Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr...
by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:20AM
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> I fail to see how the attacks have anything to do with racism. Islamophobia is not racism.
Muslims, particularly those in the US and Western Europe (i.e. we're not talking about Chechens), tend to be darker skinned on average. It may not be an entirely racist prejudice, but there's certainly often a racist element to it.
See also the term "urban", which in the US is frequently a dog-whistle term for "black people" despite there being plenty of whites in city downtowns.
Muslims, particularly those in the US and Western Europe (i.e. we're not talking about Chechens), tend to be darker skinned on average. It may not be an entirely racist prejudice, but there's certainly often a racist element to it.
See also the term "urban", which in the US is frequently a dog-whistle term for "black people" despite there being plenty of whites in city downtowns.