Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhy do you say that? Genuinely asking.
Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhy do you say that? Genuinely asking.
Iapar@feddit.org 1 day ago
Because we reduce a population made of individuals to anecdotal evidence.
“People from there are like this” is just a problematic way of thinking.
Even if it is positive. Saying all Asians are good at math may seem positive, but it is racist because you imprint one attribute to a whole group and rob people of their individuality.
It’s racist 🤷
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No, the only one approaching racism here is you, as you’re the only one equating culture to race. A black German is the same as a white German.
Iapar@feddit.org 1 day ago
So when I say “all black people are thieves”, that is racist.
So when I say “all Germans are thieves”…if it is not racist, what is it?
StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Race is an immutable characteristic. Culture is a set of norms and attitudes.
“Judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I tried to find the correct word or phrase to use, and the consensus seems to be “cultural racism”, so I guess it’s technically a kind of racism, even though it doesn’t directly relate to race. “Culturism” would be a more accurate word, I think.