Racism: attributing certain attributes (positive or negative) to a group of people based on perceived ethnicity. Also, to think that something like “race” even exists.
Comment in question:
addressing how society treats a group of people based on perceived ethnicity - being privileged is not an attribute of your person, it’s how your environment treats you
trolling about actions of said group - committing atrocities - and while this is arguably on the edge, the key difference to racism is that it’s describing actions that individuals and those in power commit, because no one with half a brain cell would read that comment as “all people of said group commit atrocities left and right”
That being said, for this particular comment, both parts of the statement are based in truth. On average, “white” people are still very much privileged in many parts of the world, and most world-wide atrocities committed post renaissance era were committed by the same group.
I am about as white as it gets, and I can definitely recognize this simple truth and certainly do not feel the need to get butt-hurt over someone saying it out loud.
Calling someone privileged is not judging that someone, it’s judging how society treats them. Also, as I said elsewhere: rightwing assholes are intentionally diluting the severity of racism by using it inappropriately all the time.
People who believe that “race” is a thing, and who judge others by the perceived ethnicity are mentally ill and / or have a severely damaged empathy sector in their brain, which kind of amounts to the same. Those people need to be treated by a shrink, and since you can’t treat a mentally ill person on the internet, on forums they should be ignored and any racist comments should ideally be moderated / put into context to show them for how pathetic they are.
being privileged is not an attribute of your person, it’s how your environment treats you
Imagine your the guy who rides into the ritchest part of town, all the everyone has nice clothes, on a girls bike because its all you can afford, with cameras that know who you are by your face, with an autists social stumbling blocks, to buy dresses. And ill fucken do it again.
Privlage is to wish apon others, pain in witch you have the luxury to ignore
Racism: attributing certain attributes (positive or negative) to a group of people based on perceived ethnicity. Also, to think that something like “race” even exists.
Comment in question:
That being said, for this particular comment, both parts of the statement are based in truth. On average, “white” people are still very much privileged in many parts of the world, and most world-wide atrocities committed post renaissance era were committed by the same group.
I am about as white as it gets, and I can definitely recognize this simple truth and certainly do not feel the need to get butt-hurt over someone saying it out loud.
Dude this is mental gymnastics. That’s still an attribute.
If you judge someone by their race it doesn’t matter the factors you’ve used to come to that conclusion, you’re being racist.
Calling someone privileged is not judging that someone, it’s judging how society treats them. Also, as I said elsewhere: rightwing assholes are intentionally diluting the severity of racism by using it inappropriately all the time. People who believe that “race” is a thing, and who judge others by the perceived ethnicity are mentally ill and / or have a severely damaged empathy sector in their brain, which kind of amounts to the same. Those people need to be treated by a shrink, and since you can’t treat a mentally ill person on the internet, on forums they should be ignored and any racist comments should ideally be moderated / put into context to show them for how pathetic they are.
Adding layer of obfuscation doesn’t make it not a judgment.
Maybe stop saying racist things?
Imagine your the guy who rides into the ritchest part of town, all the everyone has nice clothes, on a girls bike because its all you can afford, with cameras that know who you are by your face, with an autists social stumbling blocks, to buy dresses. And ill fucken do it again.
Privlage is to wish apon others, pain in witch you have the luxury to ignore