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In reply to the discussion: This will get ugly: can a non white person be racist?! [View all]Scootaloo
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Exactly...in the USA the privilege is tipped against minorities and for Whites.
vaberella
Nov 2015
#47
POCs can be biased but in this country, built from the beginning on white supremacy, . . .
brush
Nov 2015
#130
if i'm not mistaken in japan there are people racist against white people too?
w0nderer
Nov 2015
#16
WP study: most racist countries today: (1-2) India, Jordan (3-5) Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran
Yorktown
Nov 2015
#19
If we refuse to use language that is the societal standard, then communication breakdowns
ram2008
Nov 2015
#57
Holwever, in the vernacular 'racist' to describe a person is a synonym of 'bigot'
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2015
#107
The academics describe racism in three flavors 1) institutional 2) personally-mediated 3) internal
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2015
#143
It depends on how you use the term. For me, of course, anyone can be a racist
uppityperson
Nov 2015
#23
Dumbing down would only make sense if racism started out as a different concept
ram2008
Nov 2015
#98
Nihilism, pessimism, optimism... the suffix 'ism' doesn't denote an institutional status.
Marr
Nov 2015
#115
And all of those Blacks and Latinos are living in largely poor neighborhoods.
vaberella
Nov 2015
#58
Just because it happens disproportionately to minorities, doesn't mean minorities can't be partof it
ram2008
Nov 2015
#61
Privilege is not a one horse town. There's intersectionality of privilege across any existing
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#89
Anyone can be racist as long as they are the DOMINANT race in a particular country!
vaberella
Nov 2015
#45
Only the race in the position of power, in the position to oppress, can be racist. nt
valerief
Nov 2015
#65
so in africa only black can be racist, in asia only asians and in middle east...?n/t
w0nderer
Nov 2015
#66
During one of the past "what is racism?" discussions, I found an article that was useful to me
petronius
Nov 2015
#99
First thing you need to understand is how do we apply racism in this country…
MrScorpio
Nov 2015
#121
Anyone who makes a decision about a person based on Race, is a racist .
orpupilofnature57
Nov 2015
#126