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rant on the term "people of color"
otto-san:
--- Quote from: ultimamax on September 12, 2017, 11:27:37 PM ---I can't really think of a better word for it than that - "it" being a pattern of racism that puts white people into a disproportionate amount of power in a bunch of social structures. The word is technical and and inaccessible because it's describing something wispy and hard to define. I do think leftism is inaccessible in a lot of ways but making the terminology less "spooky" is a zero sum game. If the connotation of words like "white supremacy" and "racism" are enough to make you ignore the rest of the rhetoric, you likely aren't one of the people who'd be convinced by the rhetoric anyway.
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yeah i wasn't really saying it that seriously, i just think it's funny how often it happens. there are similar things in far-right ideologies, e.g. "white genocide" and stuff like that
IkeTheGeneric:
--- Quote from: ultimamax on September 12, 2017, 11:27:37 PM ---Do you have a negative personal history with that word?
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Yeah, I grew up in a starkly homophobic area.
beachbum111111:
Reminder that Ultimamax is a parasitic commie whos opinion counts for less then the dirt under my shoe
Khaz:
is beachbum the beachbum/monocle dude from way back when? i hope not because that dude was cool af
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Khaz on September 12, 2017, 11:42:39 PM ---is beachbum the beachbum/monocle dude from way back when? i hope not because that dude was cool af
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The pot smoking degenerate parasite? Good to know what you consider 'cool'.