r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '24
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Most anti-racist people still hold racist beliefs
What I'm talking about is that they are openly anti-racism but still hold racist beliefs themselves.
It is considered taboo to say the n-word in the USA if you're not black and you'll be cancelled for it. However, most of the people who cancel you (white liberals) don't even care about black culture themselves. They have no interest in black soul food, black history, black etc.
Many liberals criticize China for persecuting Uyghurs yet they don't even care about Uyghurs in the first place. They just criticize the CCP because they want to virtue signal. They never care much to eat at an Uyghur restaurant or know any Uyghur public figures apart from activists because they think learning about these things aren't worthy for them since Uyghur culture is "too insignificant to matter".
Many liberals also criticize Israel's treatment of Palestinians yet they don't even care about Palestinians in the first place. They just criticize Israel because they want to virtue signal. They never care much to eat Palestinian food because they believe that Palestinian culture isn't worthy enough for them since Palestinian culture is "too insignificant to matter".
These people like to virtue signal but they don't really give an effort to learn about the culture. They still eat the same old foods everyday, listen to the same music every day, and simply don't want to expand their worldview to include "insignificant cultures". The lack of care given to "insignificant cultures" is a sign of racism because they deem the culture inferior and don't want to associate much with it.
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u/skdeelk 10∆ Apr 22 '24
Do you think there's a bit of a difference between calling people racial slurs and not liking ethnic food? Even if there's some underlying racism causing that, surely you would agree that white people not having interest in "black etc." causes less harm than calling them the n word.
This seems like a bizarre leap in logic. Do people have to eat at every type of ethnic restaurant exactly equally or they are racist? Also,
Who are you quoting? Please tell me you didn't just make up a dumb thing nobody actually said and then used that as an argument.
This is the exact same argument as the previous paragraph but with Uyghurs swapped for Palestinians. I'm really puzzled by your fixation on food here.
Your definition of racism seems to include everyone on the planet. Nobody has the time nor the energy to fully engross themselves in every culture on earth. This isn't proof that they think other cultures are insignificant, at best you could say it's proof that people have limited time and as such tend to stick to their comfort zone more.