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That's literally what modern day social justice thought teaches.
Comment by sebastianwillows at 29/06/2020 at 21:24 UTC
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In the majority of my 3rd year Communications classes, this has been week 1's lecture...
Comment by Something22884 at 29/06/2020 at 23:45 UTC
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I feel like there's an underlying paternalism to this too. That some people think "oh well, it doesn't really matter because they're all nobodies. We hold all the actual power, so it only matters when we say it"
It shifts the focus away from whether the ACT is actually wrong itself to focusing on the consequences. And if the consequences are little to nothing because the group holds no power, then it's allowed
Comment by welshwelsh at 30/06/2020 at 11:00 UTC
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The reason racism is bad is it leads to harmful discrimination against minorites with material consequences (not just hurt feelings).
No matter what gets posted on reddit, you are not going to lose your job for being white. People will not avoid you in public because you are white. Police will not brutalize you for being white. You don't have to worry about being treated like a second class citizen. Against a majority group, there can be no racism, if I say "white people suck" the worst thing that could possibly come from that is someone's feelings get hurt.
Comment by Darkdragonite11 at 29/06/2020 at 23:35 UTC
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Seriously.
Comment by merelyfreshmen at 30/06/2020 at 02:15 UTC
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There’s a difference between systemic racism and racism. Learn it. You sound dumb.