"I think it's a harsh thing to be accusing people of when the same thing could have happened for non-racial reasons."
I really don't think it is. Because, first of all, I'm not accusing them of doing it INTENTIONALLY. What I am doing is accusing society -- specifically, the white US middleclass American society the majority of the writers come from -- of being racist. And you want to argue they aren't, well, bring it on. Though tielan might not like the hi-jack. And, second of all, even unconscious racism SHOULD be treated harshly.
Calling someone a racist, or a sexist, or a pigheaded entitled fuck has become loaded because people don't like being called on their bullshit. It's become "harsh" because people don't want to see what their society really looks like. And terms like "welfare queen" -- which has racist, sexist, AND classist implications -- have become a light-hearted joke seen on every television set across the U.s. in your nighttime comedy routines, and seen in your newspapers, and in your discussions, and in the more biased "news" programs. Accusing people of racism has become harsh, but reporting the majority of crimes with a black or Hispanic face -- even if there were two suspects/accused and one of them was white -- is standard issue.
I'll stop being harsh when people stop not questioning why they can't see "blondes" as exotic despite blondes being the rarest hair colour, and why with two men are equal phyisique there is one that has more physical presence and that man "happens to be" the black one.
I'll --
I'll apologize to tielan here because I don't want to start an argument like this on her journal. Yeah.
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I really don't think it is. Because, first of all, I'm not accusing them of doing it INTENTIONALLY. What I am doing is accusing society -- specifically, the white US middleclass American society the majority of the writers come from -- of being racist. And you want to argue they aren't, well, bring it on. Though
Calling someone a racist, or a sexist, or a pigheaded entitled fuck has become loaded because people don't like being called on their bullshit. It's become "harsh" because people don't want to see what their society really looks like. And terms like "welfare queen" -- which has racist, sexist, AND classist implications -- have become a light-hearted joke seen on every television set across the U.s. in your nighttime comedy routines, and seen in your newspapers, and in your discussions, and in the more biased "news" programs. Accusing people of racism has become harsh, but reporting the majority of crimes with a black or Hispanic face -- even if there were two suspects/accused and one of them was white -- is standard issue.
I'll stop being harsh when people stop not questioning why they can't see "blondes" as exotic despite blondes being the rarest hair colour, and why with two men are equal phyisique there is one that has more physical presence and that man "happens to be" the black one.
I'll --
I'll apologize to
- Andrea.