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Can Black People be Racist?
- Thread starter SLPCCC
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Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
Sure black people can be racist. Some people argue that black people can't engage in institutional racism, which is a different issue. Personally I don't agree, but that's the argument.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
I grew up in the housing projects of a mid sized city
and yes there are problems
especially when you see numbers
Hellbound Serpiente
Active Member
Considering black people are also human beings with the same short-comings as white/arabic/other people, of course.
Anyone can be racist
Nimos
Well-Known Member
If a "race" refer to a specific group of people from a given area, like Africa, Asia, European etc. then everyone can be racist towards each other. It obviously just happens to be that the white people of Europe that managed to enslave those around them first, that being people from Africa or Native Americans etc.. And given the time they lived in they felt that they could treated others as sub humans.
Obviously it seems that racism when used in the media tends to mean one thing. Which is that whenever the word is used and no context is used, 99.9% of all people will probably assume that the racist is white and the person being violated is black.
Also I think given the history of slavery etc. that it is somewhat a tabu to speak of black people as being racists against white people.
Some Asian people for instant is also, as far as I know, fairly racist towards black people as well.
This is the star wars poster from China.... why is one specific character missing? (Right side)
At least in my opinion that is pretty crazy, so racism goes in all directions.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
No, there is a chip installed in each black person's brain that prevents them from making any racially based presumptions or prejudices.
Samael_Khan
Qigong / Yang Style Taijiquan / 7 Star Mantis
Anyone can be racist. And black isn't a race but a skin colour. Here in South Africa many Zulus and Xhosas have animosity towards each other out of racism. We also have xenophobic attacks here against Africans from other countries who aren't of the same race. The African continent as a whole has plenty of racism. The Rwandan genocide was an act of racism. The congolese still enslave the pigmies till this day.
Racism in Africa - Wikipedia
With regards to skin colour, white farmers are being killed here in South Africa because some black people say that they took their land.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Racism is a risk in anyone.
Prejudice against people who can be identified as outside one's own group is an almost universal vice. With race, the identifier happens to be physical appearance. But you also get the same risk of stereotyping people in a dehumanising way on other grounds too, notoriously including sex and religion.
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
Come to stir the pot have you?
exchemist
Veteran Member
Yeah, I must admit I wondered about that.
But then decided to play a straight bat, for now at least.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Pink, blue, yellow, red and green people can be bigoted about all kinds of things. So, sure..... obviously.
SLPCCC
Active Member
Got it. I think I understand the argument now. When they say that blacks cannot be racist, what they really mean is that they cannot engage in institutional racism defined by Merriam-Webster where it states of racism:
" A political or social system founded on racism."
This political and social system renders black people the inability to oppress white people in the way that they are oppressed; therefore, from this definition, some conclude that blacks cannot be racist. I can't agree with this because they are only taking a section of the definition and ignoring the rest.
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
That's the generally idea, as I understand it.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I see it as kind of like trans people being anti-trans...
It can happen for sure, and it does... but you have to be pretty severe about it because as a trans person, you are first extended more benefit of a doubt about the subject than someone who is not.
It can happen for sure, and it does... but you have to be pretty severe about it because as a trans person, you are first extended more benefit of a doubt about the subject than someone who is not.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
I don't think he meant racist towards themselves, but toward non-black people.
