• tate@lemmy.sdf.org
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    No, they actually can’t be. Because “white” is not a race.

    Look up the history of that term. Most of the people who are white now would not have been 100 years ago. And still no one can agree whether hispanic means white or not.

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      I think the funny thing about racists is that they don’t care and it doesn’t have to be consistent.

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      I think the funny thing about racists is that they don’t care and it doesn’t have to be consistent.

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        What’s your point? Do you really think I was asserting that “black” is a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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        What’s your point? Do you really think I was asserting that “black” is a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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        What’s your point? Do you really think I was asserting that “black” is a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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        What’s your point? Do you really think I was asserting that “black” is a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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          Kinda. You seem to be arguing that one can’t be racist against whites because white isn’t a race. Do you think that holds that one can’t be racist against blacks because black isn’t a race?

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      Yeah, “white” is a race as much as anything else, which is to say that it’s such an overgeneralization as to be harmful.

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      Yeah, “white” is a race as much as anything else, which is to say that it’s such an overgeneralization as to be harmful.