out of their way to avoid their culture. So no, they are not the same.
- AmericanChopper 2y agoTo say that some quality is embedded in a culture isn’t even close to the same as saying all people originating from that culture possess that quality. The extent to which India’s (racist) caste system is embedded in its culture is hardly up for serious debate, the influence it has in India has basically been proven by science at this point. > https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has-left-its-mark-on-indians-genomes https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/the-caste-system-has... A hypothetical claim that all Indians are racist would clearly be absurd, but it’s hardly surprising to find a group of Indians practicing something that is openly part of their native culture.
- Molitor5901 2y agoI don't think everyone is racist but I do believe that everyone has strong tribal preference. In my opinion, people feel most comfortable around those who are most like them. This is why you can look at any food market, friend group, etc. and see so few groups of people of mixed cultures. It's very natural. Racism is when you discriminate against another race/culture, even if it's just "he speaks my language, I can understand him better.."