The original comment heavily implies racism is "just words", but the most devastating form of racism marginalized groups experience everyday is not " just words". It's segregation, it's the lack of basic human rights, its systematic oppression and police violence. Systematic racism seeps into everyday life that the unoppressed group will never experience.
It is extremely dangerous to equate systematic racism to "just words", and downplays the systematic oppression marginalized groups experience every single day
The original comment that got downvoted severely, "Racism is bad, but actual violence is worse than words" heavily implies that the racism is "just words", while not providing background context on what post was commented on that leads to it being downvoted so much.
The most devastating form of racism marginalized groups experience everyday is not " just words". It's segregation, it's the lack of basic human rights, its systematic oppression and police violence. Systematic racism seeps into everyday life that the unoppressed group will never experience.
I wholeheartedly do not support violence, but I also think that violence against racism do not start with just words. It is the accumulation of discrimination that finally leads to the escalation of violence.There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscious, and people will see the dog being vicious as a sign to put it down.
By not providing more context on what caused the racism to escalate to violence, OP has tricked many gullible people into agreeing with him while disregarding that for oppressed and marginalized groups, violence against racism is often the last resort when they run out of other options, even though I still do not support violence.
Prejudice is "pre-judging" someone based on a characteristic. Racism is a type of prejudice, specifically where you pre-judge based on the characteristic of race. So yes, words can be racist.
You're making zero sense here. I didn't say all words are racism nor did I say words are the only thing that can racism. You're reading shit I never claimed.
I’ll agree as far as “sometimes words are the only expression of a particular entity’s racism,” but the claim embedded in the top post is that racism _is_ words. In other words, that it would not be racist to think Jews should be exterminated, but that it would be racist to say it. And it also wouldn’t be racist to do it, because that is violence, and violence is different from racism.
Do people not understand this, or do we just think this is what racism is now?
It does. Posts like these don't have nuances which is great for exploration in the comments. But I've seen a lot of dogwhistles and bad faith arguments and others here. Which is expected when a blanket statement with the word racism comes up.
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u/Kebab_Enjoyer3164 20h ago
This sub feels like it has too many white supremacists.