Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by happytoexplain on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:36PM
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>Why would anyone say “white isn't a culture” except to express animosity towards white people?
I truly believe the word "white" does not, in practice, describe a specific culture, or even a specific set of closely related cultures, and I have no animosity toward white people. I don't think that opinion comes anywhere near the "almost exclusively held by racists" category.
Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by whydoibother on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:17PM
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You said it. European culture. PoC have lived in Europe for ages. So, no, you can't say 'European/white', as that erases huge groups of people and is factually wrong.
Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by DC1350 on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:40PM
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This is like saying it’s factually wrong to call Indian people POC because it erases the existence of White British people in India.
Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by whydoibother on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:44PM
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No, it isn't. British in India were colonizers who sought to divide and subjugate the Indian population. The PoC who live in Europe aren't there to colonize it. They are part of the population and therefore the culture.
Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by DC1350 on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:52PM
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Steve Jobs and Justin Trudeau were part of the culture
Re:A new moralism is gripping the literary world
by whydoibother on Friday March 19, 2021 @05:06PM
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This makes no sense.
FJ Haydn spent the bulk of his working career in Hungary, toward the end of his career he went to France and England and received large adoring audiences, not as some kind of exoticism, but because he was/is a giant of European/white culture.
Why would anyone say “white isn't a culture” except to express animosity towards white people?
Arch, Debian, Suse, etc. are cultures, but gnu/Linux isn't?