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• tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That would be xenophobia; not racism.

  I also never said that Europeans were a pest or plague; as I said in the previous comment, “My only response was that you statement that Europe’s history of colonization is still relevant.” You never alleged that I was saying that Europeans were a pest or plague (probably because I never said that) so I was never attempting to refute such a claim.

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  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Xenophobia is Racism like Water is a Fluid.

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    • tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I expect, at this point, we will just agree to disagree and there’s no way we’ll see eye to eye but no: it’s very much not. Race is an ill-defined social construct whereas xenophobia is basedon prejudice against cultural and national lines and, while those are also socially constructed, they are more concrete than the boundaries of “race”.

      As such, racism seeks to (and is more defined by its attempt to) construct a sense of identity against something to maintain a status quo (hence why the definition of “white” has been able to expand to include ethnicity such as the Irish) to better position itself against others.

      While cultures and ethnicities can certainly change over time, they’re not remotely as nebulous (and made up) as race is and, thus, don’t operate in that same way; people are also much more invested in cultures and ethnicities beyond reasons of maintaining hegemonic status quo so that impacts things, as well.

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      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Did you expect to convert me to racism?

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