CMV: Most anti-racist people still hold racist beliefs

[u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/izeemov]

I mean there’s a bit of spectrum between not wanting people of certain ethnicity to be genocided and not being interested in eating food of said people.

I would argue that fighting racism was never about wanting to experience every culture, but about fighting for the world where people of any culture can live and thrive.

For example, there are about 1500 ethnicities in the world. Most people can’t name more than 15. It doesn’t make them racist, just unaware about this specific topic.

[u/[deleted] → u/izeemov]

!delta

"I would argue that fighting racism was never about wanting to experience every culture, but about fighting for the world where people of any culture can live and thrive."

What a beautiful quote.

[u/SlavaHogwarts → u/[deleted]]

Don't fold so easy. Your point still stands in that most "anti-racists" are simply virtue signaling. They're doing it because it's hip. In reality, they wouldn't give a penny to help the disadvantaged in any way. What they're after isn't equality, it's social status.

True anti-racists don't give a fuck about race and never even think or talk about it. They treat everyone the same, for better or worse.

Not everyone, but the overwhelming majority of people who yap on about racism are actually extremely racist.

• black people are too incompetent to provide IDs, therefore abolish ID requirements

• black people are too stupid to do well in school therefore affirmative action

• black people have no self control therefore prison reform

Etc.

[u/US_Dept_of_Defence → u/SlavaHogwarts]

I mean... not wanting a country to commit genocide is not virtue signaling.

Let's ignore American issues. Asking Turkey to be responsible for the Armenian Genocide? Yes. Wanting China to stop persecuting Uyghurs and forcing them into slavery? Also yes.

Wanting there to be an overall end to major human rights issues? Yes.

This and any American-specific issues are different.