I give this a 50/50 being sea lioning. The reason being I thought this way when I was younger. I’m white and didn’t understand why everything was so focused on race until I was an adult. I don’t care about race that much, but everyone around me did and I thought it was weird. Once I was older and educated, I understood that it’s FAR more complex than my kiddo brain could handle without some education.
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dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Just a warning, your question might be interpreted as violating rule 5:
Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.
That said, I don’t see why cringing about racism is controversial, if anything it’s the majority view that racism is bad.
If you are genuinely interested in learning about where racism comes from, feel free to read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
Aristotle for example argued that non-Greek slaves innately lacked a will and thus depended on their Greek masters as rulers the way children depend on their parents (he made similar arguments justifying the supremacy of men over women). These views have a long history, and it’s worth learning about. You might start with the culture you are in (not sure if you’re from the U.S. or not) and read a few academic primers about race and the history of race in your culture.
You might also wonder what race is, and for philosophical questions about race I would start here: plato.stanford.edu/entries/race/
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Social_Discussion@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
Only proving that racism is learned and not something someone is born with
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
yeah, I’m not really doubting OP’s intentions, I’m just trying to clue them in to how others might see their post so they aren’t surprised if it gets flagged
I think race issues were apparent to me as a young child, but it took the form of feeling insecure and unsure how to interact with racial minority peers of mine in school and so on, not wanting to make them feel uncomfortable but feeling fragile around them and thus accidentally introducing stigma. It was an awful feeling, and something that just didn’t happen with other students.
Social_Discussion@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Very interesting! I’m going to read into that.