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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not them, but it's important to be aware that white supremacy is not only limited to white people. As tempting as it is, we trick ourselves by oversimplifying, and it's just plain tactless to use racial insults (regardless of how one means it, what matters is how other people interpret it).

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can't be racist towards white people, calling a bunch of racists 'white trash' is free game.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You can’t be racist towards white people

Why not? Racism isn't always institutional racism. What else would one call discrimination based on race?

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just called racial prejudice. Racism is, indeed, always systemic/institutional.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't see the point in redefining racism to always be systemic/institutional. Can you please clarify the benefit for me? (I say redefining, because I haven't found that definition in dictionaries, popular sources or government sources, nor heard it in person even in socialist circles.)

Power exists throughout society and I don't believe individuals can be divorced for the systems they form. So it seems to me that limiting the scope of the term 'racism' trivialises the important role that individual racial discrimination plays in forming and consolidating systemic racism. How large does a system have to be to create racism? It doesn't take many people to remove someone's housing opportunities, income, public safety and other basic essentials.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

Look, I'm not up for this "just asking questions" conversation. I'm clearly not going to convince you that reverse racism isn't real. If you want to believe in it, or things like misandry, by all means. If you don't though, you can go educate yourself, rather than asking someone from a minority group to do it for you.