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Iapar@feddit.org 16 hours agoBecause 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 15 hours 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 15 hours 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 12 hours 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.”
Iapar@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Being German is genetics, like being black.
Not even new-yorkes? Then they are not really that stand offish, aren’t they?
But is is okay to judge people by the color of their flag?
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 13 hours 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.
Iapar@feddit.org 12 hours ago
So it is so similar to racism that people call it cultural racism.