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oh god not this thread again. plz no

I'm gonna put in the super short super imprecise version here in case someone comes in and gets all srs and harshes my mellow this early in the day.

When people say that only white people can be racist, they aren't using the dictionary definition. Racism in that sense is not only discrimination, but in a way that meaningfully impacts the lives of the discriminated group as a whole. So while anyone can discriminate against anyone, only those in a favorable position of power can be "racist." White people are in that position of power inherently as that's the system that's been historically in place.

I've heard it better described than what I've just said, but that's the gist. I personally think it's dumb to use the word racism that way, as it just causes confusion like this thread and that leads to conflict and misunderstandings and when its all said and done no progress gets made just because people aren't on the same page. Like literally every time this thread gets made this happens there's some shittalking discussion instead of a more meaningful discussion on the topic. It's unfortunate sad

yeah I used to subscribe to that thinking until I took a soc 101 class and read the actual definition, and my concepts of racism got a different scope
It's p sad that entry level college courses are all anyone needs to figure that out

It's p sad that entry level college courses are all anyone needs to figure that out

Foolishness please I have taken those classes(Made A's in both soc I & II), tbh most of it is bias, but when you do your own research your view point changes for the better. You can not form we well thought out opinion without all the puzzle pieces. Otherwise you just end up puzzled and confused but damn well believe that you are right. The fact that you said that last part really just made me laugh my a** off at how naive you are.

Truly I don't mean to offend, but that is the most common responds I always hear. Once you take this one class you will understand the whole thing, and for a time I thought like you did. However you only get small pieces of the pie with those classes, and so much is left out. Examining other studies, cross checking fact from multiple sources, and view all sides to the argument. To even mildly understand anything this is what you need to do, otherwise you become a mindless drone fighting for what you were told is "right". This holds true for racist and anti-racist-racist.