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Am I the only one that gets uncomfortable when white people are treated as an undifferentiated, malevolent mass?
by anewguy99 14y ago
Am I the only one that gets uncomfortable when white people are treated as an undifferentiated, malevolent mass?
- 9392732 14y agoIt was a racist comment
- dmhdlr 14y agoRich whites were specified.
- 9392732 14y agoIt still groups a large amount of people under one banner segmented with race as a variable. Why can it not just be "rich people"?
- dllthomas 14y agoNo no, the point was that we're a differentiated malevolent mass.
- stcredzero 14y agoWell, to be fair, I think the commenter meant partly malevolent and partly unintentionally harmful.
- lhnz 14y agoI did not realise that rich people were all evil...
- illuminate 14y agoComplicity is only with those willfully ignorant, I imagine. Colonialism ~is~ a malevolent mass. "Rich white persons" tend to be the force behind colonialism, but theoretically it could be anyone.
- JanezStupar 14y agoWhat about Chinese colonialism?
- illuminate 14y agoCertainly in effect.
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- CamperBob2 14y agoSo I'm assuming you're of native ancestry in your particular region.
- dllthomas 14y agoPeople can migrate without being colonists. Certainly a lot of historical migration was due to colonialism, but someone who moved to a developed country last year (from either a developed or undeveloped country) clearly isn't guilty of it. Second, even if the parent commenter's ancestors were colonists of some stripe, people aren't bound in any way to say that the actions taken by their ancestors were the right ones.
- dmhdlr 14y agoWhat rule is there against condemning your own ancestors?
- illuminate 14y agoI'm not pretending to claim some sort of native ancestry, and being the result of colonialism doesn't preclude me from disapproving of policies and interests beyond my control.