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.
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Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks agoSo 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?
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
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.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
You just wrote it is technically racism.
That is the whole problem hear. You argue semantics while I argue the concept.
“You are technically right but you didn’t say it like I want you to say it so I attack you” is kinda the whole threat here :D
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.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
A whole bunch of assumptions with nothing to back it up, like a true racist.
Bad faith replays to bad faith replays seems fair to me.
You are arguing points I didn’t make so how am I supposed to take this serious?
Like “It’s not racist to predict behavior based on whether said people self-identity themselves as members of those cultures.”
What the fuck are you rambling on about? :D
My point was that it feels racist to take a group/race/nationality/gender/sex/whatever and then say that those people in that group act all the same.
That is the mechanism of racism so it feels racist. And then one person said that it is not racist at all because it is not about race, it is about culture.
As if the mechanism and result differ because its another group :D
And then it turns out that it is called “cultural racism” because it is sooooo different from racism xD
I also said that racism can come from a “positive” place. Like the Asian example. Which is still bad and racist. Some Asians aren’t good at math and their hate that people expect it from them.
Those were my arguments. The second Post in this comment chain and no one following was capable of engaging with that. Instead theiy did what you are acusing me of right now^^
It’s a clownshow, I treat it as such.