Think about the privilege to consider something racist by dissociating the term from centuries of ongoing structural pillaging, genocide and exploitation. It’s almost as if you are insulated from the consequences of that ignorance.
Are you saying those people are incorrect to point out that incidental prejudice against white people doesn’t uphold an institution of racism? Racism as it has been run by Europeans is a system that manages access to capital and disciplines workforces in the imperial core. That is more of a threat to white people than being called a fucking crackeroid
White as a concept of race derives from the institution of white supremacy. An institution of power which designates certain people as “white” and others as “non-white”, and then it designates white as superior and everyone else as inferior. This is why you can’t be racist against “white” people. Because there is no institution of power based on designating people as white and then treating them as inferior; it’s just the opposite.
You can be rude to a person who is considered white. You can exclude them from things. You can even carry prejudices around about them (and if you do, it’s probably because you are dealing with them being the oppressor on a regular basis). None of those are the same thing as the oppressive experience of systemically enforced, institutional racism that “non-white” people experience on a daily basis.
Do you see the difference? One is having a bad day. The other is being gunned down by a cop because your skin was the wrong color and you get no justice for it. One is some people may not like you because of what they’ve learned to expect from dealing with you. The other is being enslaved by you and treated as subhuman. One is occasionally you may not get special treatment because of reform attempts to even the playing field for people who are treated as subhuman. The other is having to work extra hard in everything just to get seen, much less seen as anything resembling an equal.
There is no comparison. Some people who are considered white get confused somewhere in this and go “well my life was hard too!” Which is beside the point. The institution of white supremacy does not ensure that every “white” person has an ideal life. But it does ensure that a lot of non-white people live very short and traumatized lives as an exploited group of people, treated as subhuman. You can be white and still have a shit life. You can be non-white and somehow, despite everything, manage to have a relatively good life. But if you’re non-white, you are a special target for exploitation, specifically, if not a target of being murdered just for having the wrong skin color.
Words mean things. People don’t always mean the same thing by them. These definition games are pointless. White supremacy backs up a completely different kind of racism than “go white boy go!!!”, people are still being lynched and discriminated against for jobs in America to this day. It’s also attached to the world’s largest capital centers. It wields actual power via that discrimination!
Non whites: “You can’t be racist against white people”
Those same people: Racists.
“plz, let me be racist! i feel triggered by the existence of people of color and they’re mean to me!”
master race, everyone!
Racism is prejudice + power.
It’s not some vibe you get when someone is mean to you.
Grade Schoolers can understand this. Why can’t you?
Think about the privilege to consider something racist by dissociating the term from centuries of ongoing structural pillaging, genocide and exploitation. It’s almost as if you are insulated from the consequences of that ignorance.
On racism, an educational seminar by the esteemed and learned Aamer Rahman: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Are you saying those people are incorrect to point out that incidental prejudice against white people doesn’t uphold an institution of racism? Racism as it has been run by Europeans is a system that manages access to capital and disciplines workforces in the imperial core. That is more of a threat to white people than being called a fucking crackeroid
They’re incorrect to say you can’t be racist against white people. That is literal racism.
White as a concept of race derives from the institution of white supremacy. An institution of power which designates certain people as “white” and others as “non-white”, and then it designates white as superior and everyone else as inferior. This is why you can’t be racist against “white” people. Because there is no institution of power based on designating people as white and then treating them as inferior; it’s just the opposite.
You can be rude to a person who is considered white. You can exclude them from things. You can even carry prejudices around about them (and if you do, it’s probably because you are dealing with them being the oppressor on a regular basis). None of those are the same thing as the oppressive experience of systemically enforced, institutional racism that “non-white” people experience on a daily basis.
Do you see the difference? One is having a bad day. The other is being gunned down by a cop because your skin was the wrong color and you get no justice for it. One is some people may not like you because of what they’ve learned to expect from dealing with you. The other is being enslaved by you and treated as subhuman. One is occasionally you may not get special treatment because of reform attempts to even the playing field for people who are treated as subhuman. The other is having to work extra hard in everything just to get seen, much less seen as anything resembling an equal.
There is no comparison. Some people who are considered white get confused somewhere in this and go “well my life was hard too!” Which is beside the point. The institution of white supremacy does not ensure that every “white” person has an ideal life. But it does ensure that a lot of non-white people live very short and traumatized lives as an exploited group of people, treated as subhuman. You can be white and still have a shit life. You can be non-white and somehow, despite everything, manage to have a relatively good life. But if you’re non-white, you are a special target for exploitation, specifically, if not a target of being murdered just for having the wrong skin color.
I could go on. It’s night and day difference.
The existence of your settler nation is a crime against the indigenous. Who are you to speak about racism against “white people”?
Words mean things. People don’t always mean the same thing by them. These definition games are pointless. White supremacy backs up a completely different kind of racism than “go white boy go!!!”, people are still being lynched and discriminated against for jobs in America to this day. It’s also attached to the world’s largest capital centers. It wields actual power via that discrimination!