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BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoNo, the only one approaching racism here is you, as you’re the only one equating culture to race. A black German is the same as a white German.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
So when I say “all black people are thieves”, that is racist.
So when I say “all Germans are thieves”…if it is not racist, what is it?
StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Race is an immutable characteristic. Culture is a set of norms and attitudes.
“Judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Being German is genetics, like being black.
Not even new-yorkes? Then they are not really that stand offish, aren’t they?
But is is okay to judge people by the color of their flag?
StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
You’re tripping dawg. Your argument is weak and you know it, which is why you’re trying so hard to twist people’s words.
Culture is a set of norms, attitudes and behaviors. It’s not racist to predict behavior based on whether said people self-identity themselves as members of those cultures. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp, so stop intentionally misinterpreting what people are saying. You know what you’re doing is trolling.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I tried to find the correct word or phrase to use, and the consensus seems to be “cultural racism”, so I guess it’s technically a kind of racism, even though it doesn’t directly relate to race. “Culturism” would be a more accurate word, I think.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
So it is so similar to racism that people call it cultural racism.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s as similar to racism as any prejudice is. It’s just a lazy term coined, I’d bet, for the sake of quick understanding within the context of its era, rather than for semantic accuracy.