yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
And there’s also a difference between a white person who thinks “oh no, I can’t spend time with this black/asian person because I’ll tread on an eggshell and they’ll call me racist” and one who thinks, “oh no, I can’t spend time with this black/asian person because they’re inferior/will beat me up etc.
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
There’s a difference between hating white people because you think they’re racist and hating white people because they’re inferior/ghosts/can’t handle spicy food/anemic or something
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
So, yes, I agree, it’s a dangerous assumption to make about white people - but that doesn’t make it the same as general prejudice
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
But it’s not the same thing as the INITIAL prejudice, which exists anyway
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
Of course, that fear in itself can become a prejudice: you might assume someone is prejudiced against you when they aren’t.
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
Unless it’s a black person who hates Asian people or gay people, or something like that.
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
That’s unlikely to fly if a black person were to do the same, because they’d have to be a black boss in a majority-black entireprise, which although possible, requires more hurdles to get over in a country like the US than it would for a white person
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
If a black person goes into a job and gets a bad rap, they might think, “does this person truly dislike me/think I’m incapable, or do they just dislike black people?”
yesharrypotterlover123blr said:
Indeed, but I think my point is being missed here, and it wasn’t like it was black people exclusively oppressing the Poles and the Irish.
noelleian said:
There is also a history of oppression in the U.S. against whites as well. The Polish, Irish, and Italians specifically. Pitting one race against another is not going to help anyone.