this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
1449 points (95.7% liked)
Microblog Memes
5778 readers
2676 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I am confused. Wouldn't you call it racism when I say "All russians smell bad" or "All white people walk funny"? I thought I checked all the boxes with that: I ascribe (in a negative way) a fact to a group of people, who in fact, don't all smell bad. So for me is saying "All south africans are racists" and "All Japanese people are too, but slightly better" in fact, racism.
There is a difference between racism and generalizations. If you meet 20 South Africans, and 18 are racist, not taking that info into account is foolish. It becomes racism when you start saying the other 2 must also be racist. But it would not be racist to assume that a 21st person you meet will be racist unless shown otherwise.