^ mental gymnastics olympian trying to defend over racism.
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moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 day agoHe doesn’t seem to be talking about culture. He didn’t say something like “London has fewer pubs than it used to”. Instead he seems to be referring specifically to ethnicity. His interest in London seems to be reduced because more non-white people now live in London.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Lembot_0004@discuss.online 1 day ago
Ethnicity is linked to culture in a very straightforward and obvious way. You’re just making drama here.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Ethnicity and culture are different. A person can choose to adopt whatever culture they want regardless of their ethnicity. Also if you said something like “I don’t want that particular ethnicity to move to my neighbourhood due to their culture” then I think that’s probably racist. I think it’s fine to object to certain cultural aspects as long as you don’t tie it to ethnicity though. E.g. if you said “I object to a cultural practice of treating women worse than men” then I think that’s okay.
Lembot_0004@discuss.online 1 day ago
Correct. And now the question: how can someone detect ethnicity without obvious cultural nuances? Obviously, that guy is talking about people who practice alien and unpleasant cultural practices. And don’t care about local culture. Some immigrants accommodate plus share some interesting culture approaches. Others – completely disregard local culture and behave like they are still at home.
Go to ignore. I’m sick of explaining to every kid around what the difference is between nazism/racism/chauvinism/stereotypes and common sense.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I think DHH is talking about ethnicity specifically though, not culture. He said London is “no longer full of native Brits”, and he describes “native Brits” as now forming “about a third” of London. White Brits were 37% of London at the 2021 census, so I think that’s what he’s talking about.
It’s possible to express disagreement with a cultural practice without making it about ethnicity. E.g. someone might object to men and women being separated for religious prayer. They might believe that men and women should pray together. It’s possible to make that point without making it about ethnicity.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Seems like you’re not doing a good job of it, but you also don’t have a good take on those meanings based on your comments, so that’s to be expected.
grindemup@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hmm, maybe you should try understanding those concepts first before you share with everyone that you are in fact a racist. Some food for thought.
tortina_original@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am sure everyone was just waiting for you to explain those differences 👍
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Damn man, you are really bending over backward to defend this guy… do you owe him money or something?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The King of England is ethnicly German.
davidagain@lemmy.world 1 day ago
…says the racist troll making as much drama as they can manage.