Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?

• Iapar@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 🤷

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  • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • Iapar@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?

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      • StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.”

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      • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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