Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak...
by YeGoblynQueenne on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:27PM
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I appreciate this of course, but for me any stereotype is harmful beause it teaches people to be intellectually lazy. From this intellectual laziness many evils are born and racism is one of them. If the goal is to eliminate racism, we're not going to get there any faster than we will by not accepting any stereotype at all, whatsoever, regardless of who is at the receiving end.
This is a common pattern of false equivalency, like "reverse racism" and the likes.
The analogy is invalid because the harms of discrimination come from the power imbalance.
In this case, immigrants in the US are in a position of disadvantage, due to linguistic/cultural struggles and the perception issues they cause. Perpetuating stereotypes that reinforce that perception causes harm.