• StorminNorman@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Repeat after me: It. Is. Not. Racist. To. Make. The. Playing. Field. Level. For. All.

    And furthermore, mentioning race doesn’t make anything racist. Was Mabo racist?

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      11 months ago

      Any differential treatment which mention race is racist, by definition. Even it intended to To. Make. The. Playing. Field. Level." but i fail to see how it can be in this case.

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        11 months ago

        Again, the dictionary disagrees:

        racism [ rey-siz-uhm ] noun a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.

        Also called in·sti·tu·tion·al rac·ism [in-sti-too-shuh-nl rey-siz-uhm, -tyoo-], struc·tur·al rac·ism [struhk-cher-uhl rey-siz-uhm], sys·tem·ic rac·ism [si-stem-ik rey-siz-uhm] . a policy, system of government, etc., that is associated with or originated in such a doctrine, and that favors members of the dominant racial or ethnic group, or has a neutral effect on their life experiences, while discriminating against or harming members of other groups, ultimately serving to preserve the social status, economic advantage, or political power of the dominant group.

        And yeah, it’s pretty fucking obvious that you can’t see the forest for the trees.