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Originally posted by Torturo
first of all stop putting words in my mouth
seconly, why would it be change? whats bad with using the right term? Whats problem with racism being refered to all races as its correct? Unless you want to be racist so you want to secure yourself that you won't be called out for it? (speaking in general not you personally)
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As I mentioned in my earlier post, the mainstream definition of racism that we all know and oh-so love is weak. So many people think they're racist because they're not sprouting KKK-idealism or using the N-words. Yet people don't recognize that the things they do like generalizing black people as thugs, being more attracted to lighter-skinned celebs than dark-skinned ones, understanding black women's hair, being in a system where you can get more jail-time and are more likely to be jailed than your white counterparts who are more likely to have the same stuff that we are jailed for and will not acknowledge the racism behind it because we all been trained to recognize only one type of racism, the textbook/Oxford definition.
That is the problem. It's "correct" but it's not all-inclusive.
As for the matter of other people saying negative things about the majority race, it's just not the same level or issue as the textbook racism. No one realistically think N***** vs Cracker are on the same level even though they both are meant to be offensive. One is coming purely from a negatively racist standpoint, the other is mad at the group of people doing little about the structure that allow racists to express such attitude. It goes back to the days of "White Power" vs "Black Power." We all know White Power was based in white pride and superiority. Black Power is based in black pride and loving ourselves. Obviously most of us wouldn't say the latter is racist because of the history and message behind it even though it has a similar (but still significantly different) message. Yet people at the time view them as both racism and radical ends of the extreme when that wasn't the case for Black Power.
But at the end of the day, I'll guess we'll disagree. I still stand by the thought that anyone can be prejudice and discriminatory against another group but racism is much more complex than that imo.