As a small child, when I first heard of the concept of racism, my first reaction was “they think all people of a certain race share the same brain? That’s stupid”. It’s a little more complicated than that but basically yeah, racists think people of the same race automatically share certain personality traits, which is pretty stupid
fartographer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But what if I’m stupid or racist? Or both?
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is it even possible to be racist and not to be stupid? I understand the concept, but in practice it always seems like a package deal.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
As a small child, when I first heard of the concept of racism, my first reaction was “they think all people of a certain race share the same brain? That’s stupid”. It’s a little more complicated than that but basically yeah, racists think people of the same race automatically share certain personality traits, which is pretty stupid
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Well, some scientists came up with races and they probably weren’t stupid
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You really think science was needed for this one?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Depends on how you define stupid, some scientists are stupid in certain areas of life