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racism requires a power structure to be historically against the oppressed. you cannot be racist against white people. you can be prejudiced, and I suppose you could make some argument that the above is prejudiced if you tried really hard, but calling it racism disregards the basis of what racism is
edit: for people down voting, please go read some books, take a class from your local community college, or just talk to your neighbors. this statement isn't meant to be decisive, nor would it be in any race and diversity class.
So a white Zimbabwean can say the most vile racist slurs against black people because white people were oppressed in Zimbabwe..
Interesting paradigme...
But the problem is that the internet is not one country with one history.
where did you gain that I thought racism was ok from that? I'm merely pointing out that it's a false equivalency
Well it is not racisme it is just prejudice, so it is ok...
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where did I say that's ok either? it's not, and will never be. but it's still not racism.
It is.