Irish support for Palestinian rights stems partly from its own experience of colonialism and violence – but that’s not all, says Irish Times columnist Una Mullaly
        • Zellith@kbin.social
          223·
          1 year ago

          can’t be racist to white people, that’s not how racism works.

          Wat.

          You’re white. You break down on a highway at night. You flag a car down for help. The guy rolls down his window. He is black. “I’m not gonna help you because you are white”. He drives off. Is this racist?

          You’re black. You break down on a highway at night. You flag a car down for help. The guy rolls down his window. He is white. “I’m not gonna help you because you are black”. He drives off. Is this racist?

        • Deceptichum@kbin.social
          292·
          1 year ago

          Prejudice on grounds of race against an individual or group is quite literally the definition of racism.

          You yourself do not have to be a state to be racist.

          That’s a pretty seppo take on racism.

          • darq@kbin.social
            418·
            1 year ago

            There is a difference between simple prejudice, and prejudice that is backed by systemic power.

            Both are bad of course. But one has the ability to ruin your day, while the other has the ability to ruin your life.

            In most progressive theory, racism is explicitly about power, not merely individual prejudice. That isn’t a new definition of racism, but it is a different definition than most of us learn when we are younger.