According to online dictionaries, the definition of racism is such that black folks cannot be racist. However, if you go to a print dictionary (usually before 2010), you will find a broader, apolitical definition that's allows all people to be racist.
under freedom of speech, any person can be say whatever they want to say, but some people think that's incorrect and if your racist, sexist or any other form of ist, your doing something illegal. the ironic part is, their being illegal.
You'll find that many definitions in dictionaries have been changed to coincide with current political agendas (a la 1984).
I find it amusing/scary that these changes often coincide with liberal political positions, but online you will find liberals accusing conservatives of using 1984 as a guide. (Also ask yourself which part wants to prosecute "thought crimes", silence dissenting opinions at universities ect.)
If you're racist, doesn't that just mean you're against another race? If a black person were to call a Mexican something offensive (I don't know any derogitory terms off the top of my head that could be used for a Mexican lol), wouldn't said black person's comment be just as racist as if it were used by a white person? I'm genuinely confused as to why a black person couldn't be racist tbh
The new definition insists that that only those in positions of power can be racist, because racism is an institutionalized pattern of behavior that discriminates against those not in power, typically minorities. In your example, the black person would be considered to be "merely" discriminating against the Mexican person.
In my opinion this is a cognitive rationalization, in the form of "it's only ok when _I_ do it." It is a justification for those who are not white to behave badly towards white people while demonizing white people.
If you've ever seen videos by Judge Of Character, or MTV's DECODED on face book, you'd know just how openly racist some of the black community has become.
The only thing that is racist is racism itself. Anything else is a product of racism. To which, technically if a black person where to say something that sounds mean, based on race, It can't be racist, because racism is an institution. Other words, it is a sociological custom that is ingrained in many repeated cultural behavioral sets of our country. In particular, cities where white people were historically in power, but an influx of minorities occurred,(do to the mass exodus of ex-slaves, for example). In these areas, the poor, black and white alike, heavily completed for wages.(Bosses favoring whites people, obviously). You could understand the rest anyways.
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under freedom of speech, any person can be say whatever they want to say, but some people think that's incorrect and if your racist, sexist or any other form of ist, your doing something illegal. the ironic part is, their being illegal.
sorry for the English essay as well #notproofread
I find it amusing/scary that these changes often coincide with liberal political positions, but online you will find liberals accusing conservatives of using 1984 as a guide. (Also ask yourself which part wants to prosecute "thought crimes", silence dissenting opinions at universities ect.)
In my opinion this is a cognitive rationalization, in the form of "it's only ok when _I_ do it." It is a justification for those who are not white to behave badly towards white people while demonizing white people.