Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new...
by anoncake on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:07AM
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> That said, there's definitely a tendency to call everything racist. Racism, by definition, implies the belief that one race is superior to others.
So if someone supports discriminatory policies not because they think people of other "races" are inferior, but purely because they would benefit from them (by finding jobs more easily, for example), you wouldn't consider them or their actions racist?
Re:Twitch streamers will be able to select from over 350 new...
by Asraelite on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:17AM
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In such a hypothetical scenario, that someone would be just as likely to support policies that discriminate against people based on age, social class, language, the number of vowels in their last name etc. It being a race-based policy would be entirely coincidental. I wouldn't consider it racist, just being a dick.
Eg. When hiring, it is legal to discriminate on protected characteristics if the target characteristic can be defined a minority.
When considering school admission scores are dependent on your ethnicity to fill in quotas.
People who "stand up for minorities" are essentially bringing back segregation.
What you're highlighting is the joke equivalent of positive discrimination.
That said, there's definitely a tendency to call everything racist. Racism, by definition, implies the belief that one race is superior to others.
This joke can definitely be offensive but it's not racist (same as all the old jokes making fun of one or another country which nobody tells anymore because of wokeness).