Also this is an obvious example of when it can be a yes.Are in a country where they are the minority have no real power?
sure, im sure me viewing white america as cultureless is racist.
but thats the impression i get from them unfortunately. most of white america abandoned their ancestors culture a long time ago.
Are in a country where they are the minority have no real power?
I think you can definitely be petty and cruel toward anyone, but racism requires a kind of power differential to be effective or true racism. I'd suspect if "white people" or whatever person of caucasian descent were a minority group in a country and considered a secondclass or non-citizen, definitely racism could happen against them.
Like let's say a white community of expats in China gets targeted for a lot of hate or systemic policing against them. I'd say that would be pretty racist.
In a system of white supremacy, which is what America was founded on and continues to be, it is impossible to be truly racist against white people. Here's why.
Definitions for the word racism can lead to the belief that it is simply a matter of prejudice. For example, Dictionary.com defines the word as "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior." But a deeper dive into the meaning of racism and what it means to be racist reveals a more complex truth: True racism, in America, requires power.
Per the "Sociology of Racism" published by Harvard University, racism is "an ideology of racial domination in which the presumed biological or cultural superiority of one or more racial groups is used to justify or prescribe the inferior treatment or social position(s) of other racial groups."
In order for a racial group to dominate another, that requires power. Anyone knowledgeable about America's history knows and understands that the most powerful group has always been and remains white people.
My flawed understanding is that basically against a minority, ALL instances of racism contribute to and strengthen racism on institutional and social levels, which is (at least a major part of) why racism against a minority is so harmful. This doesn't happen to white people (at least in America/the West?) so I've seen people say it can't be called racism at all without those power structures.I never actually understood, why is racism against white people required to be systemic racism? Is individual racism (or whatever you would call the opposite of systemic racism) against a white person not possible? Even more curious is, can individual racism exist against a white person in a society where systemic racism against them cannot?
So the entire 'you can't be racist against white people' argument is Western/America-centric?
Basically, per a more acedemic definition of racism, you cannot be racist against a racial group which clearly has the most power in a society.
I am of the understanding that racism as a definition requires political power backing it. It requires one group to be disadvantaged.I never actually understood, why is racism against white people required to be systemic racism? Is individual racism (or whatever you would call the opposite of systemic racism) against a white person not possible? Even more curious is, can individual racism exist against a white person in a society where systemic racism against them cannot?
This is really silly. People need to stop making this distinction as if it somehow makes sense . Happens too much in this forum.
Pretty much this
So the entire 'you can't be racist against white people' argument is Western/America-centric?