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On telling someone who the "real racist" is

tl;dr

The notion that experience with racism gives you a better perspective on what is or is not racist, and people of color have more experience with racism than white people, so when white people say that the person of color is being the "real racist", you need to account for that difference.

What I get out of that is ....... Its ok for minorities to be "racist" because they experience racism themselves ..... sounds moronic.
 
Riiiiiight.

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What I get out of that is ....... Its ok for minorities to be "racist" because they experience racism themselves ..... sounds moronic.

What you got out of it is moronic. To me, that would have been a clue that I didn't fully understand what was posted, and I would have asked for clarification. Obviously, you don't roll that way.
 
What you got out of it is moronic. To me, that would have been a clue that I didn't fully understand what was posted, and I would have asked for clarification. Obviously, you don't roll that way.

Well thats exactly what you wrote. So write different words that make it mean what you wanted it to mean instead.
 
Well thats exactly what you wrote. So write different words that make it mean what you wanted it to mean instead.

Obviously, it was not what I wrote, or I would not have objected to your characterization.

Your rewrite: people who don't experience a phenomenon and have not studied it are poor judges of when it occurs.
 
Obviously, it was not what I wrote, or I would not have objected to your characterization.

Your rewrite: people who don't experience a phenomenon and have not studied it are poor judges of when it occurs.

People who deal with it on a more personal level develop a persecution complex. This colors their own views on racism and when it occurs. This often makes them poor judges as well.
 
People who deal with it on a more personal level develop a persecution complex. This colors their own views on racism and when it occurs. This often makes them poor judges as well.

In the abstract, it can certainly happen that people who are regularly persecuted will occasionally see persecution where none exists (although more commonly, it would be persecution where it exists but is not intended as such). In the particular context of this discussion, which is about why it's generally not meaningful when white people refer to minorities as being the real racists on a position, it's not a significant issue.
 
In the abstract, it can certainly happen that people who are regularly persecuted will occasionally see persecution where none exists (although more commonly, it would be persecution where it exists but is not intended as such). In the particular context of this discussion, which is about why it's generally not meaningful when white people refer to minorities as being the real racists on a position, it's not a significant issue.

Oof...
 
People who deal with it on a more personal level develop a persecution complex. This colors their own views on racism and when it occurs. This often makes them poor judges as well.

This is accurate. People are able to truly step back and distance them from the situation are generally more able to give an accurate perspective on it.
 
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