Comment on Would racism in the USA still exist if humans had automated robots in the 1800s?
Godnroc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, racism is not, unfortunately, either a recent invention or an exclusive ideology either. As an example, the stereotype of a drunk Irishman is a racist stereotype that was also common in America’s history. If you can define a group of people, chances are there is a stereotype about them.
The one that sticks in my head is “gypped” for getting screwed over is based on gypsies and is the equivalent of saying “jewed” for some other people. Either one is a racist stereotype, but I didn’t realize the first wasn’t just a common term until it was pointed out to me.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
One that I didn’t know about was the pronounciation of “Arab”.
I’ve heard “air-ab” and I’ve heard “a-rab”. I thought they were both just different pronounciations. Turns out “a-rab” is offensive, and racist. I literally grew up being babysat as a kid by a family of arabs, and didn’t find this out until I was 28.
I have no memory of if I ever pronounced the word wrong around any of them, and now I cringe looking back. I must not have offended them. They always accepted me as one of their own.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 day ago
That must depend on location, here in the UK it’s only ever pronounced a-rub (u is the the oo in foot)