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Well, american culture making such a big deal about ethnicity even when “positive” did influence a lot.

I never understood why the N word is racist because of history, but then being black makes it fine to say. It’s still linked to a racist background, but it seems like americans consider that minorities can never be or do anything racist.

And I mean, in 99% of cases the concept of ethnicity is (or at least is used in a way that is) purely racist. Apart from a few studies on genetic specificities, it has no purpose at all, and definitely no purpose in daily lives and governments.

What’s weird is that no one with a sane mind would say that a woman saying “women are bitches and shouldn’t be able to work” isn’t misogynistic, but when it comes to racism people are making up exceptions left and right.

If you focus on ethnicity, chances are you are racist, no matter the justification you put behind it.

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tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I just want to say that ethnicity is not necessarily related to genetics in any way, it’s about your heritage and upbringing. A person can be born and raised in Japan without having indigenous parents. In this way, they are ethnically Japanese if they choose to identify with the culture they were raised in.

So it’s not suddenly racist to appreciate someone’s ethnicity. It’s racist to assume someone’s ethnicity based on how they look.

And what you say about ethnicity being irrelevant to the government is quite controversial. For example, there are various treaties in effect between colonizers and indigenous peoples. Do you think such treaties are not valuable because they are based on ethnicity?

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- Solumbran@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I think that being a colonizer is not something a government should be. So yes, definitely, such a treaty is bad.
  
  A government should be treating people as equally as possible. Ethnicity only brings unnecessary division.
  
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I never understood why the N word is racist because of history, but then being black makes it fine to say

Context.

I have the complexion of a brand new piece of printer paper, one of my friends who legit could have gotten a job as a Wesley Snipes impersonator constantly called me the n word. He called all his friends that, and eventually I used it in the same context he had towards me for like the 50th time that day without me even realize I was saying it.

It wasn’t a big deal, but it’s not like that magically gave me permission to say it anywhere at anytime.

I mean, it’s 2025 man, there’s white people all over who have been saying the n word. The context is what matters. I just don’t get how someone could think it’s a (pun intended) black and white issue.

Hell, the most popular rapper in America has been publicly complaining about how another black rapper says the n word. Flat out saying that it’s not a race thing it’s a culture thing. It was literally the outro to one of the biggest diss tracks of the biggest beefs in modern rap era.

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Social_Discussion@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s exactly accurate!

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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I never understood why the N word is racist because of history, but then being black makes it fine to say.

Lol I had a Black teacher that would not be happy if her Black students used the N word. (USA btw)

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